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An expert and entrepreneur in the field of artificial intelligence warned that while the new technology has the potential for massive benefits, it could also prove “too powerful and too disruptive” for humanity, expressing doubt about the federal government’s ability to address such a challenge.Kevin Baragona worked as a software engineer but recognized the potential impact of AI, which led him to start DeepAI in 2016 to help bring the new technology to fruition. The free online service is growing rapidly, with users increasing tenfold over the past year.DeepAI was the first company to offer an online AI text-to-image generator,…

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TOPSHOT – An overweight woman walks at the 61st Montgomery County Agricultural Fair on August 19, … [+] 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. – At USD 150 billion, the US medical system spends around twice as much treating preventable health conditions caused by obesity than it does on cancer, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. Two-thirds of US adults and one in five children are overweight or obese, putting them at greater risk of chronic illness like heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, according to reports released recently at the “Weight of the Nation” conference. AFP PHOTO / Tim Sloan (Photo by…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2023.REUTERS/Johanna Geron By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -A majority of EU countries have rejected a push by Europe’s big telecoms operators to force major tech companies such as Google to help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband in the region, people familiar with the matter said. At a meeting with EU industry chief Thierry Breton in Luxembourg on Thursday, telecoms ministers from 18 countries either rejected the proposed network fee levy on tech firms, or demanded a study into the need and impact of…

CNN  —  The Fulton County district attorney’s office is seeking information from two firms that were hired by the Trump campaign with investigating claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election, according to sources familiar with the matter. Investigators in Georgia, who have been probing Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election there, have sought information from Berkeley Research Group and Simpatico Software Systems about their work for the Trump campaign, the sources said. Both firms researched allegations of voter fraud and reported their findings to the campaign. In both instances, the firms found allegations…

Scott Olson/Getty Images News Walmart (NYSE:WMT) held its annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Friday with over 6K employees in attendance. Shareholders voted in favor of all the company-led proposals, including the election of 11 directors for one-year terms on the board. Meanwhile, proposals submitted by shareholders were all voted down, including one of revealing the retail giant’s exposure to China and one on conducting an independent review of safety practices related to gun violence. At a press conference, Walmart (WMT) CEO Doug McMillon said inflation is still lingering for the company, especially in the grocery category. In terms of…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the WSJ that Ukraine is ready for its counteroffensive. But he warned that Russian air superiority would exact a heavy toll on Ukrainian soldiers. Zelenskyy said he would like to wait for more support from allies but isn’t willing to wait “for months.” Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive may be near.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal that his country was ready to start re-taking territory from the Russians. “We strongly believe…

Virtual reality start-ups have pinned their hopes on Apple’s longed-for release of a mixed reality headset becoming a catalyst for a rebound in industry funding.Anticipation is growing that the iPhone maker will host at its annual developer conference on Monday its biggest hardware launch since the iPad in 2010. The headset, with a likely price tag of about $3,000, is expected to combine augmented reality, which conjures up digital images into the real world, and virtual reality, which immerses users into a game-like realm.“Code new worlds,” reads Apple’s website for Monday’s event, which many interpret as a reference to a…

© Reuters. Investing.com — The Federal Reserve looks set to kick the rate-hike can down the road in June, but is unlikely to pick it up, Morgan Stanley says, as incoming economic data won’t support a restart, keeping the central bank on an extended pause before a cut in Q1 next year. “We continue to see the Fed on hold at the June meeting, and think the bar will be too high for the Fed to resume hiking,” Morgan Stanley said in a Friday note. “We continue to see the Fed on extended hold with the first cut in 1Q24.”…

Turning on his iPhone one day last year, the lawyer M. Evan Corcoran recorded his reflections about a high-profile new job: representing former President Donald J. Trump in an investigation into his handling of classified documents.In complete sentences and a narrative tone that sounded as if it had been ripped from a novel, Mr. Corcoran recounted in detail a nearly monthlong period of the documents investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter.Mr. Corcoran’s narration of his recollections covered his initial meeting with Mr. Trump in May last year to discuss a subpoena from the Justice Department seeking the…