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Trump aims to appoint son-in-law’s father as US ambassador to FranceSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google on Wednesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence designed to tackle more of the work and thinking done by humans as it tries to stay on the technology's cutting edge while also trying to fend off regulatory threats to its empire. The next generation of Google's AI is being packaged under the Gemini umbrella, which was unveiled a year ago . Google is framing its release of Gemini 2.0 as a springboard for AI agents built to interpret images shown through a smartphone, perform a variety of tedious chores, remember the conversations consumers have with people, help video game players plot strategy and even tackle the task of doing online searches. In a blog post , Google CEO Sundar Pichai predicted the technology contained in Gemini 2.0 will “understand more about the world around you, think multiple steps ahead and take action on your behalf, with your supervision.” It's a similar goal being pursued by hard-charging rivals such as OpenAI, with its chatGPT technology, and industry powerhouse such as Microsoft with a variety of similar tools on its Windows software. A lot of Google's latest AI technology will initially be confined to test groups and subscribers who pay $20 per month for Gemini Advanced, but some features will be made available through its search engine and mobile apps. Google is planning wider releases next year that will include the technology popping up in its smorgasbord of free products, including its Chrome browser, digital maps and YouTube. Besides trying to outshine OpenAI and other ambitious startups, Google is also trying to stay a step ahead of Apple as that trendsetting company begins to blend AI into its latest iPhones and other devices. After releasing a software update enabling the first bundle of the iPhone's “Apple Intelligence” features that spruced up the device's Siri assistant, another batch of the AI technology came out with a free software update that was also released Wednesday. Google is pushing forward with its latest AI advances even as the U.S. Justice Department is trying to break up the Mountain View, California, company to prevent further abusive practices by its dominant search engine, which was declared an illegal monopoly by a federal judge earlier this year as part of a landmark antitrust case. Among other things, Gemini 2.0 is supposed to improve the AI overviews that Google began highlighting in its search results over its traditional listing of the most pertinent links to websites earlier this year in response to AI-powered “answer engines” such as Perplexity. After the AI overviews initially produced some goofy suggestions, including putting glue on pizza , Google refined the technology to minimize such missteps. Now, company executives are promising things are going to get even better with Gemini 2.0, which Pichai said will be able to engage in more human-like reasoning while solving more advanced math problems and even churn out some computer code. The improvements to AI Overviews will initially only appear to a test audience before a wider release next year. The technological upgrade is also supposed to infuse a still-experimental universal AI agent dubbed “Project Astra,” with even more smarts and versatility, enabling people to have more meaningful and helpful conversations with the technology. In a show of confidence, Google said it will expand the number of people testing Project Astra without providing any specifics of the group's size. As part of Gemini 2.0, Google is also going to begin testing an extension to Chrome called “Project Mariner,” which can be turned on to do online searches and sift through the results so people don't won't have to bother. If the U.S. Department of Justice gets its way, Google will be forced to sell or spin off Chrome as part of its punishment for deploying its search engine in ways that stifled competition and potential innovation. Google has ridiculed the Justice Department's proposal as “overly broad” and vowed to resist any attempt to break up the company during federal court hearings scheduled to begin in Washington D.C. next spring. Even if those proceedings culminate in a court order mandating a breakup, Google could still appeal in a process that could take years to resolve while it continues its AI expansion. “I can’t wait to see what this next era brings,” Pichai wrote in his blog post, signaling the company doesn't believe it will be deterred by regulators.
