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Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsAffected cucumbers came from SunFed Produce, based in Rio Rico, Arizona, and were distributed to 26 U.S. states and four Canadian provincesPublished Nov 29, 2024  •  2 minute readCucumbers from Arizona company SunFed have been recalled by regulators in the U.S. and Canada due to concern about salmonella infection. Photo by SunFed announcement distributed by U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Nov. 28, 2024.Article contentA recall of has been issued for American cucumbers that have also made their way north of the 49th parallel into Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your…

MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) — For most of us the holidays are a time of giving, but for criminals, the holidays are a perfect time for taking. There are a number of scams to look out for this time of year, especially with so many people traveling. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is reminding drivers to stay alert for potential credit card skimming. With increased holiday travel, criminals often target unsuspecting motorists using hidden devices inside fuel pumps to steal credit and debit card information.”As Michiganders prepare to hit the road and visit loved ones this holiday season,…

Anthropomorphism occurs when we attribute human characteristics to non-human entities like animals or machines. Chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot, encourage this by imitating human language to communicate with us, going beyond using mere familiar words and phrases to adopt human patterns of communication. By doing this, they are able to hold contextualised, coherent conversations, and can even show emotions like humour and empathy. These systems use language that aims to make interaction with them feel natural, fluent and accessible. It facilitates their use in different situations, from customer service to education and entertainment. Until now, language was considered…

November 30th is ChatGPT’s 2nd birthday, and since its launch it has been through so many ups and downs, a norm for any startup. But it has also managed to become a leading tech company alongside long time big players. As of August this year, ChatGPT had reported over 200 million weekly active users, and is used in different industries. In September, the ChatGPT website had a total 3.1 billion visits, with a huge user base around the world the more AI becomes more popularly used. OpenAI has a major upgrade, codenamed “Orion,” that will launch in December. Rumours say…

A group of Canadian news outlets — including CBC/Radio-Canada, Postmedia, Metroland, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and the Canadian Press — has launched a joint lawsuit claiming copyright infringement against ChatGPT creator OpenAI.The lawsuit was filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Friday morning and is looking for punitive damages from OpenAI, along with payment of any profits that the company made from using news articles from the organizations. It’s also seeking an injunction banning OpenAI from using their news articles in the future.WATCH | U.S. media companies sue OpenAI in late 2023: New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright…

All this, due in large part to the explosion of ChatGPT. In fact, six months after the chatbot’s release, the Future of Life Institute asked for a pause in its development in an open letter, saying its risks could not be controlled, even going so far as to say that it could pose a danger to our civilization as we know it if systems were built that surpassed humans. More than 31,000 people signed the letter, including industry figures such as Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak and OpenAI cofounder Elon Musk. ChatGPT broke all predictions. A study by UBS found that it…

For the original iTunes version, click here.Google launched the November 2024 core update earlier this week, and we are now starting to see movement and ranking shifts because of it. Google AI Overviews is testing using real hyperlinks, instead of paperclips. Google cautioned about using Google Trends for content development. Google told SEOs not to over focus on URL structure. Google spoke about SEO advice for version history pages. I spoke a bit about term drift and why it matters. Google Search now supports C2PA metadata for images. Google Maps launched products nearby. Google Merchant Center added sale events…

On the strength of Forbes’ long-existing and well-linked site, Forbes Marketplace/Advisor has dominated the search term “best cbd gummies” for “an eternity,” according to SEO analyst Lily Ray. Forbes has similarly dominated “best pet insurance,” and long came up as the second result for “how to get rid of roaches,” as detailed in a blog post by Lars Lofgren. If people click on this high-ranking result, and then click a link to buy a product or request a roach removal consultation, Forbes typically gets a cut. Forbes Marketplace had seemingly provided its SEO-minded review services to CNN and USA Today,…

The Google November 2024 Core Update launched two weeks and a day ago, and it should be confirmed as done rolling out any minute now but starting yesterday, we are seeing a spike in Google search ranking volatility. It was unusually calm for the past several days but now Google Search is heating up, in a big way.As a reminder, the Google November 2024 core update started rolling out Monday, November 11, at 3:30 pm ET and we saw some movement begin around November 13 and 14th but it was not that widespread. Then over November 16th or so we…

The Google November 2024 Core Update, which began rolling out on November 11, has seen a notable surge in search ranking volatility, especially in the last 24 hours. After a period of calm following initial movement around November 13-14, search rankings are now experiencing another spike, just days before the Thanksgiving holiday. SEO discussions across forums like WebmasterWorld have become increasingly active as more website owners report dramatic changes in their traffic and rankings. Many are expressing frustration over significant drops, with one user commenting on the situation: “Huge drop today… Here we goooo,” while another added, “Yes, big further…