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UNN gets new governing council, targets transformative policiesPESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Dec, 2024) The newly established 'Seed Testing Lab’ in has prepared a stock of viable and suitable seeds to be utilized in four divisions of the province in the upcoming spring plantation season. “The Forest Department has set up an internationally accredited laboratory that tests seed’s purity, viability, germination and tetrazolium for production of quality seeds that can give better in growing of forest and increasing green cover,” said Ashir Shuaib, Assistant Director Research and Development Forest Department . Talking to APP, Ashir informed that orchards have been developed in different areas of the province for getting quality seeds which are now checked at the lab for viability. The practice will help in growing of strong forest that can sustain the impacts of climate change besides giving better results to department and people, he hoped. Ashir said due to lack of proper Seed Testing Lab, the department was not getting details about quality of seed being sown in spring and monsoon plantation. However now, he continued, the Seed Testing Lab will provide quality seed which will be clear of any pathogen and would give desired results in stipulated time. The seed stock have been stored at storage houses set up in Manshera and divisions in an appropriate atmosphere and will be utilized during spring plantation, he added. The Seed Lab can also generate revenue for Forest department by testing seed quality before distribution plan by any international organizations like USAID, FAO, . Such organizations can utilize only certified seed lab of Forest department of , Aishir continued. The seed lab checks viability, germination percentage under different treatments, moisture content, preservation methods and utilization for hard seeds, he continued.Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto has reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring the development of a new Sokoto. The governor gave the assurance on Tuesday at the state government house during the swearing-in ceremony of new set of Commissioners, Special Advisers, and Permanent Secretaries. He said the swearing-in has in no doubt opened a new chapter in his administration’s renewed commitment towards achieving its 9-point innovative smart agenda for the state, aimed at ensuring a new and better Sokoto State. “As we all know, commissioners are the political heads in their respective Ministries and also members of the State Executive Council, the highest decision-making body of the state. “I’m optimistic that all of you are chosen on merit, based on your tract records which proves your integrity with vast experience in all human endeavors. You are expected to deploy your rich experiences in running the affairs of your respective ministries in the overall development of the state. You should therefore live above board. “The Special Advisers are equally a veritable tool in the effective management of their respective Departments or agencies. They also serve as the political heads of wherever they are assigned. “In the other hand, Permanent Secretaries are the heads of the administration and Accounting officers of their various Ministries, Departments and Agencies. It is to be noted that this position makes the Permanent Secretaries an important tool for the success of any administration.” The governor retreated that all the appointees were appointed on the expectation that they would deliver, “therefore we expect much from you in the realization of our collective dream of a better Sokoto State. “As heads of your MDAs in your respective places of assignment a lot is expected from you. You must ensure transparency, accountability, and good governance at every level of your transactions. “You must ensure proper record keeping in all your MDAs to leave behind a strong and credible legacy at any time you are moved to other places. “We expect you to work harmoniously with one another. You must ensure harmonious working relationship among your officers so that the required positive results can be achieved. You must consult, study, and master your assigned schedules to enable you to perform better. “You must bear in mind that this administration is the true reflection of a government of the people by the people and for the people, therefore our sole target is to serve the good people of the state, no more no less, and in consonance with our 9-point innovative smart agenda. “You are therefore expected to be dedicated, committed, and hardworking in your areas of primary assignment. You must also be prudent in the management of the resources at your disposal. You should know that this administration has zero tolerance for corruption, therefore you must operate with all transparency and accountability and above all allow the fear of Allah to guide you. “You should have it in mind that you are appointed to serve your state and add value for the overall development of the state. You can therefore be posted and re-posted to any sector. You should note that every sector is important in the service delivery. The State Civil Service requires rejuvenation and discipline, therefore you must ensure improvement in the productivity of the service” The governor further said, “Let me reiterate and reassure both the civil servants and entire good people of our dear state that our government would continue to be committed to the well-being of our people. “The security of lives and property is of utmost priority to us. We would, therefore, continue to collaborate with Federal Government and all the security Agencies in the discharge of that responsibility. ” I would like the civil servant to guard against laziness, lateness, and indolence to work. On our part, we will continue to address your needs for optimal performance. You must therefore be punctual, dedicated above all committed to your duty,” he added. READ MORE FROM: NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
