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DEAR DEIDRE: EVERY time I hug my partner he takes it as an opportunity to grope my boobs or shove a hand up my skirt. I’ve told him I don’t like it – sometimes, he squeezes my breasts so hard that it hurts – but he doesn’t listen. He’s 54, I’m 49 and we’ve been together for five years. He also wants me to talk dirty to him during sex, making me say things I find really disturbing. The sex is very impersonal, and I often feel I’m only there for his pleasure. As soon as it’s over, he ignores me. I think the problem started when he was out of work for a few months and got into the habit of watching online porn and cam girls every day. I kept asking him to stop but he said it was no worse than looking at social media. He tells me that he’s stopped now, but I don’t know if that’s true. Unless he‘s groping me, he ignores me. He blocks out everything I say like it’s white noise. I just get on with doing the housework. I left an abusive marriage ten years ago and I don’t have the strength to end another relationship. I love days when he goes to work because I feel less lonely when he’s not here. DEIDRE SAYS: Nobody is allowed to grope you without your permission. Even though you’re in a relationship, non-consensual touching would still be classified as sexual assault. You might be right that porn has changed how he thinks about sex, as it can create a warped idea of what’s normal. Your first step is to talk to him one last time, and make sure you agree when it is – and isn’t – OK for him to touch you. If he refuses to listen, or won’t acknowledge that he’s overstepped the mark and it shows your feelings don’t matter to him. A lot of his behaviour is abusive, and if things don’t change, you would undoubtedly be happier without him. Having walked away from one abusive man before, it really is understandable that you would need help to go through the upheaval. Please do read my support pack on Abusive Partners. It gives you plenty more advice and resources. Every problem gets a personal reply from one of our trained counsellors. Fill out and submit our easy-to-use and confidential form and the Dear Deidre team will get back to you. You can also send a private message on the DearDeidreOfficial Facebook page or email us at: deardeidre@the-sun.co.ukOrigin Investments' Multilytics®️ Report: Year-Over-Year Class A Multifamily Rent Growth Returns to Historical Levels, Will Continue Positive Trajectory Indefinitely

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers were back at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad , but some state workers failed to return to their jobs, and a United Nations official said the country's public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt." Meanwhile, streams of refugees crossed back into Syria from neighboring countries, hoping for a more peaceful future and looking for relatives who disappeared during Assad's brutal rule. There were already signs of the difficulties ahead for the rebel alliance now in control of much of the country. The alliance is led by a former senior al-Qaida militant who severed ties with the extremist group years ago and has promised representative government and religious tolerance. The rebel command said Monday they would not tell women how to dress. “It is strictly forbidden to interfere with women’s dress or impose any request related to their clothing or appearance, including requests for modesty,” the command said in a statement on social media. Nearly two days after rebels entered the capital, some key government services had shut down after state workers ignored calls to go back to their jobs, the U.N. official said, causing issues at airports and borders and slowing the flow of humanitarian aid. Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was long known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, also met for the first time with Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Jalali, who stayed in Syria when Assad fled. “You will see there are skills" among the rebels, al-Sharaa said in a video shared on a rebel messaging channel. Israel said it carried out airstrikes on suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets to keep them from falling into the hands of extremists. Israel also seized a buffer zone inside Syria after Syrian troops withdrew. In northern Syria, Turkey said allied opposition forces seized the town of Manbij from Kurdish-led forces backed by the United States, a reminder that even after Assad's departure, the country remains split among armed groups that have fought in the past. The Kremlin said Russia has granted political asylum to Assad , a decision made by President Vladimir Putin . Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on Assad’s specific whereabouts and said Putin did not plan to meet with him. Damascus was quiet Monday, with life slowly returning to normal, though most shops and public institutions were closed. In public squares, some people were still celebrating. Civilian traffic resumed, but there was no public transport. Long lines formed in front of bakeries and other food stores. There was little sign of any security presence though in some areas, small groups of armed men were stationed in the streets. Across swathes of Syria, families are now waiting outside prisons , security offices and courts, hoping for news of loved ones who were imprisoned or who disappeared. Just north of Damascus in the feared Saydnaya military prison, women detainees, some with their children, screamed as rebels broke locks off their cell doors. Amnesty International and other groups say dozens of people were secretly executed every week in Saydnaya, and they estimate that up to 13,000 Syrians were killed between 2011 and 2016. “Don’t be afraid," one rebel said as he ushered women from packed cells. "Bashar Assad has fallen!” In southern Turkey , Mustafa Sultan was among hundreds of Syrian refugees waiting at border crossings to head home. He was searching for his older brother, who was imprisoned under Assad. “I haven’t seen him for 13 years," he said. "I am going to go see whether he’s alive.” Prime minister says government is operational, but UN official says it's paralyzed Jalali, the prime minister, has sought to project normalcy since Assad fled. “We are working so that the transitional period is quick and smooth,” he told Sky News Arabia TV on Monday, saying the security situation had already improved from the day before. At the court of Justice in Damascus, which was stormed by the rebels to free detainees, Judge Khitam Haddad, an aide to the justice minister in the outgoing government, said Sunday that judges were ready to resume work quickly. “We want to give everyone their rights,” Haddad said outside the courthouse. “We want to build a new Syria and to keep the work, but with new methods.” But a U.N. official said some government services had been paralyzed as worried state employees stayed home. The public sector “has just come to a complete and abrupt halt," said U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Adam Abdelmoula, noting, for example, that an aid flight carrying urgently needed medical supplies had been put on hold after aviation employees abandoned their jobs. “This is a country that has had one government for 53 years and then suddenly all of those who have been demonized by the public media are now in charge in the nation’s capital,” Abdelmoula told The Associated Press. "I think it will take a couple of days and a lot of assurance on the part of the armed groups for these people to return to work again.” Britain, U.S. considering removing insurgent group from terror list Britain and the U.S. are both considering whether to remove the main anti-Assad rebel group from their lists of designated terrorist organizations. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham began as an offshoot of al-Qaida but cut ties with the group years ago and has worked to present a more moderate image. The group's leader, al-Sharaa, “is saying some of the right things about the protection of minorities, about respecting people’s rights,” British Cabinet minister Pat McFadden said, adding that a change would be considered “quite quickly.” But British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, speaking later during a visit to Saudi Arabia, said it was "far too early” to make that decision. In Washington, a Biden administration official noted that HTS will be an “important component” in Syria's future and that the U.S. needs to “engage with them appropriately.” Another administration official said the U.S. remains in a “wait and see” mode on whether to remove the designation. Both officials requested anonymity to discuss the ongoing internal deliberations. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters that such designations are constantly under review. Even while it is in place, the designation does not bar U.S. officials from speaking with members or leaders of the group, he said. The U.S. also announced it was sending its special envoy for hostage affairs to Beirut to seek information about the whereabouts of Austin Tice, a journalist who vanished in Syria 12 years ago and who President Joe Biden has said is believed to be alive. Israel confirms it struck suspected chemical weapons and rockets Israelis welcomed the fall of Assad, who was a key ally of Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, while expressing concern over what comes next. Israel says its forces temporarily seized a buffer zone inside Syria dating back to a 1974 agreement after Syrian troops withdrew in the chaos. “The only interest we have is the security of Israel and its citizens," Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told reporters Monday. Saar did not provide details about the targets, but the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said they included weapons warehouses, research centers, air defense systems and aircraft squadrons. Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria in recent years, targeting what it says are military sites related to Iran and Hezbollah . Israeli officials rarely comment on individual strikes. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons stockpile in 2013, after the government was accused of launching an attack near Damascus that killed hundreds of people . But it is widely believed to have kept some of the weapons and was accused of using them again in subsequent years. Turkey says its allies have taken northern town Officials in Turkey, which is the main supporter of the Syrian opposition to Assad, say its allies have taken full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij from a U.S.