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(David, left; Xinli, right.)As much of an impact as AI seems to be having on the world of advertising, the data tells a less sure-footed story. According to a report by Accenture Song, The Art of AI Maturity in Europe, 64% of companies are still in the testing phase when it comes to integrating AI into their operations with only 11% reaching ‘AI maturity’, analysis of 1200 global companies reveals. Accenture Song’s own machine learning models predict that the level of AI maturity will more than triple by the end of 2024, reaching 29% across Europe. Accenture Song’s David Williams, media…

Second World Cup gold for in-form British star in Women’s Final Future looks bright as youngsters Seong (KOR) and Ismail (EGY) claim medals Maiden gold for Korean as Mohamed and Elgendy (EGY) make podium again Kerenza Bryson of Great Britain and Changwan Seo of Korea led from the front to claim individual gold on Super Saturday at UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Cup Ankara. In the Women’s Final, 25-year-old Bryson (GBR) confirmed her status as one of the form athletes of Olympic year as she was joined on the podium by two next-generation starlets – 20-year Seungmin Seong (KOR) and 19-year-old…

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Sam Altman-run OpenAI has said it has made its AI chatbot called ChatGPT more direct and less verbose. In a post on X, the company said its new GPT-4 Turbo model is now available to paid ChatGPT users. “We’ve improved capabilities in writing, math, logical reasoning, and coding,” said the company. The new AI model has been trained on publicly available data up to December last year.“When writing with ChatGPT, responses will be more direct, less verbose and use more conversational language,” OpenAI posted.The company said it continues to invest in making its AI models better and looks forward to…

State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) customers have been encountering issues Saturday with duplicate charges on their debit card transactions.This has resulted in problems for some customers, who have reported negative balances in their accounts.Many took to social media to voice their frustration.One Facebook user posted, “Check your SECU account! They have done double charges to my account putting it into the negative.”Another user expressed their outrage, saying, “This is ridiculous! I can’t even purchase groceries for my family because the bank messed up my account.”SECU acknowledged the issue in a statement, saying:”SECU has experienced an error processing a file that…

HELSINKI (AP) — An artisan roastery based in the Finnish capital has introduced a coffee blend that has been developed by artificial intelligence in a trial in which it’s hoped that technology can ease the workload in a sector that traditionally prides itself on manual work. It is only apt that the Helsinki-based Kaffa Roastery’s “AI-conic” blend was launched this week in Finland, a Nordic nation of 5.6 million that consumes the most coffee in the world at 12 kilograms per capita annually, according to the International Coffee Organization.The blend — an AI-picked mixture with four types of beans dominated…

Annual “Home Shoot” competition draws sports enthusiasts to Linn County on Saturdayby Barry GreenSaturday, Apr 20th 2024This weekend, sports enthusiasts are competing in a shooting competition in Linn County. We’ve attached links in our news story with more information.Linn County —This weekend, high school sports enthusiasts are competing in a shooting competition in Linn County.More than 2,000 students — from 16 Iowa schools — are competing to show off some of their shooting skills at the Otter Creek Sports Club. That competition also called for a variety of disciplines to be showcased by the shooters, including:Iowa’s News Now spoke with…

Workers looking to supplement their paychecks with a side hustle are raking in the most bucks on adult site OnlyFans, according to a report. With budgets tight and inflation high, those stripping down on the site made a median annual income of $4,995, according to the tax filing service Keeper, which looked at a sample of approximately 2,200 who submitted W-2 and 1099 forms last year. Nearly two in five Americans have a side hustle, according to a recent survey from Bankrate. The haul on OnlyFans, launched in 2016 as a subscription-based social media platform that allowed sex workers to post…

DNY59 / Getty Images/iStockphoto April 15th has passed, so you’ve hopefully already filed your tax return. If you’re expecting a tax refund, you have a decision to make: what are you going to do with the extra cash once it arrives?  For some people, it means paying off debt, but if you’re debt-free, you might be looking for ways to use your refund to make money. Keep reading as we explore money-making ideas for this year’s tax refund. 1. Invest For Retirement With the stock market just off its record high, it’s difficult to bet against this momentum continuing through…