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Cerebras demonstrated how its AI inference can be 10 to 20 times faster than conventional cloud AI inference services. Cerebras SystemsThe market for serving up predictions from generative artificial intelligence, what’s known as inference, is big business, with OpenAI reportedly on course to collect $3.4 billion in revenue this year serving up predictions by ChatGPT. With a pie that big for inference, there is plenty of room for challengers. Also: AI engineering is the next frontier for technological advancesOn Tuesday, AI chip maker Cerebras Systems of Sunnyvale, California, debuted its AI inference service, which it claims is the fastest in the world and, in…

CNN — The Ukrainian invasion of Russian territory in the Kursk region covers some of the same territory where the Soviet Union won one of its most significant victories over German invaders in World War II, a victory some historians say changed the course of the European war almost a year before the Normandy landings. While the June 6, 1944 landing on the coast of France is often considered in the West to be a turning point in Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's conquest of Europe, historians say Germany's defeat was sealed between July 5 and August 23, 1943, when millions…

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) – The first Illinois resident to die from West Nile Virus (WNV) in 2024 was reported Tuesday.According to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the Lake County man, in his 80s, developed symptoms of WNV in mid-August and died shortly thereafter. IDPH also reports there have been nine confirmed non-fatal cases of WNV this year. “Sadly, Illinois is reporting its first death from West Nile virus this year,” said Illinois Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Sameer Vohra. “This death, along with six other deaths that occurred in Illinois last year, are a stark reminder that…

The competition between AI video makers is already heating up, but it's just gotten even tougher thanks to a new option called Hotshot, built by just four people. This new AI video generator is a free alternative to Runway, OpenAI's Sora, Luma's Dream Machine, and other text-to-video AI models, and it features some impressive results from previous efforts in AI photo creation. Hotshot's latest text-to-video AI model is still in preview after four months of training on 600 million video clips. But it can create up to 10 seconds of footage based on your input. The tool impresses not only…

The tourism sector in Shanxi province has boomed over the past week as many people visited locations featured in the game.Dramatic scenes like this clifftop temple are depicted in the wildly popular online game. Photo: BaiduOne such spot is Xiaoxitian Tourist Area in Xixian County, a Buddhist temple dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Ticket sales at the venue have tripled recently, according to Business Daily on the 21st.The temple's management told media that it plans to sell more tickets through online sales platforms and add more “Black Myth: Wukong” content to the temple's website.According to Meituan.com, on the…

The South Korean thriller “The Girl with Her Eyes Closed,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will have its world premiere at the Busan Film Festival in October, has secured global sales representation in Finecut. The company is also representing South Korean director Hong Sang-soo's latest film “By the Stream,” which premiered at Locarno earlier this month where it won the award for Best Performance and will next screen in Toronto's Centrepiece section. Finecut's Korean horror-thriller “Noise,” which recently premiered at the Sitges Fantasy Festival, will screen at Toronto Industry Select. “The Girl with Her Eyes Closed”…

Last week, USDCAD fell sharply. Although the downward momentum has slowed somewhat over the past two days and hours this week, the downward trend remains. Trends are fast, directional and tend to move ahead of traders' expectations and beliefs. Therefore, if you are buying on the dip, it is important to either lean on a major support level or wait until the price movement rises above a breached level (in this case). On USDCAD, the pair has fallen below the swing area between 1.3455 and 1.3477. Within that area there is a retracement of 61.8, which is the upper limit.…

The California Senate on Tuesday approved a bill to protect performers from unauthorized AI replicas, and it's expected to reach the governor's desk soon. The actors' union SAG-AFTRA has made the bill one of its top legislative priorities this year. AB 2602 would require explicit consent for the use of “digital replicas” of actors. The bill mirrors language from the SAG-AFTRA contract that ended a four-month strike against film and television studios last year, and also expands the protections to other types of performance, such as video games, audiobooks and commercials, to cover non-union activities. “We want to make sure…

Child encounters sloth while ziplining in Costa Rica On March 13, a child was ziplining through the rainforest of La Fortuna, Costa Rica, when he collided with a sloth that was clinging to the cable. (Go.Adventure Arenal Park, via Storyful) Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an Important Health Alert Network advisory after more than 8,000 cases of Oropouche virus, or sloth fever, have been reported this year. Florida has reported 20 travel-associated cases of the virus, nine of which were reported in the last week. According to the CDC, the virus is spread primarily through the…

LIMA, Peru – Six of the nine Florida Gators teams competing in the World Athletics U-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, competed on Tuesday, with two athletes advancing past the first round and one achieving a new personal best. Gracelyn Rathes, the U.S. U20 champion in the shot put and discus, competed in the discus on day one and advanced to tomorrow's discus final. Her best score of 49.79m was good enough for a top 12 finish and a spot in the discus final tomorrow at 5:28 PM ET. Gator sophomore Miguel Pantojas competed in the 800 meters and placed fifth…