“It’s totally feasible that an artificial intelligence (AI) agent could simulate more football in 24 hours than has ever been played professionally in the real world in the entire 150-year history of the game,” says Lee Mooney, who was head of data insights at City Football Group for six years.“Think about how many games Pep Guardiola can possibly have played in, managed and watched. If you go back every generation which led to him being where he is now, through Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels, that compound experience could potentially be simulated in just a few hours.“All that problem-solving knowledge…
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Aleksandr had only two weeks of training in Russia before being sent to the front lines in Ukraine in the summer of 2023. About a month later, he became an amputee.Learning to live without his right leg is taking much longer than two weeks.“There was a lot of pain at the beginning,” said Aleksandr, 38, referred to only by his first name in accordance with military protocol. But, he added, “eventually, your brain just rewires itself and you get used to it.”Aleksandr spoke in an interview at a sanitarium in the Moscow suburbs while a doctor refitted his prosthetic leg.…
The new quarter could be an especially strong one for certain stocks like athletic retailer Nike , according to Goldman Sachs. Tariff uncertainty under a second Trump administration has already shaken up markets this year. This heightened trepidation has been exacerbated by renewed fears over stubborn inflation and, subsequently, the Federal Reserve’s rate cut path in 2025. Despite this overwhelmingly volatile backdrop, Goldman Sachs believes that some names will still come out on top. Earlier this week, the bank picked its top U.S. long and short ideas for the first quarter of 2025, which included the following names: One recurring…
An Amazon employee works to fulfill same-day orders during Cyber Monday, one of the company’s busiest days, at an Amazon fulfillment center in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 2, 2024.Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | Getty ImagesAmazon warehouse workers at a site in North Carolina will vote next month on whether to join a union, setting the stage for the company’s latest labor battle.Workers at the Garner, North Carolina, facility will cast their ballots from Feb. 10 to Feb. 15, according to a Tuesday post on X by Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, the group seeking to organize staffers. Representatives…
At last month’s Winter Meetings in Dallas, agent Joel Wolfe held court in front of a large group of reporters and caused a stir when discussing his client, Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, who is expected to sign with a major-league team after the international signing period begins on Jan. 15.Speculation about where Sasaki would ultimately land in MLB has simmered since his Nippon Professional Baseball debut in 2021, stoked by his stellar performance in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The Dodgers are currently seen as a favorite, but it’s clear they’re not the only team in the hunt.At the Winter…
A worker adjusts hiring signage at a job and resource fair hosted by the Mountain Area Workforce Development Board in partnership with NCWorks in Hendersonville, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Allison Joyce | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPrivate sector job creation eased more than expected in December while wages grew at the slowest pace in nearly 3½ years, payment processing firm ADP reported Wednesday.Companies added a seasonally adjusted 122,000 jobs for the month, down from 146,000 additions in November and less than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for 136,000. It was the smallest increase since August.On wages, pay grew…
It will be a “bumpy ride” for Advanced Micro Devices investors due to strong competition in the artificial intelligence space, according to HSBC. The bank downgraded the semiconductor stock to reduce from buy and lowered its price target to $110 per share from $200. HSBC’s forecast implies a roughly 13% pullback from Tuesday’s close. Analyst Frank Lee said increased competition for graphic processing units, from companies including Nvidia, Marvell and Broadcom will pressure AMD — even after shares have dropped 26% over the past three months. GPUs are key components for powering AI programs and systems. AMD YTD mountain AMD…
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAn artificial intelligence feature on iPhones is generating fake news alerts, stoking concerns about the technology’s ability to spread misinformation.Last week, a feature recently launched by Apple that summarizes users’ notifications using AI, pushed out inaccurately summarized BBC News app notifications on the broadcaster’s story about the PDC World Darts Championship semi-final, falsely claiming British darts player Luke Littler had won the championship.The incident happened a day before the actual tournament’s final, which Littler did go on to win.Then, just hours after that incident occurred, a separate notification generated by Apple Intelligence, the tech…
The grill of a Rolls Royce motor car in view of residential properties in Mayfair in London, UK, on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBritish luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce Motor Cars on Wednesday said it is investing over £300 million ($369.9 million) to expand its global headquarters, citing growing demand for highly personalized models from its ultra-wealthy clientele.BMW-owned Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, like other luxury car brands, has seen an uptick in demand for bespoke and complex car models in recent months.Some of these individualized embellishments have included orders for solid 18-carat gold sculptures, intricate embroideries comprising more than…
As the world grapples with climate change, population growth and dwindling supplies of fresh water, more people are set to rely on treated wastewater to sustain their daily lives.But wastewater, even after treatment, contains high levels of harmful “forever chemicals” that are already contaminating the drinking water of millions of Americans, researchers said in a study published on Monday that analyzed wastewater samples nationwide.The study, led by researchers at Harvard and New York University, found elevated levels of six types of chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in the samples. The chemicals, which have been linked to…
