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Jets' Aaron Rodgers shares thoughts on drones flying over New Jersey: 'What the hell is that?'

FOX News

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers lives in New Jersey and has noticed the drones recently flying throughout the state. "Do you know what's been going on in Jersey lately? There's been some crazy things going on. There is some drones in the sky," Rodgers said during a recent appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show."


How NYPD is using AI, drones and DNA in manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's assassin

Daily Mail - Science & tech

As the search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killer enters its sixth day, police are using cutting-edge technology to zero-in on his identity and whereabouts. Artificial Intelligence, drones and DNA analysis are all playing a critical role in the ongoing manhunt for the'brazen' assassin who shot Thompson, 50, in broad daylight Wednesday. AI-powered facial recognition software is being used to analyze CCTV and other images of the killer from the days around the shooting and cross-reference them with NYPD databases of known individuals. This database includes'lawfully possessed arrest photos' which the AI compares to photo and video evidence from the investigation. The department also has use of more than 100 drones for surveilling the more than 450-square-mile city.


Nvidia shares fall as China launches antitrust investigation into company

The Guardian

China said on Monday it has launched an investigation into Nvidia over suspected violations of the country's anti-monopoly law, in a move widely seen as a retaliatory shot against Washington's latest curbs on the Chinese chip sector. The statement from the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announcing the investigation did not elaborate on how the US company, known for its artificial intelligence (AI) and gaming chips, might have violated China's anti-monopoly laws. It said that the US chipmaker is, in addition, suspected of violating commitments it made during its acquisition of the Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies under terms outlined in the regulator's 2020 conditional approval of that deal. Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company's shares fell 2.2% in pre-market trading in New York after the Chinese regulator's announcement.


NYPD believes UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin left New York City on a bus morning of shooting

FOX News

NEW YORK โ€“ The masked gunman wanted in connection with the ambush shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Wednesday morning fled the crime scene using various modes of transportation before police believe he got on a bus out of the Big Apple, authorities told Fox News. Police traced his route from the crime scene near 54th Street and Sixth Avenue up to Central Park, which he exited at 77th Street and Central Park West, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told Fox News Friday. Kenny's boss, new NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, added that investigators have picked up an abundance of video and digital evidence in addition to physical evidence they hope can lead them to the killer. "We actually have a tremendous amount of forensic evidence in this case that we've collected- DNA evidence, fingerprint evidence, which is all at the lab now being processed," she told Fox News Friday. This undated photo provided by UnitedHealth Group shows UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson.


'Net tightening' around UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect, NYC mayor says

Al Jazeera

Police are closing in on the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York hotel, the city's mayor has said. New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Sunday that the "net is tightening" around the suspected gunman, who is believed by authorities to have left the city after the killing. "The manner in which they were able to follow his footsteps, to recover evidence โ€“ some of it is known, some of it is unknown โ€“ but the net is tightening. And we are going to bring this person to justice," Adams told reporters. Asked if authorities had confirmed the suspect's name, Adams declined to comment on his identity.


Brush, floss, mouthwash: Dentists reveal what they believe is the correct order

FOX News

Robotic dentistry is becoming a reality. Your dentist may remind you to brush, floss and mouthwash โ€“ but what is the "right" order to do it? While all steps of oral hygiene can benefit dental health, Dr. Mike Wei, DDS, of New York City, shared with Fox News Digital that he'd recommend the below order. Starting with floss helps to remove food debris and plaque between the teeth and along the gumline, which a toothbrush "may not reach effectively," according to Wei. Dr. Ellie Phillips (not pictured) recommends using xylitol gum and mints to promote healthy salivary flow.


Global AI computing will use 'multiple NYCs' worth of power by 2026, says founder

ZDNet

Thomas Graham, right, co-founder of chip startup Lightmatter, told Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence that data centers equivalent to eight times the power draw of New York City will be under construction come 2026 to serve deployment of AI. Nvidia and its partners and customers have steadily built larger and larger computer facilities around the world to handle the compute-intensive needs of training giant artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as GPT-4. That effort will gain continued importance as more AI models are put into production, says one startup serving the tech giants. "People will want more compute, not necessarily because of scaling laws, but because you're deploying these things now," said Thomas Graham, co-founder of optical computing startup Lightmatter, during an interview last week in New York with Mandeep Singh, a senior technology analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence. Singh asked Graham if large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 will continue to "scale," meaning grow in size as OpenAI and others try to achieve more ambitious models.


Florida man accused of breaking into home, stabbing woman while she was sleeping inside

FOX News

A Florida man allegedly broke into a woman's home, stabbed her while she was sleeping and attempted to flee from deputies. A Florida man is facing charges after he allegedly broke into a woman's home, stabbed her while she was sleeping and attempted to run away from deputies. Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, on Sunday broke into a woman's home on New York Drive in Tice, Florida, and stabbed her multiple times while she was sleeping, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. Lanza also hit another person inside the home before fleeing the scene. Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, is charged with two counts of burglary with battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.


Five Canadian news media outlets sue OpenAI for copyright breach

Al Jazeera

Microsoft is OpenAI's major backer. In a statement, Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada said OpenAI was scraping large swaths of content to develop its products without getting permission or compensating content owners. "Journalism is in the public interest. OpenAI using other companies' journalism for their own commercial gain is not. A New York federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on November 7 against OpenAI that claimed it misused articles from news outlets Raw Story and AlterNet.


AI isn't hitting a wall, it's just getting too smart for benchmarks, says Anthropic

ZDNet

Large language models and other forms of generative artificial intelligence are improving steadily at "self-correction," opening up the possibilities for new kinds of work they can do, including "agentic AI," according to the vice president of Anthropic, a leading vendor of AI models. "It's getting very good at self-correction, self-reasoning," said Michael Gerstenhaber, head of API technologies at Anthropic, which makes the Claude family of LLMs that compete with OpenAI's GPT. "Every couple of months we've come out with a new model that has extended what LLMs can do," said Gerstenhaber during an interview Wednesday in New York with Bloomberg Intelligence's Anurag Rana. "The most interesting thing about this industry is that new use cases are unlocked with every model revision." Also: Anthropic's latest AI model can use a computer just like you - mistakes and all The most recent models include task planning, such as how to carry out tasks on a computer as a person would; for example, ordering pizza online.