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( MENAFN - EIN Presswire) Image by My Spicy Vanilla NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In today's fast-paced world, where distractions abound and meaningful connections can feel elusive, My Spicy Vanilla is offering a new way for couples to reconnect. With over 1 million personalized stories created and more than 70,000 users around the world, this innovative platform leverages technology and creativity to help partners build stronger bonds through shared experiences and personalized storytelling. A Fresh Approach to Intimacy Rather than allowing Technology to create distance, My Spicy Vanilla uses it to foster closeness. The platform provides tools for couples to co-create personalized love stories, plan unique date experiences, and explore romantic roleplay scenarios. By making these activities accessible and customizable, it encourages meaningful interactions that help couples rediscover each other. 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We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above. MENAFN14122024003118003196ID1108993387 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.Geoffrey Hinton says he doesn’t regret the work he did that laid the foundations of artificial intelligence, but wishes he thought of safety sooner. The British-Canadian computer scientist often called the godfather of AI said over the weekend that he doesn’t have any guilty regret, which he said is when someone has done something when they know they shouldn’t have at the time. “In the same circumstances, I would do the same again,” he said of his research, which dates back to the 1980s and has formed the underpinnings of AI. “However, I think it might have been unfortunate in that we’re going to get superintelligence faster than I thought, and I wish I’d thought about safety earlier.” Superintelligence surpasses the abilities of even the smartest humans. Hinton thinks it could arrive in the next five to 20 years and humanity may have to “worry seriously about how we stay in control.” Hinton made his prediction during a press conference in Stockholm, where he is due to a receive the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday. Hinton, a University of Toronto professor emeritus, and co-laureate John Hopfield, a Princeton University professor, are being given the prize because they developed some of the foundations of machine learning, a computer science that helps AI mimic how humans learn. Hinton kicked off his Nobel week on Saturday with the press conference, where he appeared with laureates in chemistry and economics and was asked about AI safety and regulation. Hinton left a job at Google last year to speak more freely about the technology’s dangers, which he has said could include job losses, bias and discrimination, echo chambers, fake news, battle robots and even the end of humanity. On Saturday, he said he considers lethal autonomous weapons to be a short-term danger. “There isn’t going to be any regulation there,” he said, pointing out that European regulations have a specific clause exempting military use of AI from restrictions. “Governments are unwilling to regulate themselves, when it comes to lethal autonomous weapon, and there is an arms race going on between all the major arms suppliers like the United States, China, Russia, Britain, Israel and possibly even Sweden, though I don’t know.” A day later, Hinton put his concerns about AI aside to deliver a lecture with Hopfield explaining the research that earned them their Nobel. “Today I am going to do something very foolish.” Hinton said in introducing his portion of the pair’s hour-long speech. “I am going to try and describe a complicated technical idea for a general audience without using any equations.” The audience chuckled. The talk began with Hopfield describing a network he invented that could store and reconstruct images in data. It led Hinton to later create the Boltzmann machine, which learns from examples, rather than instructions, and when trained, can recognize familiar characteristics in information, even if it has not seen that data before. Hinton said students in his lab and others run by fellow AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun were using Boltzmann machines to pre-train neural networks — machine learning models that make decisions in a manner similar to the human brain — between 2006 and 2011. By 2009, two of Hinton’s students had showed the technique “worked a little bit better than the best existing techniques for recognizing fragments of phonemes in speech and that then changed the speech recognition community,” Hinton said. Phonemes are small units of sound that can change the meaning of a word. Google later began working on technology based on Hinton’s discoveries and “suddenly the speech recognition on the Android got a lot better.” Even though the kind of Boltzmann machines Hinton was working with back then are no longer used in the same ways as he used them, he said “they allowed us to make the transition from thinking that deep neural networks would never work to seeing that deep neural networks actually could be made to work.” Nobel Week will continue Monday with a discussion about the future of health before an awards ceremony and banquet is held Tuesday. Hinton has said he will donate a portion of the prize money — equivalent to about C$1.45 million — he and Hopfield will be given to Water First, which is working to boost Indigenous access to water, and a charity supporting neurodiverse young adults. He is also reportedly due to donate an early Boltzmann chip to the Nobel Prize Museum. The Nobel is not the only prize Hinton scooped up this month. On Friday, he, Bengio, LeCun, Chinese-American computer scientist Fei-Fei Li and Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, were awarded the Vin Future Prize, a US$3 million prize for science breakthroughs in a ceremony in Vietnam. Hinton, Bengio and LeCun previously won the A.M. Turing Award, known as the Nobel Prize of computing, together in 2018. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Dec. 8, 2024.