Colorado State won't forfeit MW volleyball final to San Jose StateBOSTON , Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The China Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CHN) (the "Fund") announced today that the Fund's annual stockholder meeting (the "Meeting") will be scheduled for Thursday, March 13, 2025 , via a virtual forum at 11:00 a.m. ET . Stockholders of record as of January 15, 2025 will be entitled to notice of, and to attend and vote at, the Meeting. The notice for the Meeting will be mailed to shareholders on or about February 10, 2025 . The Fund is a closed-end management investment company with the objective of seeking long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities (i) of companies for which the principal securities trading market is in the People's Republic of China (" China "), or (ii) of companies for which the principal securities trading market is outside of China , or constituting direct equity investments in companies organized outside of China , that in both cases derive at least 50% of their revenues from goods and services sold or produced, or have at least 50% of their assets, in China . While the Fund is permitted to invest in direct equity investments of companies organized in China , it presently holds no such investments. Shares of the Fund are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CHN". The Fund's investment manager is Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. For further information regarding the Fund and the Fund's holdings, please call (888)-CHN-CALL (246-2255) or visit the Fund's website at www.chinafundinc.com . View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-china-fund-inc-announces-date-of-annual-meeting-of-stockholders-302331705.html SOURCE The China Fund, Inc.After Trump’s Project 2025 denials, he is tapping its authors and influencers for key roles
SOUTH LEBANON - The Lebanese Forces Party (LFP) leader, while justifying the Israeli genocide, is claiming that Hezbollah suffered defeat in Israel’s war on Lebanon and is now calling for the disarmament of the resistance movement. The WikiLeaks documents revealed similar moves by Samir Geagea, the LFP chief, after the July 2006 war in which Hezbollah shattered the myth of Israel’s invincibility. Samir Geagea, who is notoriously famous for his cruelty during the Lebanese 1975-1990 civil war, has rushed to hold an extraordinary meeting in the presence of LFP’s parliamentary bloc and executive body to inform them about his upcoming conspiracy against Hezbollah, what the US-led Israeli aggression on Lebanon failed to achieve. Geagea has proposed a plan to dismantle Hezbollah’s structure north of the Litani River to eliminate it militarily and politically and undermine its social base. The LFP chief has “advised” Hezbollah to return its weapons to Iran, without the slightest condemnation of the Israeli violations of the “truce”. He claimed that Hezbollah was the side that committed a “major crime against the Lebanese.” Geagea has deliberately ignored all Lebanese ministerial statements that legitimized the resistance, claiming that Hezbollah’s weapons were not “legitimate”, demanding they be handed over to the Lebanese army. The LFP chief threatened: “Anyone thinking that it is possible to return to the stage before October 7, 2023, Beware!! It is impossible to return to what we were before. Tell us if you do not want a state so that we know how to act. Our choice is clear, which is to limit weapons to the Lebanese army. Let Hezbollah’s members work as municipal police.” Geagea – who is aspiring to take the post of resident – has not learned any lessons from the consequences of playing the cards of civil skirmishes and sectarian incitement as he highly aspires to “disarm” the resistance movement, which the Israeli enemy has failed to accomplish. It is worth reminding readers that 12 years ago, during the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria, the Lebanese Forces Party made a “solidarity” visit to Gaza. Instead of heading to Gaza, MP Antoine Zahra, who led the delegation, could visit the Palestinian camps in Lebanon known for worse humanitarian conditions because the LFP MPs and their allies purposely obstructed the approval of their social and civil rights. However, the visit aimed to mislead the Palestinians and drag them into the quagmire of the foreign-backed terrorism in Syria. Meanwhile, the Syrian army and its allies in the Axis of Resistance continue their attacks on the US bases. This reveals the failure of the “deterrence” strategy that Washington recently adopted by intensifying its attacks on sites within the areas controlled by the Syrian army. In parallel, Washington continues to bring in ground military convoys and carry out joint training with the Free Syrian Army at the Tanf base, providing them with various artillery and missile systems to promote their capabilities to launch ground attacks on the Syrian army and its allies. The US Central Command announced that it had struck a target of an “Iranian-backed” group in Syria. CENTCOM commander Michael Kurilla has reiterated that the US forces “are committed” to taking all necessary measures to ensure the protection of their personnel. Saturday witnessed a cautious calm in the axes of the city of Aleppo, especially after the deployment of the Syrian army around Aleppo airport. The Syrian warplanes have further targeted the armed terrorist groups that have spread to about 60% of the area of Aleppo, imposing a curfew on the population until further notice. In the northern countryside of Aleppo, the residents of the towns of Nubl and Zahraa evacuated the towns after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces entered them.
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