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Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Worldcoin, Collects Personal Data With an Eye-Scanning Orb — And Now It's Banned in Spain
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Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Worldcoin Venture Blocked in Spain: Spain banned Worldcoin from scanning people’s eyes in exchange for cryptocurrency tokens ...
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Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Worldcoin Venture Blocked in Spain
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The murky world of crypto ATMs takes off as prices soar: ‘Some people are paying for their rooms with this stuff’
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Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Worldcoin, Collects Personal Data With an Eye-Scanning Orb — And Now It's Banned in Spain
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Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Worldcoin Venture Blocked in Spain: Spain banned Worldcoin from scanning people’s eyes in exchange for cryptocurrency tokens ...
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Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Worldcoin Venture Blocked in Spain
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The murky world of crypto ATMs takes off as prices soar: ‘Some people are paying for their rooms with this stuff’
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Things aren't going to plan for Sam Altman's strange eyeball scanner: Sam Altman's futuristic Worldcoin project has just been banned in Spain.
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Things aren't going to plan for Sam Altman's strange eyeball scanner
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Spain Bans Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Amid Data Collection Concerns: Worldcoin said the ban was “circumventing” European Union laws while spreading “inaccurate and ...
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Spain Bans Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Amid Data Collection Concerns
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Spain imposes ban on Worldcoin scans over privacy concerns: Spain has imposed a temporary ban on Worldcoin Eyeballs scans amid privacy concerns.
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Spain imposes ban on Worldcoin scans over privacy concerns
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Spain bans company that pays people to have irises scanned: Spain's data protection agency has ordered the temporary suspension of the Worldcoin crypto ...
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Spain bans company that pays people to have irises scanned
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Sam Altman's eye-scanning Worldcoin banned in Spain: Spain has banned Worldcoin for up to three months, drawing a sharp rebuke from Sam Altman's company ...
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Sam Altman's eye-scanning Worldcoin banned in Spain
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Worldcoin says it’s paused services in Spain, after filing legal challenge to temporary ban
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Worldcoin says it’s paused services in Spain, after filing legal challenge ...
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Worldcoin wants to take action against ban in Spain: Spain has banned Worldcoin from collecting further data. The crypto project based in Erlangen now wants to ...
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Worldcoin wants to take action against ban in Spain
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Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin scans over privacy concerns: Spain has put a temporary ban in place on Worldcoin eyeballs scans, citing concerns over ...
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Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin scans over privacy concerns
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Spain halts Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning startup Worldcoin over privacy concerns
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Spain halts Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning startup Worldcoin over privacy ...
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Ban in Spain: Worldcoin is not allowed to scan eyes everywhere - Golem.de: The Spanish data protection authority has temporarily banned Worldcoin from operating ...
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Ban in Spain: Worldcoin is not allowed to scan eyes everywhere - Golem.de
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Sam Altman's iris-scanning Worldcoin crypto project has been banned in Spain over privacy concerns
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Sam Altman's iris-scanning Worldcoin crypto project has been banned ...
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Spain Bans Worldcoin Operations Over Data Privacy Concerns: Spanish authorities impose a three-month ban on Worldcoin amid ongoing investigations into the ...
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Spain Bans Worldcoin Operations Over Data Privacy Concerns
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Worldcoin will increase WLD supply by up to 19% in the next 6 months: Worldcoin will sell $200 million worth of its WLD token to a “select group” of trading ...
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Worldcoin will increase WLD supply by up to 19% in the next 6 months
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Spain to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, minister says: Spain’s defence minister said on Friday Madrid would deliver Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine ...
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Spain to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, minister says
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Confused about AI? Here are the podcasts you need on artificial intelligence: Want to know more about AI? The Forum has a range of podcasts that will help you ...
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Confused about AI? Here are the podcasts you need on artificial ...
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Greece, Spain will refuse to send Ukraine air defense systems: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s launcher hopes dashed in Athens and Madrid.
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Greece, Spain will refuse to send Ukraine air defense systems
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Timeline: What happened to Audrey Fang, the S’porean who was found dead in south-east Spain
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Timeline: What happened to Audrey Fang, the S’porean who was found dead in ...
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Worldcoin, Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain: The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building ...
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Worldcoin, Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain
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Exclusive | Sam Altman Invests in Energy Startup Focused on AI Data Centers: The OpenAI CEO is betting that a new twist on solar power and energy storage can ...
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Exclusive | Sam Altman Invests in Energy Startup Focused on AI Data ...
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Sam Altman and others are investing $20 million in a startup tackling AI's energy problem
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Sam Altman and others are investing $20 million in a startup tackling AI's ...
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Mass tourism in Spain: protests on the Canary Islands: In the Canary Islands, anger against mass tourism and outrage over the behavior of some travelers is ...
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Mass tourism in Spain: protests on the Canary Islands
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OpenAI's Sam Altman is trying to poach some of Microsoft's customers: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has hosted top business executives to pitch its enterprise AI ...
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OpenAI's Sam Altman is trying to poach some of Microsoft's customers
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Victim or doer? What options does Pedro Sanchez have in Spain: 🇪🇸 Spain's head of government wants to announce on Monday whether he will resign ...
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Victim or doer? What options does Pedro Sanchez have in Spain
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EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite's reward programme: TikTok Lite's reward programme may be suspended in the European Union on Thursday if TikTok is unable to ...
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EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite's reward programme
Quick Glance: San Francisco's Real Estate Market in Turmoil
  • The city of San Francisco, once seen as the shining star of the West Coast, is now on the verge of collapse, with seemingly no one raising the alarm.

