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AI pilot program in L.A. County courts will help judges craft rulings in some cases

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. AI pilot program in L.A. County courts will help judges craft rulings in some cases This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . A select panel of L.A. County judges now have access to an artificial intelligence tool that can help them summarize motions and draft rulings in civil court. The tool, Learned Hand, is already in use by judges in 10 states, according to the company's CEO.


L.A. teachers union widely expected to announce strike date at massive Wednesday rally

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. L.A. teachers union widely expected to announce strike date at massive Wednesday rally Members of the largest unions representing teachers and nonteachers participate in joint rally at Grand Park in March 2023. The scene will be repeated on Wednesday, with union members once again on the verge of a strike. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here .


'What is the mission?' With Iran, California military families fear another 'forever war'

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. With Iran, California military families fear another'forever war' Shalena Critchlow, at the Oceanside Pier, holds a photo of her son Cpl. Saiveon Critchlow, who recently completed his service with the U.S. Marines. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here .


'Tentacles squelching wetly': the human subtitle writers under threat from AI

The Guardian

'You can't just give an algorithm a soundtrack and say, "here are the sounds, figure it out''' a subtitled scene from Stranger Things. 'You can't just give an algorithm a soundtrack and say, "here are the sounds, figure it out''' a subtitled scene from Stranger Things. Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it's a vital service that needs a human to make it work I s artificial intelligence going to destroy the SDH [subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing] industry? It's a valid question because, while SDH is the default subtitle format on most platforms, the humans behind it - as with all creative industries - are being increasingly devalued in the age of AI. "SDH is an art, and people in the industry have no idea. They think it's just a transcription," says Max Deryagin, chair of Subtle, a non-profit association of freelance subtitlers and translators.


MobiVerse: Scaling Urban Mobility Simulation with Hybrid Lightweight Domain-Specific Generator and Large Language Models

Liu, Yifan, Liao, Xishun, Ma, Haoxuan, Liu, Jonathan, Jadhav, Rohan, Ma, Jiaqi

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Figure 1: MobiV erse visualization interface: Users can observe agent behaviors in the simulation view, track individual agents, set road closures, introduce gathering events, or directly communicate with agents to influence their travel decisions and observe adaptation in real time. Abstract -- Understanding and modeling human mobility patterns is crucial for effective transportation planning and urban development. Despite significant advances in mobility research, there remains a critical gap in simulation platforms that allow for algorithm development, policy implementation, and comprehensive evaluation at scale. Traditional activity-based models require extensive data collection and manual calibration, machine learning approaches struggle with adaptation to dynamic conditions, and treding agent-based Large Language Models (LLMs) implementations face computational constraints with large-scale simulations. T o address these challenges, we propose MobiV erse, a hybrid framework leverages the efficiency of lightweight domain-specific generator for generating base activity chains with the adaptability of LLMs for context-aware modifications. A case study was conducted in Westwood, Los Angeles, where we efficiently generated and dynamically adjusted schedules for the whole population of approximately 53,000 agents on a standard PC. Our experiments demonstrate that MobiV erse successfully enables agents to respond to environmental feedback, including road closures, large gathering events like football games, and congestion, through our hybrid framework.


'Star Wars' actor Mark Hamill donated 500 drones to Ukraine forces through charity

FOX News

Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin provides insight on responding to drone attacks in Ukraine on'America Reports.' "Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill donated 500 drones to assist Ukraine in its efforts to push back Russian forces. "Very simply: Ukraine needs drones," Hamill told host Joe Mathieu during an appearance on Bloomberg Radio's "Sound On." "They define war outcomes, they protect their land, their people, they monitor the border, they're eyes in the sky," Hamill said, adding that he was "honored" to support the mission, which would include raising funds to support Ukraine's UNITED24 "Army of Drones" project. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the program's launch last year, including Hamill's role as an ambassador for the program. So far, donations through UNITED24 have reached more than $210 million. CONOR KENNEDY, RFK'S GRANDSON AND TAYLOR SWIFT'S EX, REVEALS UKRAINE SERVICE: 'I WAS … WILLING TO DIE' "I was really shocked because they give me these updates at least two or three times a week about what's going on, and they said they've received over 500 drones since I started this," the actor revealed.

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Killer Robots: Why We Should (Not) Worry About Them

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In 1997, The Simpsons prophesized that for future wars, "most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots" with soldiers only responsible to "build and maintain those robots." Though the cartoon's track record with predictions is debatable, few will argue that robots have played a critical role in combat over the past decade. Whether it is a Predator drone patrolling a No-Fly zone or a Packbot diffusing a bomb, robots have made their presence known on the battlefield. The U.S. military and coalition forces use the base, located in an undisclosed location, to launch airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, as well as to distribute cargo and transport troops supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The Predators at the base are operated and maintained by the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, currently attached to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing.


vuSearch-Retail: Computer Vision Machine Learning R&D internship

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The journalists who never sleep

The Guardian

At dawn on 17 March the inhabitants of Los Angeles were woken by a mild tremor. Less than three minutes later the Los Angeles Times website published an initial piece on the subject, at first sight a wire drafted in haste by a press agency: "A shallow magnitude 4.7 earthquake was reported Monday morning five miles [8km] from Westwood, California, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6.25am Pacific time at a depth of 5.0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicentre was six miles from Beverly Hills, California, seven miles from Universal City, California, seven miles from Santa Monica, California, and 348 miles from Sacramento, California. In the past 10 days, there have been no earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and greater centred nearby. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author."