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Big spending for the November election has not yet begun.As of his Dec. 31 deadline, the first campaign finance filing deadline of this election cycle, the Massachusetts Teachers Association It reported spending about $500,000 on petition companies and another $600,000 in in-kind services provided by union officials to support the MCAS ballot question.Obtain trend lineA business newsletter from Globe columnist Larry Edelman covering the trends shaping business and the economy in Boston and beyond.Meanwhile, the business community only established a voting committee in January, so it is unclear how much the opposition has spent so far. And he probably won't…
The latest issue is science contains three ideological articles about how science education must be reformed to become more inclusive and antiracist. Most of the authors of all three works are affiliated with science education departments or institutes, which may explain the mission-oriented tone of the works. Today we will discuss one of them, and the other one will be explained soon. This article argues that genetics education remains systemically racist and should be attacked, dismantled, and made explicit anti-racist. In fact, this article could have been written by Ibram Kendi. If only he knew a thing or two about…
London CNN — Prince William will not attend the memorial service for Greece's late King Constantine due to personal reasons, a royal source told CNN. The 41-year-old Prince of Wales was due to attend a memorial event at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. The source did not elaborate on the last-minute change in plans, but added that Prince William's wife, the Princess of Wales, is recovering from abdominal surgery in January and “remains in good spirits.” The source added that Prince William called his family to inform them that he would not be able to attend. Duchess Kate has been away…
“Where is Wendy Williams?” sheds light on the “reality of Wendy's life.”The 59-year-old TV star was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023, and Mark Ford and Erica Hanson, executive producers of Where Is Wendy Williams? – defended the new documentary amid criticism of the project.Erika told Extra: “It was important to us to establish what the reality of Wendy's life was in this care.”We were worried that she was in that apartment, alone, obviously drinking heavily. She was really isolated and we were really worried about her. That's one of the reasons we stayed and really…
SAS partners with Carahsoft to deliver analytics, AI, and data management solutions to the public sector This strategic agreement will enable agencies to make data-driven decisions CARY, N.C. , Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, SAS, a leader in data and AI, announced a new distribution agreement with Carahsoft Technology Corp., a trusted government IT solutions provider.®. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as a SAS public sector distributor, making its analytics, AI and data management solutions available to U.S. government agencies through Carahsoft's reseller partners and various contract vehicles and government schedules. . SAS and Carahsoft offer a powerful…
Michael Johnson and Marcus Leshock 15 minutes ago On Tuesday's Trends with Marcus on WGN Morning News, Marcus Leshock takes a look at the just-released trailer for Kevin Costner's new Western blockbuster. Director Costner's four-part epic Horizon: An American Saga will be released in theaters this summer in a double release of the first two parts. Chapter 1 will be released on June 28th, and Chapter 2 will be released on August 16th. According to Variety, Costner's epic focuses on the expansion and settlement of the American West over a 15-year period before and after the Civil War. Now, the…
The next step in ChatGPT's rapid rise is the adoption of GPTBot. This new iteration of OpenAI's technology includes crawling web pages to deepen the output that ChatGPT can provide. Improvements in AI seem positive, but they are not as clear-cut. There are legal and ethical issues with this technology. The arrival of GPTBot has highlighted these concerns, as many major brands are blocking it instead of leveraging its potential. However, I truly believe that there is much more to be gained than lost by fully (and responsibly) embracing GPTBot. Why do AI bots like GPTBot crawl my website? Understanding…
When President Biden made Michigan one of the first states on the Democratic presidential nominating calendar, he increased the political clout of the populous and diverse battleground state.The decision, more than a year ago, is the first in the party since Biden's election, as protests over Biden's support for Israel threaten to upend what allies had expected to be a simple primary campaign campaign. This became the most important test of the country's position.Biden remains widely expected to win by a wide margin in Michigan's Democratic primary on Tuesday. But a local campaign to persuade Michiganders to vote “irresponsible” is…
Perhaps the most famous chatbot of all time, ChatGPT parses vast amounts of text data – millions of books, articles, Wikipedia pages, and everything else its creators have found roaming the internet. By doing so, they sometimes learned human-like conversational skills. But what if an advanced AI could learn like a small child without having to read 80 million books or see 97 million cats? Under the patient guidance of mom and dad? , you've just taken your first steps to explore a brave new world. A team of researchers at New York University tried it out, and it had…
Insurers in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) may expand their reinsurance operations to boost profitability against better prices from international reinsurers, Moody's analysts said. However, this could also bring new risks. The agency's report said CIS insurers, led by Uzbek and Kazakh companies, have seen global reinsurers partially withdraw from some markets in response to rising catastrophe claims. The company has leveraged this to significantly expand its presence in the international reinsurance market. They have also benefited from the withdrawal of Russian reinsurers since the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict. The Russian player previously generated $400 million in annual…