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-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email A former OpenAI employee who spoke out against what he called illegal copyright violations by the ChatGPT maker was found dead last month in what officials ruled an apparent suicide. 26-year-old Suchir Balaji quit the AI firm in August, telling the New York Times in October that OpenAI illegally used copyrighted data to create its technology, including the flagship ChatGPT. He had quit the firm a few months prior. “If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company,” Balaji told the Times, adding that training on stolen data was “not a sustainable model for the internet ecosystem.” Balaji posted findings on his personal website in October suggesting that OpenAI’s defense of how it trains its models was inaccurate. The whistleblower alleged the company hadn’t met the qualifications of the “fair use” doctrine it claimed when using a wide array of data. Weeks later, in late November, Balaji was found dead in his apartment, per the San Jose Mercury News, with authorities finding “no evidence of foul play.” The Bay Area paper claimed that the information Balaji held was expected to be used in upcoming lawsuits against the tech giant. Related "Impossible": OpenAI admits ChatGPT can't exist without pinching copyrighted work OpenAI faces a host of lawsuits from multiple industries. Computer programmers and record labels have accused the company’s model of illegally training on their property. News outlets have also cried foul, with the New York Times suing OpenAI last year. The company, valued at $157 billion during an October round of investments, claims to draw over 200 million weekly active users with ChatGPT, in addition to its Dall-E image generator and recently launched Sora video generator. The UC Berkeley graduate was hopeful about the benefits of AI when he began working at OpenAI, telling the Times he “thought that A.I. was a thing that could be used to solve unsolvable problems.” Before his death, he told the paper that he was pursuing personal projects. Balaji isn’t the first corporate whistleblower to pass away shortly after sharing their story this year . Two former Boeing employees died after speaking out against the embattled aviation giant in March and April. Read more about this topic Power-hungry AI boom making power grids dirtier, less reliable Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement Apple and OpenAI to announce updates, as AI arms race intensifies MORE FROM Griffin Eckstein Advertisement:
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Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFC) Shares Purchased by BNP Paribas Financial MarketsA private plunge pool to blow off stress on a sultry summer day as the sun sets, a helipad to beat the mean streets clogged with honking drivers, a concierge service that would put Pepper Potts to shame... No, you’re not in an episode of Succession or at a seven-star hotel. This is a glimpse into the everyday life of your friendly neighbourhood billionaire , and all this is available in your city. Ultra-luxury houses that can give The Louvre a run for its money — like this particular residential tower in Mumbai where you can enjoy an original Picasso in the lobby as you sip your morning tea — are becoming all too common in India. The price tag can run into hundreds of crores, something that’s hardly a deterrent for the rich and famous whose numbers seem to only be increasing, with India adding a billionaire every 5 days in 2023. The extraordinary surge in wealth since the pandemic has fuelled a boom in the luxury housing market that has all but reshaped the country’s real estate landscape. With the pandemic behind us and the economy continuing to deliver world-beating growth, the luxury residential segment is emulating the growth march, setting new benchmarks for opulence, exclusivity and sophistication. 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While the April 2021 deal remains an extraordinary outlier, the transaction was the beginning of what has now become a defining trend rather than an anomaly. The ultra-luxury real estate market has since witnessed a wave of high-value transactions, with properties worth hundreds of crores being snapped up at an unprecedented pace. The surge reflects a seismic shift in buyer confidence and a growing preference for opulent, trophy properties among India’s ultra-wealthy. Demand is coming from all corners. High-net-worth individuals (HNIs), millennials with substantial disposable incomes, and investors seeking safe-haven assets amid volatile financial markets — all these classes of buyers are creating a record demand for swanky high-rises in metros and sprawling villas in emerging cities alike. SURGING APPETITE During the 12 months through September this year, sales of luxury apartments surged 648% over 2021 (the first full pandemic-hit year) to 19,385 units. The value of all properties sold jumped 633% to Rs 1.3 lakh crore, shows data from Liases Foras, a non-broking real estate research firm. Over 2,590 such apartments valued at Rs 17,304 crore were sold in the 12 months leading up to September 2021. “The luxury residential segment has witnessed a remarkable transformation, with around 600% growth in both sales and new launches since 2021,” said Pankaj Kapoor, managing director, Liases Foras. “Following the pandemic, a surge in demand for upgrades emerged, driven by attractive price corrections that lured high-net-worth investors. This unprecedented growth was further propelled by robust stock market returns, which helped sustain the momentum in the luxury real estate market.” Over the last two years, deals for apartments priced above Rs 100 crore have been closing faster than ever, underscoring the immense appetite for ultra-luxury living spaces. The number of Indian ultra-HNIs is expected to increase to 19,908 by 2028 against 13,263 in 2023, a 50.1% growth. This would be the highest growth in the number of ultra-HNIs for any country, showed data from Knight Frank. “The prime luxury residential assets continue to be the mainstream investment avenue for ultra-wealthy individuals in the country,” said Shishir Baijal, CMD, Knight Frank India . “This is clearly reflected in the fact that India’s ultra HNIs — with a net worth of $30 million and above — allocate 32% of their wealth towards the residential real estate asset class. The Indian affluent class has always