-supported and Kurdish-led force known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF. The SDF said a Turkish drone struck in the village of al-Mistriha in eastern Syria, killing 12 civilians, including six children. Turkey views the SDF, which is primarily composed of a Syrian Kurdish militia, as an extension of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey. The SDF has also been a key ally of the United States in the war against the Islamic State group. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday warned against allowing Islamic State or Kurdish fighters to take advantage of the situation, saying Turkey will prevent Syria from turning into a “haven for terrorism.” ___ Mroue reported from Beirut and Goldenberg from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, Mehmet Guzel at the Oncupinar border crossing in Turkey, Jamey Keaten in Geneva, and Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report. ___ Follow the AP's Syria coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/syria Sarah El Deeb, Bassem Mroue And Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press

SANTA CLARA — Brock Purdy pulled off his grey 49ers sweatshirt Friday and, as he headed for the locker room showers, his sore right shoulder was exposed. There was no noticeable swelling or lump, aside from minor marks via treatment he received since last Sunday’s once-subtle injury. His muscular 24-year-old build appeared stout as ever. Looks can be deceiving. So can words, in any NFL team’s injury descriptions, any Instagram doctors’ prognosis, or any reporters’ déjà vu feelings. “I don’t want to say there’s long-term concern,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday, referring to Purdy’s MRI exam and indicating the quarterback will miss Sunday’s game at Green Bay. Brandon Allen will make the spot start. For how long, though? Exercising caution is wise to protect a bona fide franchise quarterback who threw for a 49ers-record 4,280 yards last season on a surgically repaired elbow and is due for a 49ers-record contract extension at this season’s likely bitter end. Shanahan and general manager John Lynch indicated that Purdy’s MRI on Monday did not reveal a dire, franchise-altering ailment. “We thought he just needed some rest and really weren’t concerned about him not being good this week,” Shanahan said. “But when he started up Thursday, (his shoulder) just surprised him, surprised us, how it felt.” It’s no surprise, however, how a shoulder injury can grow into a bigger firestorm. For now, public proclamations are minimizing any long-range ramifications. Purdy was not made available to reporters, but as he walked through the locker room Friday, he tried to exude a positive outlook, saying: “We’re all good.” His demeanor remained as upbeat and polite as ever in an ensuing conversation with a staff member. Neither of Purdy’s understudies, Allen and Josh Dobbs, has a history of shoulder injuries, so they were hesitant to speak about how fear-inducing those must be for a quarterback. “I’m not too worried about it, I don’t think any of our guys are,” Allen said. “He’ll rehab and get back as fast as he can. And as far as shoulders, it happens. I don’t think it’ll be anything lingering or long-term for him.” Three seasons ago, when the 49ers last visited Lambeau Field, Jimmy Garoppolo was a week removed from hurting his shoulder – a torn capsule, the 49ers said – in a wild-card playoff win at Dallas. Garoppolo played through the injury, the 49ers won without scoring an offensive touchdown. Two months after losing in the NFC Championship Game, Garoppolo surprised the 49ers by electing to have surgery on his shoulder, complicating a potential trade or release and keeping him on the roster. That made for an awkward but necessary comeback in 2022 as he served as a helpful bridge between Trey Lance’s two-start cameo and Purdy’s late-season emergence for another playoff run. Go back nine years and there is another 49ers quarterback quandary. Colin Kaepernick was listed as probable to play at Seattle, but a day before kickoff, the 49ers surprisingly put him on injured reserve. He headed for surgery to repair a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder. Benched three weeks before that IR move, Kaepernick spent the ensuing offseason rehabilitating for what would be one final season with the 49ers and the NFL. An even messier shoulder story unfolded with Kaepernick’s predecessor, Alex Smith. A 2007 feud ensued between Smith and third-year coach Mike Nolan, who publicly dismissed Smith’s shoulder pain that traced back to a Sept. 30 separation. Smith played hurt a few games, then confessed to the nagging pain in his shoulder, after the 49ers had listed him out of practice with a forearm strain. Smith rallied and rebuilt his career, albeit under other coaches. Now it’s Purdy stepping aside for an unknown length of time. Allen relayed their Friday conversation: “He believes in me, says ‘You’re here for a reason. Go in, step up, play well.’ He’ll be back. So I’m not worried about it.” “He’s doing well. He’s in good spirits,” Dobbs added. “Obviously, I don’t want to speak for him, but he wants to be out there. So he will work his butt off to get back out there, and we’ll hold it down for him until he gets back.”Running back Jace Clarizio flipped his commitment from his local team, Michigan State, to Alabama. The decision, announced by Clarizio on social media Tuesday, comes after the East Lansing (Mich.) High standout visited head coach Kalen DeBoer's Crimson Tide on Nov. 16. "Great program," Clarizio told On3. "Playing on the biggest level. ... All the people and coaches I met and interacted with were all great people. The atmosphere was crazy." The 5-foot-11, 195-pounder is ranked as the No. 33 running back by On3 and tabbed No. 35 in their industry ranking. In May, he had verbally committed to the Spartans, where his father, Craig Johnson, was a running back and defensive back who was a member of the 1987 Rose Bowl-winning squad under coach George Perles. --Field Level MediaOverwatch 2 hits record lows as Marvel Rivals dominates hero shooter genreCountry singer Caleb Kennedy, who competed in American Idol Season 19, has been sentenced to eight years in prison following his involvement in a 2022 car crash that killed a man in Pacolet, South Carolina. Kennedy pled guilty last week to the felony charge of driving under the influence resulting in death, according to the Greenville News . He was initially sentenced to 25 years in prison and a $25,100 fine, but he had that sentence and fine reduced to eight years and $15,100, with three of those years served in home detention. He also received credit for the nearly three years he has already served. Additionally, the singer will serve five years of probation, and he is required to attend mental health and substance abuse counseling. The legal update comes nearly three years after Kennedy, then 17, struck and killed 54-year-old Larry Duane Parris while driving his Ford F-150 on February 8, 2022. Warrants alleged that Kennedy was under the influence of marijuana at the time, and he was arrested on the DUI charge on the day of the crash. Ryan Beasley, Kennedy’s attorney, told the News that the sentencing was fair. “He’s got no record, and he was a minor when this happened,” Beasley said. “This wasn’t such an egregious act that you see most of the time, where people were drinking and driving then they hit somebody at night or going the wrong way down the road. This was a weird reaction from his prescription medicine and possibly THC.” Beasley also said that Kennedy is “very remorseful” and that the sentencing “starts the healing process for everybody involved in this situation.” (The News notes that Parris’ family wanted the maximum 25-year sentence.) Kennedy made it to the Top 7 of American Idol Season 19 but withdrew from the competition after a video of him standing next to a person wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style hood resurfaced. “I was younger and did not think about the actions, but that’s not an excuse,” Kennedy said, in part, on social media at the time. “I wanna say I’m sorry to all my fans and everyone who I have let down.” More Headlines:

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Ma also touched upon the ethical and social implications of AI, cautioning against the misuse of data and the potential negative consequences of unchecked technological development. He called for greater transparency, accountability, and regulation in the deployment of AI systems to ensure they are used for the benefit of humanity.PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller sat for a long interview with the NCAA as it looked into concerns about unusual gambling activity, his lawyer said Friday amid reports a federal probe is now under way. “Hysier Miller fully cooperated with the NCAA’s investigation. He sat for a five-hour interview and answered every question the NCAA asked. He also produced every document the NCAA requested,” lawyer Jason Bologna said in a statement. “Hysier did these things because he wanted to play basketball this season, and he is devastated that he cannot.”United States shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.54%

It feels like you can’t escape AI these days – in one form or another, the technology seems to have permeated most aspects of our lives. If nothing else, it has become the choice du jour of marketing tools for many brands. In the past decade movies like Her (2013) and Ex Machina (2014) have presented, perhaps, extreme visions of a world in which our existence is intertwined with that of non-sentient technologies made of zeroes and ones. But, the truth is, it’s nothing new: AI – or, artificial intelligence – has existed for decades and people have (perhaps unknowingly) used it some capacity almost daily. That sentence your phone finished typing for you? AI. The new show your TV suggested you’d like? AI. All those ads you see on your social media feed that feel strangely relevant to your interests? That’s AI, too. The difference, now, is that technology has advanced to a point where it is allowing brands to super-charge their AI-based products, resulting in popular applications, such as ChatGPT , to be adopted en masse and used