Stylized dialogue generation, which aims to generate a given-style response for an input context, plays a vital role in intelligent dialogue systems.

Although it is, at least according to the Library of Congress, the most-watched movie of all time, The Wizard of Oz was a costly failure at the box office, and only became a perennial favorite thanks to the regular TV airings that began in the 1950s. But in the decades since it's become a metonym for the wonder of the big screen, a movie even people who prefer their content streaming will make the effort to see in a movie theater. Beginning on Labor Day weekend, audiences will get to experience the movie on perhaps the largest screen ever created. But it won't be The Wizard of Oz as we've come to know it for the better part of a century. The version of the movie that will fill Las Vegas' Sphere starting Aug. 28 has been retooled to fit the venue's curved shell, its images enhanced and expanded to fill four football fields' worth of 16K LED screens--the foundation of an immersive presentation that also includes flames, gusts of wind, and inflatable flying monkeys piloted by drone. It is, to quote the title of a CBS news report, "The Wizard of Oz as you've never seen it before."

This paper presents a novel approach to modeling human driving behavior, designed for use in evaluating autonomous vehicle control systems in a simulation environments. Our methodology leverages a hierarchical forward-looking, risk-aware estimation framework with learned parameters to generate human-like driving trajectories, accommodating multiple driver levels determined by model parameters. This approach is grounded in multimodal trajectory prediction, using a deep neural network with LSTM-based social pooling to predict the trajectories of surrounding vehicles. These trajectories are used to compute forward-looking risk assessments along the ego vehicle's path, guiding its navigation. Our method aims to replicate human driving behaviors by learning parameters that emulate human decision-making during driving. We ensure that our model exhibits robust generalization capabilities by conducting simulations, employing real-world driving data to validate the accuracy of our approach in modeling human behavior. The results reveal that our model effectively captures human behavior, showcasing its versatility in modeling human drivers in diverse highway scenarios.

Ohio Republican candidates who are vying to take on Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown clashed over border security and drone strikes in Mexico during Monday's first statewide debate. Facing off at WJW Fox 8 Studios in Cleveland, businessman Bernie Moreno, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan generally agreed on a few issues, including calling for fully securing the U.S.-Mexico border, but then quickly clashed upon delving into the immigration crisis further. Dolan accused Moreno, who was endorsed by former President Trump, of wanting "to militarize the federal government and deport children" for his stance calling for deporting anybody in the country illegally. LaRose called earlier Monday for President Biden to deploy three military divisions to the border, which Dolan said was irresponsible. "We need to work with the Mexican government, we need to be tough with the Mexican government," Dolan said.

The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office says it is investigating a robocall with a fake voice of President Biden urging voters there not to participate in Tuesday's presidential primary and instead "save" their votes for November. The message, which White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday is "indeed fake and not recorded by the president," was allegedly sent out Sunday, though it is unclear how many people may have received the call. "Although the voice in the robocall sounds like the voice of President Biden, this message appears to be artificially generated based on initial indications," the Attorney General's Office said. "These messages appear to be an unlawful attempt to disrupt the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Election and to suppress New Hampshire voters. "New Hampshire voters should disregard the content of this message entirely," it added. President Biden arrives at the White House in Washington on Monday after returning from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The date that New Hampshire set for its primary Tuesday is out of compliance with the DNC's 2024 presidential nominating calendar. Holding an unsanctioned primary means President Biden is not on the New Hampshire ballot, but Granite State Democrats have launched a write-in campaign in an attempt to prevent an electoral embarrassment for the president as he runs for a second term in the White House. You know the value of voting Democratic when our votes count. It's important that you save your vote for the November election," the voice says in a recording of the message obtained by NBC News.

Kashmir Hill, the author of the new book "Your Face Belongs to Us," took a walk around midtown the other day, to check out a few businesses that routinely capture visitors' biometric data. She wore a red coat and white boots, and her hair was a faded purple. "Let's see if Macy's is still collecting face-recognition data," she said. Businesses that do so are required by city law to post signs alerting visitors. She'd noticed, earlier, that the store's signs were "very affixed to their walls."

When I was 6, I found independence in journeys to my grandfather's house, two blocks away. I would hop on my bike and head over for a mini Horizon chocolate milk.My brothers and I called him Dad-dad, and so did our friends. We knew we could stop by anytime for a treat, or for tea and cookies at 4 p.m. An accomplished woodworker, he finished an eave in his attic, intuiting correctly that it was a perfect space for forts."We "And a lot of goodies."Sam and a friend, Olivia, said nearly identical things when I asked about memories of neighborliness in Silver Spring, Maryland: "I was always being sent to a neighbor's to borrow ingredients" and "there was not a day that we were not outside."I

Last November, at the Stockholm University of the Arts, a human and an AI made music together. The performance began with musician David Dolan playing a grand piano into a microphone. As he played, a computer system, designed and overseen by composer and Kingston University researcher Oded Ben-Tal, "listened" to the piece, extracting data on pitch, rhythm, and timbre. Then, it added its own accompaniment, improvising just like a person would. Some sounds were transformations of Dolan's piano; some were new sounds synthesized on the fly.

Kelly Conlon, who was kept from seeing the Rockettes, and Sam Davis, who was barred from attending a Rangers game, speak out against MSG Entertainment and James Dolan for their use of facial recognition on'America's Newsroom.' The latest development to come from Madison Square Garden and CEO James Dolan is one that will likely leave fans very unhappy. Dolan threatened to cancel all alcohol sales at The Garden – he mentioned a Rangers game – as a response to the New York State Liquor Authority, which is currently investigating Dolan regarding his facial recognition technology that has resulted in several bans against lawyers who are suing him. Dolan said it all on Fox 5's "Good Day New York." with Rosanna Scotto. James Dolan, left, and head coach Tom Thibodeau of the New York Knicks attend the NBA Summer League at the Thomas and Mack Center on July 8, 2022, in Las Vegas.

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) on pregnant women to detect the risk of a fetus having rare genetic abnormalities may often be wrong, according to recent reports. These tests, according to multiple health experts, can actually give false positives, which can create significant angst in expecting parents. Health experts explained to Fox News that NIPT works by taking blood samples from the pregnant mother and then analyzing fragments of free-floating cell-free DNA (cfDNA).