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The 2024 college football season is a season of change. The Pac-12 will no longer exist, at least as a competitive organization. Hopefully Oregon State and Washington State can find a way back.Additionally, there is now a 12-team College Football Playoff, and undefeated major conference teams are no longer in danger of being eliminated from the CFP, as the winners of all four major conferences advance to the quarterfinals. The winner of the highest-rated Group of Five also automatically qualifies.What will remain the same is my weekly Best Bets column. Each week, I will use this space to share some…

At FanDuel Research, we always strive to provide logical, sound reasoning based on data when providing analysis. We are always process-driven and strive to provide quality information.Today I am flying the DGAF flag.With just one week left of the NFL season, it's time for us to make some bold predictions for the upcoming season, and while data is important, we're willing to take a little risk for a moment. Let’s dive right in and take a look at what our staff has their eyes on for 2024.Bold Fantasy Football PredictionsAustin Swaim, Senior EditorBold prediction: Will Revis will pass for over…

To receive industry-leading AI updates and exclusive content, sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters. Learn more Google on Tuesday announced a major update to its Gemini AI platform, introducing a personalized AI assistant called “Gems” and an improved image generation model called “Imagen 3.” These enhancements represent Google's latest efforts to compete in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence market. Credit: Google Gems enables Gemini Advanced, Business and Enterprise users in over 150 countries to create specialized AI assistants. Users can now create digital experts for specific tasks, from coding tutors to marketing strategists. This capability democratizes AI capabilities…

The Baltimore Orioles (77-56) and Los Angeles Dodgers (78-54) will play Game 2 of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday at 10:10 PM ET (MLB Network). Break down Orioles vs Dodgers odds from BetMGM Sportsbook and get the best betting picks and predictions from MLB experts. Season series: Orioles lead 1-0 The Orioles beat the Dodgers, 3-2, on Tuesday night. Third baseman Ramon Urias hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning to give them a 3-2 lead, and the relief pitchers held them in check from there. They pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing no runs, two hits…

Alrich Lawson | Getty Images On Tuesday, researchers from Google and Tel Aviv University unveiled GameNGen, a new AI model that can interactively simulate the classic 1993 first-person shooter Doom in real time, using AI image generation techniques borrowed from Stable Diffusion. It's a neural network system that acts as a limited game engine, and could open up new possibilities for real-time video game synthesis in the future. For example, instead of using traditional techniques to draw graphic video frames, future games may use AI engines to “imagine” or hallucinate graphics in real time as a predictive task. “There's tremendous…

MISSOULA – The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana was recently awarded a $10 million grant to strengthen connections between the people of the United States and Southeast Asia. The grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, will fund the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Academic Fellows Program (YSEALI AFP). If funding is secured, the cooperative agreement will be renewed for an additional two years, bringing the total funding to $30 million over three years. YSEALI AFP is part of the broader Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, a signature…

Hello everyone and welcome to TechCrunch's regular AI newsletter. If you'd like to receive this newsletter in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Say what you want about generative AI, but it's becoming a commodity. At least, that's how it appears. In early August, Google and OpenAI both significantly cut the prices of their most budget-friendly text generation models: Google cut the input price (the cost of having the model process text) by 78% and the output price (the cost of having the model generate text) by 71% for Gemini 1.5 Flash, while OpenAI cut the input price of…

The 2024 U17 World Championships will be broadcast live on FloWrestling from September 2-8, with the women's freestyle competition taking place from September 4-6. For the full tournament schedule and more information, click here. Below are short bios for each of this year's participants. 2024 U20 World Championship Anaya FalconWeight: 50 kgHometown: Yorba Linda, CaliforniaUniversity: Life UniversityGrade: 1st gradeInstagram: @anayaxfalconChampionship Series: Anaya Falcon loses 2-0 to Nira ValenciaRound 1: Anaya Falcón (CA) defeated Nira Valencia (CA) by decision (14-6)Round 2: Anaya Falcón (CA) defeated Nira Valencia (CA) by technical fall (TF 10-0)Key Qualifications:— Four-time California State Champion (one unofficial)— High…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued 89 FR 51238 (final rule) amending the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) and ONC regulations to implement changes related to the adoption of mandatory standards for electronic prescribing and health information technology (IT) standards for use by HHS. The final rule addresses proposed changes that were not finalized to the November 2023 proposed rule on IT standards for Medicare programs. The final rule requires sponsors, prescribers, and dispensers of…

The FDA is scheduled to hold a conference next week on advances in treating post-traumatic stress disorder. A meta-analysis of 20 countries found that female doctors are at higher risk of suicide than the general population. (BMJ) The Atlantic magazine explored the ketamine dilemma. According to Neurocrine Biosciences, in a Phase 2 dose-finding study in adults with schizophrenia, the lowest dose of an investigational muscarinic M4 selective agonist resulted in a significant reduction in scores on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale compared to a placebo. ProPublica has thoroughly investigated the state's mental health laws. The Justice Department argued that…