by billions of people worldwide, and causing the average person to redefine their expectations of what’s actually possible with AI. All of this has happened in a relatively short space of time, too, the cumulative effect of which is the current cultural fervor around the topic. In October, Microsoft announced the latest version of Copilot , its generative artificial intelligence chatbot launched in 2023. And, earlier this year, the brand revealed the formation of a brand new division, Microsoft AI, which it announced it had hired the British AI-leader Mustafa Suleyman to run. Suleyman, an AI-industry-veteran, had previously co-founded both the artificial intelligence research laboratory DeepMind in 2010 (later selling it to Google in 2014) and the machine learning company, Inflection AI , more recently in 2022 – one that the WSJ valued at $4B USD last year. At 40, Suleyman – the son of a Syrian immigrant taxi driver and NHS nurse – holds the enviable title of EVP and CEO, Microsoft AI . Born in London and raised as a Muslim, Suleyman doesn’t fit the mold of a typical big-tech leader, so his appointment as head of AI at Microsoft – the Washington-based company founded by Bill Gates in 1975, which has been at the forefront of computing for decades – is at once both industrially and culturally significant. (Curiously, he shares a heritage similar to that of another half-Syrian tech leader ). Aided by technology, the world is changing faster than ever. “We’re living through a technological paradigm shift,” Suleyman says, and artificial intelligence is as much a tool as it is an an agent of change. Hypebeast caught up with the new CEO of AI to talk about the technology and its impact on people and culture. What were the first challenges you faced since starting your new role in March? The first thing that we had to do was rebuild the app. T he old version [of Copilot], frankly, was a bit slow, it was a bit ugly, it was kind of hard to read. And I believe that this [new version] is going to be something that a lot of younger will people love, because it is snappy, clean, modern, and it’s beautiful. And that, I think, is what people expect. If you’ve been a digital native, it’s bonkers to you that something would be buggy or brittle or slow. So that’s table stakes: Rebuild it from scratch, new aesthetic, much more humanist. We took out all those bright neons, the electric blues, the kind of old-school greys, and layered it with much softer human colors. Looking forward, we really want to turn this into a proper companion. It’s going to be a friend, it’ll get to know you over time. It’ll have perfect memory. It’ll be very reliable. At the moment there are still some hallucinations , but it’s going to feel much less so – almost to the point where it’s more accurate than a Google search result or a Bing search result, so that you can actually rely on it every day for giving you factual information. It has got access to real time information, so it gives you citations and references – so you can go and check the underlying source if you want to – and it knows what’s happened 15 minutes ago in on the web, like, if there’s a big news event, or if there’s a meme trending, or, you know something’s happened during the day, it’ll be able to talk to you about that. How are you going about attracting a younger audience? The first thing is quality. The product just has to be really high quality and smooth. The second thing is the aesthetic – it looks and feels just a little bit different to your traditional app, at least from a Microsoft perspective. It’s much softer and more calming, and the tone of the AI itself has got personality. It will make a little joke, it will be self deprecating, it will be... I wouldn’t say slang, but it’s not writing in formal adult English. It’s not just regurgitating the encyclopedia. It’s talking to you as I’m talking to you now, as a regular person on the street would. That tone is fresh and it’s different – and it’s how everyday people like to speak. So what I’m really crafting is the personality of the AI as well as the UI. The aesthetic has to look a certain way, but interacting with it has to feel a certain way as well. That’s the balance. It’s going to start living life alongside you. That’s what I’m building. A companion that will really see what you see and hear what you hear. AI has been a buzzword for a couple of years, but how much of the work we see today was actually done over many years previously? I co-founded DeepMind in 2010 and I started working on AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, almost 15 years ago. Then in 2014 we were acquired by Google and I led Applied AI at DeepMind, then AI at Google on the product side for many years. I’ve been working on this for a very long time – and I’ve seen these models get bigger, better and stronger. And, with each year, we’ve managed to put out a new model that is more accurate with less hallucinations, that has more capabilities. There’s been a very steady progression of improvement. And the next wave that is coming is that the AI models will be able to use websites on the front end. It’s going to be able to click around buttons, you know, buy things, book things. It’ll be able to enter things into