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One of the most lucrative corporate skills these days is effective prompting — making requests of chatbots to get what you want — but it’s not as easy as it sounds.Chatbots are like children. They will do only what you ask, if even that, and nothing more. To get what you want, you have to be explicit and specific.AI startup Anthropic is offering some help on this front. The company recently published a “Prompt Engineering Overview” to help users get started.While its guide applies to pretty much any chatbot, it’s tailored to its own, Claude.The first order of business, Anthropic…

WASHINGTON (AP) — NFLPA chief strategy officer JC Tretter is resigning from his position, three days after Lloyd Howell stepped down as executive director of the players’ union.Tretter told CBS Sports on Sunday that he doesn’t want to be considered for the NFLPA’s interim executive director position and denied he played any role in undermining Howell’s position.“Over the last couple days, it has gotten very, very hard for my family. And that’s something I can’t deal with,” Tretter told CBS Sports on Sunday. “So, the short bullet points are: I have no interest in being (executive director). I have no…

As Coldplay performs in sports stadiums across the United States, it has leveraged the jumbotron and the iconic “kiss cam” to showcase its audience on the big screen.It led to one of the most viral moments in recent memory when, during a performance this week at Gillette Stadium outside Boston, home of the New England Patriots, a kiss cam caught now-former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron embracing the company’s chief people officer, Kristin Cabot.Footage of the pair’s apparent panic and dramatic attempt to dodge the camera became an instant hit on social media, spawning countless memes and making headlines worldwide.The “kiss…

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Denny Hamlin balked when a surfboard he was asked to sign for charity was placed on the floor. At his age, Hamlin cracked, he might not be able to get back up. The 44-year-old driver had similar aging concerns a night earlier when the picture on the TV he watched as he started to doze off seemed a bit fuzzy.“I’m not losing my eyesight am I?” Hamlin said.Hamlin’s vision was on point Sunday at Dover — his sights set firmly on victory lane.Hamlin can eliminate distractions and succeed like few drivers in the series can can…

Whether triggered by pollen, pet dander or peanuts, allergies in this day and age seem nearly impossible to avoid. But one group appears virtually immune, a mystery to experts who study allergies.Despite the increasing rate of allergic diseases, both in industrialized and in developing countries, the Amish remain exceptionally – and bafflingly – resistant. Only 7 percent of Amish children had a positive response to one or more common allergens in a skin prick test, compared with more than half of the general U.S. population. Even children from other traditional farming families, who still have lower rates of allergic disease…

Autonomous robotics startup Cartken, known for its four-wheeled robots that deliver food on college campuses and through Tokyo’s bustling streets, has found a new area of focus: industrials.  Cartken co-founder and CEO Christian Bersch told TechCrunch that applying its delivery robots to industrial settings was always in the back of his mind as they built the startup. When companies started reaching out about using their robots in factories and labs, Cartken took a closer look. “What we found is that actually there’s a real big need in industrial and onsite use cases,” said Bersch, who co-founded the startup along with…

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was walking down the first fairway at Royal Portrush when a shout came from outside the ropes: “Go Rory!”They were all over the Dunluce Links again Sunday, those passionate supporters of Rory McIlroy cheering on their favorite son in the final act of his homecoming — whether they were watching him or not.The big disappointment for McIlroy was that he couldn’t deliver what they craved.“It’s been an awesome week,” McIlroy said after shooting 2-under 69 to tie for seventh at the British Open. “I’ve gotten everything I wanted out of this week apart…

Eric Schmidt took over as Google’s CEO in the midst of the dot-com bubble burst. He doesn’t anticipate the same fate for AI.The former Google executive explained why he didn’t think the AI industry was in a bubble while speaking at the RAISE Summit in Paris.AI has expanded rapidly in the years since ChatGPT took off and Big Tech invested heavily in the industry and ignited a new talent war. With an estimated market value of $189 billion in 2023, it’s projected to grow into a $4.8 trillion industry by 2033.While some may see signs of an eventual crash, Schmidt…

Ole Miss freshman football player Corey Adams was killed in a shooting in Tennessee, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday.Law enforcement officials found Adams with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an intersection in Cordova on the outskirts of Memphis late Saturday, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.“They provided life-saving measures until Shelby County Fire arrived,” the sheriff’s office said. “Shelby County Fire personnel later pronounced the victim deceased on the scene.”Four other men who suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in the incident arrived at nearby hospitals in personal vehicles, authorities said. Law enforcement officials have not named…

Many forms of ear infections strike children and adults alike, but among the most common is acute otitis externa, also known as swimmer’s ear.About 10% of Americans will experience swimmer’s ear during their lifetimes. Adults are affected more commonly, and children only rarely, generally ages 5 to 12.But you don’t have to be swimming to get swimmer’s ear. Go out jogging or walking, or do yardwork on a hot day, and moisture from perspiration can drip in your ear. However, the occurrence increases fivefold in swimmers – thus the reason the condition came to be called “swimmer’s ear.” It also…