had a global taste, and now they are expecting homes that seamlessly blend opulence with international standards of design, technology, and sustainability.” A robust economic growth and rising income levels in India are leading to an increase in the number of HNIs and affluent middle-class buyers. Wealth accumulation from booming sectors like technology, pharmaceuticals, and finance has empowered these HNIs to invest in luxury properties, with many viewing luxury real estate as an integral part of their asset portfolio, combining lifestyle enhancement with potential long-term capital appreciation. “Wealth generation is on the rise across the country, fuelling a significant shift in how people view their living spaces,” said Boman Irani, CMD, Rustomjee Group. “Homebuyers are prioritising lifestyle, comfort, and quality of living. Larger homes with premium amenities in desirable locations have become the new standard as people increasingly appreciate the value these features bring to their lives.” According to him, the trend highlights a deeper connection between homeownership and personal aspirations, with investments driven by the desire for long-term satisfaction and a better quality of life. THE BRAND GAME Branded residences, which are luxury homes created in partnership with highend brands like Armani, Trump, and Four Seasons, are also becoming increasingly popular in India. These residences offer a blend of exclusivity and lifestyle, backed by international quality standards, unique designs, and world-class services, and cater to affluent buyers who seek not just a home, but a lifestyle statement. “India is ready for branded residences as the demand for luxury continues to soar,” said Kalpesh Mehta, founder, Tribeca, Trump Tower’s India partner. “Affluent buyers are looking for more than just a home; they seek exclusive, world-class living experiences that come with top-tier amenities, high-end service, and a prestigious address. As the market for luxury living expands, branded residences are positioned to cater to the growing class of HNIs who prioritise quality, security, and a premium lifestyle.” According to him, these marquee and iconic developments with global standards are set to redefine the real estate landscape. Tribeca has indicated that it has already finalised six projects across India, totalling 8 million sq ft with a revenue potential of over Rs 15,000 crore. India already has the highest number of Trump branded projects in the world, after the US. With property values in India being more competitive compared to other international markets, NRIs have also shown a growing interest in purchasing luxury properties back home. Factors like a favourable foreign exchange rate, high property appreciation potential, and the appeal of having a base in India are also helping fuel NRI investments in the segment. Additionally, global investors see Indian luxury real estate as an emerging, high-yield market. Luxury homes today come with a host of sophisticated amenities like private elevators, rooftop gardens, temperature-controlled pools, concierge services, and cuttingedge home automation systems. Smart homes, integrated with IoT-enabled devices that allow remote control of lighting, temperature, and security, are also in high demand, catering to tech-savvy millennials. THE CHALLENGES Despite its growth potential, the luxury real estate market also faces certain challenges including economic uncertainties, high cost of development, and, most important, a limited pool of buyers. Building luxury residences requires significant investment in land, high-quality materials, and premium amenities, which increases the cost of development. Fluctuations in the cost of construction materials, labour shortages, and regulatory fee can further strain budgets, sometimes leading to delays or price escalations. Luxury real estate is sensitive to economic shifts and can experience fluctuations in demand during economic downturns. Supply scenarios and economic instability can affect the purchasing power of potential buyers, particularly those dependent on mortgage financing. The segment has a limited buyer base compared to mid-range housing, making it more vulnerable to market fluctuations. High price tags mean that developers need to target a niche audience, and the sales cycle for luxury properties tends to be longer, which can impact cash flow and project timelines. The wealthy, though, don’t seem to care. Nominations for ET MSME Awards are now open. The last day to apply is December 15, 2024. Click here to submit your entry for any one or more of the 22 categories and stand a chance to win a prestigious award. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel )VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brayden Point scored twice and added two assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning edged the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Sunday. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two helpers for the Lightning, while Jake Guentzel scored on a power play late in the third period. Captain Quinn Hughes and Kiefer Sherwood found the back of the net for the Canucks. Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 of the 24 shots he faced and Kevin Lankinen made 28 saves for Vancouver. Lightning: Kucherov, who returned to the lineup Sunday after missing two games with a lower-body injury, added another potent piece to Tampa’s red-hot power play. The Lightning were 2 for 4 with the man advantage and scored a power-play goal for the sixth straight game. Canucks: Hughes took a stick to the face 55 seconds into the game, missed more than 11 minutes, then returned to open the scoring 16:08 into the first period. It was the 50th goal of the defenseman’s career and extended his points streak to seven games with three goals and 10 assists across the stretch. Tampa took the lead 6:29 into the second when Kucherov sliced a pass to Point at the bottom of the faceoff circle and the Lightning winger blasted it in past Lankinen for his 17th of the season. Kucherov put the visitors on the board just a minute and 49 seconds earlier. Point scored his league-leading 10th power-play goal of the season. He’s one away from becoming the third player to score 100 power-play goals for the Lightning. The Canucks continue a six-game homestand Tuesday against the St. Louis Blues. The Lightning visit the Oilers on Tuesday. AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NHL