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After Canada announced plans to impose tariffs on electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products made in China, Beijing vowed to take all measures necessary to protect the interests of Chinese companies. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Canada will impose a 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicle imports starting Oct. 1, and a 25% tariff on Chinese-made steel and aluminum starting Oct. 15.”We are transforming Canada's auto industry into a global leader in building the cars of tomorrow,” said Prime Minister Trudeau, “But forces like China choose to gain an unfair advantage in the global marketplace, threatening the…
MONDOVI (WQOW) – Tobacco is changing, but one local school district's approach to combating teen smoking is ahead of those changes, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.Mondovi Junior and Senior High School bathrooms are equipped with sensors from the video security company Verkada, and starting in 2021, they are being used to combat e-cigarette use among teenagers. These sensors monitor temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide levels. Combined with cameras, the system provides video evidence. Verkada sample camera and sensor devices. Verkada Inc. If the sensors detect a change in normal levels, a notification is sent to Mondovi Middle…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A 34-year-old soldier from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson made his first appearance in federal court Tuesday after being indicted on multiple federal charges related to child sexual abuse material.U.S. Army soldier Seth Herrera is accused of using artificial intelligence and an AI chatbot to create pornography depicting minors he came into contact with, some of whom were the same age as Herrera's daughter, according to court documents.On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Herrera on charges of transportation of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. He was arrested the following day, according…
Bon Secours Mercy Health's home health and hospice care division will join forces with national home health provider Compassus as part of a newly signed partnership.The home health and hospice program will now be renamed Bon Secours Home Care and Hospice by Compassus.Prior to the merger, Bon Secours was the fifth largest Catholic health system in the nation. The faith-based, nonprofit organization has operated in Richmond and the Hampton Roads region for more than 40 years. The merger will also affect BSMH locations in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and South Carolina.Compassus is a Tennessee-based health care provider managed by private…
HAMPSTEAD, N.H. – A 41-year-old man from Hampstead, New Hampshire, has died after contracting a mosquito-borne virus known as Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Family members have identified the man as 41-year-old Steven Perry.Perry's family told WBZ that he was in good health and had no underlying health conditions. He was hospitalized with a severe central nervous system disorder and died within a week. “Stephen had an adventurous spirit, lived a full life and was happiest spending time with his family, who meant everything to him,” his family wrote in his obituary. Perry's sister told WBZ that Perry was funny, bright, smart…
Once known primarily for its gaming graphics cards, Nvidia is now at the center of an artificial intelligence revolution, and as the company reports second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, all eyes are on the chipmaker that has become synonymous with the generative AI boom. The numbers tell a compelling story. Nvidia's stock has soared more than 150% this year, adding $1.82 trillion to its market capitalization. This growth is driven by insatiable demand for Nvidia's AI chips. Big tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and Meta are competing to secure supplies of the company's GPUs, especially its popular H100 chips. These processors…
What if an AI could record and play back your dreams? Like many of the AI topics we cover, this probably sounds like science fiction nonsense. But dream-recording AI technology might be closer than you think. At least, Dr. Peter Bentley seems to think so.Writing for BBC Science Focus, Dr. Bentley delves quite thoughtfully into the question of whether AI can record dreams. In other words, it's not a question of if AI can do this, but when. In fact, scientists are already exploring ways to record dreams and brainwaves. Now, keep in mind that the bulk of this work…
British trade unions want the country's banks to be better equipped to retain workers displaced by artificial intelligence. At next month's UK Trades Union Congress, labour groups will call on lenders, insurers and accountancy firms to prepare to help millions of workers who may lose their jobs to AI, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday (August 27). The Accord trade union, which represents bank workers, plans to urge the industry to fund a “massive” program to retrain many of the roughly 2.5 million workers when the labor movement holds its annual conference in September, according to the report. The group…
“The dark night of fascism always falls on America, but only on Europe.” This is a quote from the writer Tom Wolfe in the 1970s, and he was talking about this strange dynamic where we hear over and over again from left-wing pundits and the media that America is on the brink of fascism, but then we end up with tyranny in Europe. Tyranny seems to be descending upon Europe again, and unfortunately, in the globalized and interconnected world of the 21st century, there is no guarantee that it won't also descend upon Europe. As Titus Techera, executive director of…
Microsoft MAIA Hot Chips 2024_Page_02 A few months ago, Microsoft Azure posted a blog post about MAIA, and the company went into more detail about its custom AI accelerator at Hot Chips 2024. Let's take a closer look. Please excuse any typos. I'm writing this live. Microsoft MAIA 100 AI Accelerator for Azure Microsoft built the MAIA 100 as a custom AI accelerator to run OpenAI models, with the midpoint proving to be a clear cost savings (compared to using NVIDIA GPUs). Microsoft MAIA Hot Chips 2024_Page_02 Key specs include: Microsoft is using TSMC CoWoS-S, which is a TSMC 5nm…