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LAREDO, Texas (KGNS) – Mental health issues are becoming one of the top workplace hazards for emergency medical personnel, according to the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance, and state and local agencies are working to meet the growing need for mental health support for emergency personnel.Laredo firefighters are fully equipped to respond to car accidents, fires and medical emergencies. They face the most dire incidents every day. The Laredo Fire Department has more than 400 emergency responders, and the stress and images from these calls can stay with them long after the incident.”Every unit, every ambulance, every fire engine, they get…
SB 1047 has also garnered some high-profile supporters, including Elon Musk, who posted on X on Monday: “This is a tough call and it will anger some people, but all things considered, I think California should probably pass SB 1047, the AI safety bill. For over 20 years, I have advocated for regulating AI, just as we would regulate any product or technology that poses potential risks to the public.” Weiner acknowledged an unlikely ally. “Elon Musk is not a fan of mine, and I'm not a fan of Elon Musk,” Weiner said. “But even with people who disagree with…
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. C. Q. Brown Jr., and Army Gen. Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, today emphasized the need for allies and partner nations and their militaries to embrace artificial intelligence and further develop the space domain to meet the complex security challenges of the future. The two leaders spoke about these issues while speaking at the opening ceremony of the South American Defense Conference (SouthDec 2024) in Santiago, Chile. The theme of this year's conference is “How New Technologies Can Be Used to Defend Western Hemisphere Sovereignty.” “As we…
A recovery quarter for Salesforce (CRM).Shares of the SaaS company rose 4% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after revenue, operating margin and earnings beat Wall Street expectations.The reaction, and the mood surrounding this quarter's results, is in stark contrast to just three months ago, when the company missed revenue expectations for the first time since 2006.Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff told Yahoo Finance that demand remains strong and the company has “aggressive ambitions” around operating margins and cash flow.Sales increased 11 percent in Europe and 16 percent in Asia Pacific at constant exchange rates. In the company's Americas segment,…
The California Assembly has approved a controversial artificial intelligence safety bill that would require companies to guarantee that their technology will not cause significant harm. SB 1047 has received both criticism and praise from prominent figures across the country. The bill will be sent back to the state Senate for a confirmation vote and amendments before it reaches Governor Gavin Newsom. The bill passed the state Assembly with 41 votes in favor and 9 against. SB 1047 requires companies developing powerful AI models to use “reasonable care” to ensure their technology does not cause “significant harm,” such as multiple casualties…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County Public Health Department has released a new report highlighting the five areas most affected by air pollution. According to the report, Harris County ranks highest in Texas in terms of pollution sources related to health risks.One of those neighborhoods is Independence Heights, where friends Natasha Johnson and John Branch have lived for 60 years.”We raised our kids here. Our parents raised us here. It's a growing community, a diverse community, a loving community,” Johnson said.They celebrated when grandchildren were born and comforted each other when their health deteriorated.”I beat one cancer and…
Google on Wednesday announced the release of customizable “Gems” and the first major update to its flagship AI model, Gemini, in an effort to challenge OpenAI's dominance in the AI market.Gemini also directly integrates the company's AI image generation tool, Imagen 3. However, it doesn't generate images of people, as the previous release produced problematic images that forced Google to take the tool offline.First announced by Google at Google I/O in May, Gems allows users to create a set of modules for customized AI assistants built on the Gemini model that can be used for a variety of projects, from…
Day three of the Lima 24 World Athletics U20 Championships will again offer an action-packed programme. Here are three things to look out for at Estadio Atlético de la Videna on Thursday (29th). A spectacular 400m showdown Eight finals and the first half of the decathlon are scheduled for the day, with the two most anticipated races coming last: the men's and women's 400m finals, which will announce to the world the promising senior stars of the one-lap event. The women's final is likely to be a close contest with little difference between the medallists. Lourdes Gloria Manuel of the…
Beetlejuice Ahead of Beetlejuice's Venice premiere, Winona Ryder took a quick detour to the Criterion Closet. Her selection included two films by Jim Jarmusch, five by John Cassavetes, and one by Gordon Parks. Of course, she spent some time waxing poetic about Gena Rowlands and her influence on Ryder's own career. Ryder's mother was a cinema projectionist, and as a child, she would sneak her daughter off to see some Cassavetes films. “I was too young to really understand what was going on,” she says. “But I remember watching Gena and wanting to do what she was doing.” Her final…
The UN food agency said it was suspending staff movements in the Gaza Strip “until further notice” after one of its vehicles was shot at an Israeli military checkpoint.Cindy McCain, head of the World Food Programme (WFP), said of Tuesday's incident, “This is completely unacceptable and the latest in a series of unnecessary security incidents that have put the lives of WFP teams in Gaza at risk.””Last night's events demonstrate that the current collision avoidance system is failing and cannot continue.”The WFP said in a statement that the vehicle was hit by at least 10 gunfire as it approached an…