  • In particular, the city's housing market has been severely impacted over the past year, with prices plummeting and homeowners fleeing en masse.

  • Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, did not hold back in his comparison of San Francisco's issues to those of New York City, stating that the Bay Area is 'in far worse shape.'

  • San Francisco is failing in all aspects, leading to a quiet collapse of its housing market, where once luxurious properties are now being offered at significant discounts.
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The Kid Behind America’s Most Bizarre Conspiracy Theory Just Found the Perfect Second Act
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The Kid Behind America’s Most Bizarre Conspiracy Theory Just Found the ...
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Russia Vetoes Nukes in Space in UN Security Council Vote, Kremlin Diplomat Says Opponents Aren’t Fair
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Centcom Says Reports of US Airstrikes in Iraq Aren’t True: US Central Command said reports claiming that the US conducted airstrikes in Iraq today aren’t true ...
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Centcom Says Reports of US Airstrikes in Iraq Aren’t True
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At Moderna, OpenAI’s GPTs Are Changing Almost Everything: ‘People literally talk about how AI is going to cure diseases someday, and I think this is a very ...
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At Moderna, OpenAI’s GPTs Are Changing Almost Everything
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Why Sam Altman Is Betting on Solar to Help Power AI: Renewable energy company Exowatt scored $20 million from the OpenAI CEO and VC firms Andreessen Horowitz and ...
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Why Sam Altman Is Betting on Solar to Help Power AI
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Why unemployment in Spain is rising and what's being done to cap it?: The abundance of temporary contracts, as well as low productivity have both ...
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Why unemployment in Spain is rising and what's being done to cap it?
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What we know so far about the killing of a Singaporean woman in Spain: Audrey Fang's body was found with 30 stab wounds in the small Spanish town of Abanilla ...
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What we know so far about the killing of a Singaporean woman in Spain
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U.S. safety regulators investigate Tesla's autopilot recall: It's the latest hurdle Tesla has faced over safety concerns related to its autopilot software.
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U.S. safety regulators investigate Tesla's autopilot recall
Quick Glance: Investigation of Tesla's Autopilot Recall Effectiveness
  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Tesla's Autopilot recall after 20 more crashes occurred post-recall.

  • The recall involved over 2 million vehicles and utilized an online software update to enhance driver warnings.

  • Concerns were raised regarding the recall's efficacy as crashes persisted after the fix.

  • The investigation aims to determine why post-recall issues were not addressed and whether they pose a safety risk.
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Flint's 10-year water crisis' origins chronicled in new book: The Michigan city's decision to switch its water supply unleashed one of America's largest public ...
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Flint's 10-year water crisis' origins chronicled in new book
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a16z snubs crypto, Mango Markets exploiter found guilty and Worldcoin launches blockchain network: Hodler’s Digest, April 14-20
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a16z snubs crypto, Mango Markets exploiter found guilty and Worldcoin ...
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Worldcoin reaches 10M users, 70M transactions and at least 13 goats bought: Worldcoin reaches 10 million users and 70 million transactions as the crypto ...
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Worldcoin reaches 10M users, 70M transactions and at least 13 goats bought
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Does Spain accept savings for the digital nomad visa if earnings aren't enough?: One of the main questions applicants for Spain's digital nomad visa have is ...
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Does Spain accept savings for the digital nomad visa if earnings aren't ...
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Heatwave caused hailstorm in Spain: In 2022, an unusually strong hailstorm hit Spain. Experts have now reconstructed the causes: apparently climate change was a ...
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Heatwave caused hailstorm in Spain
Quick Glance: Climate Change Intensifies Hailstorm in Spain
  • In 2022, a strong hailstorm hit Spain, attributed to climate change.

  • A six-week heatwave over the Mediterranean intensified the storm, leading to large hailstones.

  • The increased sea surface temperature and humidity in the air contributed to the formation of the weather event.

