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Monterey, California is a renowned destination for whale watching, and now, viewers can experience this incredible adventure alongside leading conservationists in a new video series. Sponsored by the Toyota Crown Family, the second episode of Better Together takes viewers on a journey to witness the... Read Full article on HadNews.com

Moderna, a leading biotechnology company, has recently announced a groundbreaking partnership with OpenAI to ramp up the development of life-saving treatments. By deploying ChatGPT Enterprise to their vast workforce, Moderna has seen a surge in productivity and innovation within their organization. One of the most impressive outcomes of this collaboration is the creation of customized versions of ChatGPT, including the pilot Dose ID GPT. This specialized tool utilizes advanced data analysis to evaluate and verify the optimal vaccine dose chosen by Moderna’s clinical study team. The integration of AI technology like ChatGPT has revolu...... Read Full article on HadNews

At one of the heights of his career, following films like “Malcolm X,” “Philadelphia,” and “Devil in a Blue Dress,” Denzel Washington starred in a remake of the 1947 Christmas movie, “The Bishop’s Wife.” Directed by the late great Penny Marshall, the remake was called “The Preacher’s Wife” and centered on a struggling Baptist pastor, played by Courtney B. Vance, and an angel come down to help, but who ends up focusing more on the pastor’s wife. Marshall cast this role to another megawatt talent of the time, Whitney Houston. Discussing his career with Chaz Ebert at the American Black Film Festival in Miami, per People, Denzel Washington remem...... Read Full article on HadNews

OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, and News Corp, the international media conglomerate, have signed a deal that will let OpenAI use and learn from News Corp’s content. In practical terms, this means when a user asks ChatGPT a question, the results might be informed by previous reporting in News Corp outlets, including Australian mastheads such as The Australian and The Daily Telegraph. It’s unclear whether the agreement includes only editorial or also opinion content. OpenAI has licensed News Corp content because generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a ravenous beast: it needs data to learn from and generate useful outputs in return....... Read Full article on HadNews

The incident of a woman misidentified by facial recognition technology at a Rotorua supermarket should have come as no surprise. When Foodstuffs North Island announced its intention to trial this technology in February, as part of a strategy to combat retail crime, technology and privacy experts immediately raised concerns. In particular, the risk of Māori women and women of colour being discriminated against was raised, and has now been borne out by what happened in early April to Te Ani Solomon. Speaking to media this week, Solomon said she thought ethnicity was a “huge factor” in her wrongful identification. “Unfortunately, it will be t...... Read Full article on HadNews

Ten years since “Under the Skin,” auteur Jonathan Glazer has reunited with muse Scarlett Johansson. The collaborative duo first worked together on the 2014 sci-fi noir. Newly-minted Oscar winner Glazer, who recently helmed Best International Feature “The Zone of Interest,” directs Johansson in a Prada advertisement to promote the brand’s Galleria bag collection. Johansson is captured struggling to recite lines from Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” and “Macbeth” during a screen test. As tensions rise, Johansson’s frustrations give way to a memorable performance captured by the cameras on set, including her crying in exalted relief...... Read Full article on HadNews

Elon Musk has hinted at a possible partnership between X and the popular artificial intelligence (AI) image generator Midjourney, to transform the user experience on the social media platform. The billionaire Tesla CEO was involved in an X Spaces conversation hosted by @mysteriouskat when he responded to a question posed to him by another user, @MishaFitton, with the audio available below. “I’m wondering if you, and X overall, have thought about developing features within for generative AI, image and video creation, or possibly partnership with Midjourney to make it easier for artists and creators to leverage AI to enhance their conten...... Read Full article on HadNews

Match Group and OpenAI have signed a deal that will see the dating app giant receive over 1,000 ChatGPT enterprise licenses for its employees, as reported by TechCrunch. The company behind apps such as Tinder, Match, OKCupid, Hinge, and PlentyOfFish explained its plans to leverage AI across a variety of its apps in its Q4 earnings report, to “enable our business to evolve their existing products and build disruptive new products and user experiences that meet the changing needs and expectations of their target audiences and drive user growth.” This agreement appears to be the first step towards implementing those plans as the company m...... Read Full article on HadNews

How Sci-Fi Informs Our Climate Future — and What to Do Next | Zainab Usman | TED In the TED talk "How Sci-Fi Informs Our Climate Future — and What to Do Next," Zainab Usman discusses how science fiction can offer insights into humanity's fight against climate change. She draws parallels between the dystopian worlds depicted in works of fiction, such as Cixin Liu's "The Three-Body Problem" trilogy and George Orwell's "1984," and the current state of global affairs. Usman argues that the world is already experiencing a form of fragmentation, with countries forming geoeconomic blocs that may hinder our ability to collectively tackle climate ch...... Read Full article on HadNews

Microsoft announced several new collaborations on Monday (Feb. 5) aimed at helping news organizations adopt artificial intelligence (AI) tools and techniques. The initiatives are part of Microsoft’s broader efforts to ensure journalism can innovate to serve the public interest during a critical election year. Through these new programs, Microsoft will provide AI training, resources, and technology access to partnering news outlets and journalism schools. The goal is to demonstrate how AI can make news gathering more efficient and sustainable while upholding ethical standards. “Our goal is to support thriving, sustainable newsrooms with...... Read Full article on HadNews