The use of artificial intelligence is exploding around the world, but the technology’s language models are primarily trained in English, leaving many speakers of other languages behind.
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97% of CrowdStrike systems are back online; Microsoft suggests Windows changes
Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. (credit: CrowdStrike) CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said Thursday that 97 percent of all Windows systems running its Falcon sensor software were back online, a week after an update-related outage to the corporate security software delayed flights and took...
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At the Olympics, AI is watching you
Enlarge / Police observe the Eiffel Tower from Trocadero ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024. (credit: Hector Vivas/Getty Images) On the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony, Paris is a city swamped in security. Forty thousand barriers divide the French capital. Packs of police officers wearing stab vests patrol pretty,...
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Hang out with Ars in San Jose and DC this fall for two infrastructure events
Enlarge / Infrastructure! Howdy, Arsians! Last year, we partnered with IBM to host an in-person event in the Houston area where we all gathered together, had some cocktails, and talked about resiliency and the future of IT. Location always matters for things like this, and so we hosted it at Space Center Houston and had...
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Andscape at the Olympics: Talking USA Basketball, opening ceremony
Andscape at the Olympics is an ongoing series exploring the Black athletes and culture around the 2024 Paris Games. PARIS – Welcome to Andscape at the Olympics, a video series in which Andscape columnist William C. Rhoden, senior NBA writer Marc J. Spears and Andscape/ESPN commentator Ari Chambers will discuss the key topics about Black...
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Fruit Pizza Recipe
This Fruit Pizza Recipe is a fun dessert that’s as pretty as it is delicious! A sugar cookie crust and fluffy cream cheese frosting are topped with a rainbow of fresh fruit. I’m always down for a pizza dinner, whether it’s vegan naan pizza or quinoa pizza bites. And when it comes time for dessert,...
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Art. Bold Works by Deborah Segun.
Deborah Segun is a 30-year-old Nigerian artist who lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. Segun studied at Italy’s prestigious Polimoda school in Florence — one of the top art schools in the world. Segun is known for her use of complimenting color schemes to create bright, bold, abstracted depictions of the black female form. She...
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How Victor Wembanyama’s unearthly size and still-growing feet made him Nike’s ‘Alien’
As soon as “Wemby” landed in conversation, Nike CEO and president John Donahoe beamed in fascination of basketball’s French-born, 7-foot-4 anomaly, Victor Wembanyama. The moment occurred in early April at Palais Brongniart, the former home of the Paris Stock Exchange. Donahoe reaffirmed Nike’s early investment in Wembanyama, who signed with the Swoosh years before his...