  • Experts highlight that such extreme weather conditions are exacerbated by climate change.
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Spain accidentally releases drug lord who planned to kill heir to Dutch throne: Gang kingpin skips town after judicial mix-up.
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Spain accidentally releases drug lord who planned to kill heir to Dutch ...
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Period poverty still a problem within the EU despite tax breaks: In some countries, costs remain high for women despite tax breaks with many not being able to ...
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Period poverty still a problem within the EU despite tax breaks
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Worldcoin tightens privacy checks, allows users to unverify World ID: On April 9, Worldcoin announced two updates: The ability to unverify World IDs via ...
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Worldcoin tightens privacy checks, allows users to unverify World ID
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Portuguese PM takes cautious stance on Palestinian statehood compared to Spain: Portugal’s new prime minister told his Spanish counterpart on Monday his country ...
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Portuguese PM takes cautious stance on Palestinian statehood compared to ...
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Canary Islanders plan hunger strike against mass tourism: Activists report that locals are forced to sleep in their cars and even in caves.
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Canary Islanders plan hunger strike against mass tourism
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Do I have to pay the estate agent a commission if I rent in Spain?: Who has to pay the real estate agent commission (usually equivalent to one month's rent) ...
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Do I have to pay the estate agent a commission if I rent in Spain?
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'Go home': Overtourism sparks backlash in Spain: Anti-tourism movements are multiplying in Spain, the world's second most visited country ...
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'Go home': Overtourism sparks backlash in Spain
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Spain pushes Catholic Church to compensate abuse victims: Spain's left-wing government on Tuesday upped the pressure on the Catholic Church to compensate ...
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Spain pushes Catholic Church to compensate abuse victims
Quick Glance: Spain advocates for compensation of abuse victims by Catholic Church
  • In Spain, allegations of clerical abuse have only recently begun to attract attention, unlike in other countries.

  • The government has initiated discussions with the Catholic Church to cover the costs of compensating abuse victims.

  • A plan adopted by ministers incorporates recommendations from a report by independent experts.

  • Spain's Catholic Church refuses to participate in a compensation fund solely for victims of ecclesiastical abuse.
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Climate change affects wine growing: short-time work at Freixenet: Wine growing in Catalonia is suffering from drought. Because of climate change ...
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Climate change affects wine growing: short-time work at Freixenet
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Inside Spain: Canaries say no to mass tourism and do young Basques want independence?
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Inside Spain: Canaries say no to mass tourism and do young Basques want ...
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Spain Says Germany Can Find a Way to Make Joint EU Borrowing Work: The European Union will be able to find a way to raise more joint debt that is acceptable to ...
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Spain Says Germany Can Find a Way to Make Joint EU Borrowing Work
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The Radical Paul Robeson: Paul Robeson was born on this day in 1898. A pioneering black singer and actor, he was also a lifelong radical – and committed his life ...
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The Radical Paul Robeson
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“Kidney ring exchange”: Lauterbach presents new organ donation plan: Because there are not enough organ donors in Germany, an average of three people die every ...
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“Kidney ring exchange”: Lauterbach presents new organ donation plan
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Spain axes 'golden visa' popular with British expats: The scheme awards non-EU citizens investing in the property market
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Spain axes 'golden visa' popular with British expats
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Ireland working with Spain and others to build support for recognition of Palestine
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Ireland working with Spain and others to build support for recognition of ...
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Fancy AI iPhone? Ex-Apple chief designer and OpenAI CEO need $1 billion: Apple's former chief designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are apparently planning ...
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Fancy AI iPhone? Ex-Apple chief designer and OpenAI CEO need $1 billion
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Tens of thousands of anti-tourism protesters his streets in Tenerife: Tens of thousands of people hit the streets in Tenerife today to protest against tourism on ...
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Tens of thousands of anti-tourism protesters his streets in Tenerife
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Portuguese government forecasts 1.5% economic growth for 2024: The Portuguese economy will grow by 1.5% this year, in line with what was projected in the 2024 ...
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Portuguese government forecasts 1.5% economic growth for 2024
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These jobs will be replaced by AI, says the founder of OpenAI - Business Punk: Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI and developer of ChatGPT, reveals the jobs that ...
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These jobs will be replaced by AI, says the founder of OpenAI - Business ...
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AI is threatening Americans’ jobs. Could guaranteed income provide a safety net?: Michael Tubbs was born and raised in Stockton, California, roughly a one-hour ...
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AI is threatening Americans’ jobs. Could guaranteed income provide a ...
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OpenAI ChatGPT GPT-4 Turbo Gets A MId-Life Boost, Here’s What You Should Know: Besieged by competitors on every side, GPT-4 Turbo just got a major update with ...
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OpenAI ChatGPT GPT-4 Turbo Gets A MId-Life Boost, Here’s What You Should ...
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Scientists at UN meeting in Spain sound alarm over ocean warming: Scientists at a United Nations conference in Barcelona called Friday for more research into the ...
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Scientists at UN meeting in Spain sound alarm over ocean warming