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A Richmond-based food company has been named a semifinalist in the Black Ambition Prize, an entrepreneurial competition founded by Virginia native and music icon Pharrell Williams.The company, Joyebells, will compete for prizes ranging from $20,000 to $1 million in the fourth annual contest aimed at supporting Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs.“I am so thankful and excited for this great opportunity to learn and scale in this business,” said Joye B. Moore, CEO and founder of Joyebells.Semifinalists will participate in a three-month mentorship program. The competition includes categories such as technology, health care, consumer products and services, media and entertainment, and artificial…

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There’s more to financial wellness than paying bills, but that alone is a challenge for many employees these days. Offering a resource that helps them understand, track and map out their money can help them make tangible progress.  Financial platform AfireFi is using AI to help employees make a financial plan: AI-powered questions and live help assist them in connecting the “why” behind their money goals, which encourages the short and long-term money habits they need to achieve them.  “It’s not just about [saving for] retirement or college; it has you think about what you really need and asks you questions along the…

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ram Truck brand partners with Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment to launch global “Twisters” marketing campaign. Ram Truck’s 30-second, co-branded spot “Answer Your Calling,” celebrating the arrival of Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s new action-packed summer blockbuster “Twisters,” will span across broadcast, Ram brand’s official YouTube channel and social media channels, including Instagram, Facebook and TikTok Campaign video features “Twisters” star Glen Powell, whose connection to the Ram brand extends onto the silver screen The campaign will run in markets around the world, including in North America,…

Businesses of all kinds start blogging as a way to build up a long-term audience. But the reverse is also happening, with more and more bloggers starting businesses as an extension of their blog. And it makes sense. One of the biggest challenges new businesses face is building an audience for their products. New bloggers, on the other hand, often work backward: building an audience first by consistently putting out good content, then exploring ways to monetize their traffic. Starting a blog is easy if you only want to have a side hustle. But if you’re thinking about creative ways…

Tech companies have always relied on freelancers to keep up with change, but in 2023, the pace accelerated thanks to generative AI—and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.LinkedIn’s latest “Future of Work” report, published in November 2023, suggests that 55 percent of LinkedIn members globally stand to have their work disrupted or augmented by generative AI. The skills required by the average LinkedIn member to do their job will change by 65 percent by 2030, the platform estimates. For those holding jobs in tech, the goalposts keep moving. Skills gaps are widening.This is set against a backdrop of mass…

AI study raises fears about comedy writers’ jobs Artificial intelligence can now write jokes better than most people – and almost as good as professional comedy writers. That’s the findings of new research from the University of Southern California, which pitched human punchlines against those written by ChatGPT. They found the AI gags were rated funnier than human efforts 70 per cent of the time, although when it came to comedy headlines, those written by staff of satirical website The Onion narrowly edged out the algorithm. Researchers concluded: ‘That ChatGPT can produce written humor at a quality that exceeds laypeople’s abilities and…

The U.S. House of Representatives failed on Thursday to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a bipartisan effort to allow American banks to hold crypto. The bill would have required a two-thirds supermajority to pass the House, after which it would have required another two-thirds vote of approval in the Senate. While it passed with a healthy majority today, it did not come close to approaching the level of support from Democrats needed to rebuke Biden. In fact, House members voted today in exactly the same numbers as they did when the bill—a repeal of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…

Enlarge / Whatever you do, don’t ask the AI how many horizontal lines are in this image.Getty Images In the last couple of years, we’ve seen amazing advancements in AI systems when it comes to recognizing and analyzing the contents of complicated images. But a new paper highlights how many state-of-the-art “vision learning Models” (VLMs) often fail at simple, low-level visual analysis tasks that are trivially easy for a human. In the provocatively titled pre-print paper “Vision language models are blind” (which has a PDF version that includes a dark sunglasses emoji in the title), researchers from Auburn University and…

The 2024 Daisy BB Gun National Championship was the biggest in its 57-year history, featuring a new contest, special appearances by NRA President Bob Barr, NRA Second Vice President Mark Vaughn and 4-H National Shooting Sports Program Coordinator Scott Stuhr, intense competition and plenty of fun. The match was held in Rogers, Arkansas, July 1-3. Left: Daisy CEO Keith Higginbotham and NRA President Bob Barr. Right: In standing position is Carly Liddle of the 4-H Rockin’ Shots team from Rockingham County, Virginia. (Photos courtesy of Daisy)   NRA President Bob Barr spoke at the Opening Ceremony, and…