your calendar. It’ll be able to browse your email, pick out the ones that are useful to you, send you a distilled summary of those emails, let you know that you gotta take an action off the back of it, like cancel your subscription, or remind you that your flight is at this time or that time and tell you that the traffic’s this or that and like. It’s going to start living life alongside you. That’s what I’m building. It’s a companion that will really see what you see and hear what you hear. A few weeks ago, we launched a feature called Copilot Vision , and Vision basically sees everything that you do in the browser. It basically looks at the images, the video, all the content that you’re looking at in real time and it understands it. So, you could say, “Do you think that rug will look good in my apartment?” Or ask it, “How will that poster look like?” You can actually talk about what you’re seeing [and] it is going to feel like you are browsing with a friend or a partner. Like you’re on one laptop, they’re on another, and you’re both looking for something together, talking about the same thing. That’s what a companion is going to feel like. Do you think the technology is taking anything away from our “humanity”? I think technology has made us more connected to each other than ever before. W hat happens is culture gets changed by technology, then we collectively decide whether it feels good or we don’t like it and we evolve. Or we resist and change it. So, there’s this dynamic interaction where we shape technologies that shape our culture, which we then shape. T hat’s going to happen again with the creation of AI companions. We’re all going to have a conversational AI assistant that we live with, that supports us, that we learn from, and that’s... that is a profound shift. So, to come back to your question about what it means for culture? What does it mean for people? It’s going to be a profound transformation. I think it’s going to be incredible, like everyone is going to have a super intelligent teacher, doctor, lawyer, therapist, friend, entertainer, scheduler in their pocket. All those tasks are going to become available to everybody, and that just leaves us with human ingenuity to take advantage of all of those things and create new things, you know? My dad drove a taxi and worked in a sandwich shop for 30 years. My mom was a nurse. There’s just no way, if I’d grown up in the 70s, that I would have had a chance of doing this kind of thing. AI is a relatively young industry and it is still being shaped in many ways. What are you doing to ensure there’s a wide representation of people working on the creation of AI within your organization? As far back as 2015 I started hiring machine learning researchers and engineers – specifically from women’s recruiting conferences like Women in Machine Learning or the Grace Hopper conference . We were the first to to attend that – even before Google. We actually got Google to go to it. It has always been central to my belief and everything that I’ve done, even before getting into technology, [to be] about community organizing and activism. I cared a lot about representation, and still do, so I’ve made it a priority personally to make sure that my teams are as diverse as they can be, that our hiring pipelines are diverse, and that we have broad representation because it makes us smarter and makes us better at our jobs and it makes our products richer. My own presence right here [as CEO of Microsoft AI], doing what I’m doing, is a sign of the times changing a little bit, given my background and how I grew up. I think things are changing – slowly, but surely. I think the good news is that these [AI] tools are going to be widely available at basically zero marginal cost – they’re basically going to be free. Everyone is going to be able to access them. There’s not really going to be an equality of access issue, [but] there’s still going to be an education issue – like knowing how to access and how to take advantage is still a structural privilege that comes from having a calm and supportive family, and having a good education. More than any decade in human history, the gap is narrower. I never would have been able to do what I’m doing today in 1970 – that’s a crazy thought. My dad drove a taxi and worked in a sandwich shop for 30 years. My mom was a nurse. There’s just no way, if I’d grown up in the 70s, that I would have had a chance of doing this kind of thing. Is there something that has surprised you in your career journey with AI? Not to be like difficult about the question, but surprise is a function of your expectation. I haven’t really been surprised. I think it’s been quite predictable partly because I’ve been working on it 15 years, but there’s also a steady march where if you add more compute and more data, tune the algorithms, and focus on what you’re trying to build, you do get there. I think the thing that has definitely surprised me is how quickly people have tried out chat bots and how quickly they’ve become second nature to people. I mean, [it is] the fastest spreading technology in history! We went from zero understanding or access or use, to a billion users in 18 months. No other technology, no matter how useful – not TV or the car or the