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PRAGUE (Reuters) -Zookeepers feeding two baby vultures in Prague are using a hand puppet designed to look like the chicks’ parents, a technique they hope will ensure the birds learn to identify with other vultures – not humans.Staff at Prague Zoo had to start hand-feeding the lesser yellow-headed vultures when their parents stopped nesting. After using the approach with other birds, they quickly made a hand puppet that looks like an adult vulture’s head.”If we raised (the bird) in direct contact with humans, it would become imprinted to humans, and then it would be difficult to breed that individual within…
Meta has acquired AI voice startup WaveForms for an undisclosed sum, The Information reports. It’s the company’s latest buy to strengthen its new AI unit, Superintelligence Labs, and Meta’s second major AI audio acquisition in the last month after it bought PlayAI. WaveForms, founded just eight months ago, raised $40 million from Andreessen Horowitz in a round that valued the company at $160 million pre-money, per PitchBook data. Two of the startup’s co-founders — former Meta and OpenAI researcher Alexis Conneau, and former Google advertising strategist Coralie Lemaitre — have reportedly joined Meta. While at OpenAI, Conneau co-created GPT4-o Advanced…
Google announced on Friday that it’s giving Google Finance, its tool that provides financial information and business news, an AI update. Users will now be able to research their financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news. With the update, users can now ask detailed questions about finance and get a comprehensive AI response that includes links to relevant sites. Instead of having to look up individual stock details, users can ask complex questions in one go. As for the new charting tools, Google says these “will help you visualize financial data beyond simple…
Deaths from “flesh-eating” bacteria are on the rise across the southeastern coasts of the U.S. At least five people in Florida, four in Louisiana and one in the Outer Banks have died this year from infections that can cause necrotizing wounds.The culprit, the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm seawater. Florida has seen 16 cases this year, according to the state’s health department. Seventeen cases have been reported in Louisiana — more than previous years’ annual averages. North Carolina has seen seven cases this year so far, the state Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to NBC News. And…
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens has said throughout the offseason that that team wanted Joe Mazzulla to be its coach for a long time.It made that more than a proclamation Friday, announcing it has signed Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension. Length and details of the new deal were not released.In a statement, Mazzulla called his new pact with the team “a blessing.”“I would not be here without my faith, my wife, and my children,” Mazzulla said. “We are thankful for the partnership with our ownership groups, Brad’s mentorship, and the support of our staff. Most importantly,…
HOUSTON (AP) — Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre-Super Bowl era who was a founder and the first president of the NFL Players Association, has died. He was 95.Howton died in Houston on Monday, according to an obituary. Bradshaw-Carter Funeral Home confirmed his death on Friday.Howton was born in Littlefield, Texas, in 1930. He was believed to have been the oldest living NFL player.Howton scored the Packers’ first receiving touchdown at Lambeau Field in 1957. He was a second-round selection by the Packers in 1952 and…
Some ChatGPT users were so attached to the chatbot’s “yes man” style that they asked OpenAI to bring it back, Sam Altman has said.The OpenAI CEO said there was a “heartbreaking” reason — because some users said they had never had anyone support them before.”Here is the heartbreaking thing. I think it is great that ChatGPT is less of a yes man and gives you more critical feedback,” Altman said on Cleo Abram’s “Huge Conversations” podcast, which aired Friday.”But as we’ve been making those changes and talking to users about it, it’s so sad to hear users say, ‘Please can…
The great AI talent tug-of-war is underway — and xAI is now in the ring.Elon Musk’s startup has yanked at least 14 researchers and engineers from Meta’s grip since January, according to a Business Insider analysis of LinkedIn profiles.Some have joined as recently as a few weeks ago, according to their profiles, showing the battle to secure the brightest minds in AI is far from over as big tech rivals continue to raid each other’s ranks.That includes people like Xinlei Chen, who was a research scientist at Meta’s Fundamental AI Research, or FAIR, team until he jumped ship in June,…
2025-08-08T09:53:53Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Donald Trump called on Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign over China-linked investments. Tan told employees he’s staying and operating with the “highest legal and ethical standards.” Intel stock fell 3% as political pressure mounted over Tan’s past business ties. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan directly addressed employees on Thursday…
Cleaning his plate — and sometimes a second plate — was a household requirement during Charles’s childhood. “It served me well growing up because it allowed me to get bigger and play sports,” Charles, who did not want to disclose his last name for the sake of privacy, tells Yahoo. And getting bigger, in turn, helped him become a college football player.But he’s been through a lot. The sport left his body “mangled,” says Charles, who is now 51. Back and neck injuries benched him for part of his college career, and they’ve continued to haunt him throughout his adulthood,…