spread of electricity, even the rise of mobile phones – has spread that quickly in such a short space of time. And people are hungry for more! The crazy thing is, people are like, “it’s not good enough” or “I want this fixed, I want to have real time information” or “why can’t it do generation of video?” And you’re just like, “Dude!” [laughs]. It is already insane. And people are just demanding more and more and more, and that’s kind of amazing. The “Godfather of AI”, Geoffrey Hinton, thinks AI will “take over” within 20 years. Is this something you ever think about? To honest with you, it’s something that I’ve thought about pretty much constantly since 2010. I care very deeply about [AI], so my job is to take that question seriously – even though it sounds wacky. I don’t think we’re on that path in the next 10 years, but I can’t rule out that happening before 2100, you know. I think the problem is most people just don’t think about the far future. Geoffrey Hinton gave that interview after winning the Nobel Prize for his work in AI, and he’s someone who spends his whole life thinking about the long term future. And I’m also one of those people who really thinks decades ahead, so it’s second nature to think about those things. Are we evolving? It’s a good question... it is a good question. I mean, we’ve been evolving for tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years – or millions of years, if you consider where we really came from. I don’t know. The difference is that we have the intelligence and the self control to steer evolution this time. Evolution has never been steered before.Rugby Australia has set itself the bold challenge of beating the British and Irish Lions, finishing in the top four of the 2027 and 2029 Rugby World Cups and with a 70 per cent success rate by 2029, winning the Bledisloe Cup every second year. The lofty ambitions were among a suite of targets revealed in a new Rugby Australia five-year strategy paper called “Green to gold”, which was released on Tuesday morning. The strategy, which has come after a series of high-performance summits among Australian rugby stakeholders, sets out the goals and standards Rugby Australia wants to achieve during the next five years, and the structure of how the game plans to do it. RA’s strategy is covered under three key pillars identified - Performance Excellence, Participation Growth and Promotion Effectiveness. After years of little silverware, and a rankings slide that sees the Wallabies living between the fifth and 10th teams in the world, the Performance Excellence section sets out the goal for the Wallabies and Wallaroos within the next five years to “play on the last weekend of the 2027 and 2029 Rugby World Cup”, increase the win percentages to 70 per cent, win medals at the LA Olympics in sevens and win two Super Rugby Pacific titles. Cup aim ... Matt Faessler scores against the All Blacks. Credit: Getty Images RA will also set the standard of success as winning the Bledisloe Cup and Rugby Championship every second year, the strategy says. RA also want to increase participation by 30 per cent in men’s rugby, and by 70 per cent in women’s rugby, and build a supporter base where 50 per cent of all Australians are active Wallabies and Wallaroos fans. “All three pillars are interdependent and critical to a thriving rugby ecosystem,” RA chief executive Phil Waugh said in a statement. “And all have been developed in collaboration with member unions, Super Rugby clubs and RUPA. “Australian Rugby is united, aligned, and poised for success on and off the field. The benefits of this all-of-game strategy will be realised for many years to come.” RA chair Dan Herbert said “[the] ultimate goal is to become the world’s No. 1 rugby-playing nation by nurturing talent, promoting inclusivity and driving success on and off the field.” “With a once-in-a-generation runway of major events, coupled with an aligned and energised Australian Rugby ecosystem, there has never been a better time to be involved in this great game,” he said in a statement. More to come

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Freeman added three steals for the Wildcats (2-4). Tre Thomas added 17 points while shooting 4 for 12 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line while he also had six rebounds. Daniel Rouzan went 5 of 10 from the field to finish with 10 points. The Fightin' Hawks (3-3) were led in scoring by Treysen Eaglestaff, who finished with 20 points. Mier Panoam added 19 points for North Dakota. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .In addition to enhancing counter-cyclical adjustment, China's monetary policy will continue to emphasize "moderate easing" in the coming year. This approach involves maintaining adequate liquidity in the financial system to support economic growth while controlling inflation and financial risks. By adopting a moderately loose monetary policy stance, Chinese authorities seek to strike a balance between stimulating economic activity and ensuring financial stability.In conclusion, Hakan Calhanoglu's heartfelt reunion with his former Bayer Leverkusen teammates reflects the strong bonds forged in football and the enduring friendships that transcend club loyalties. As Inter Milan strive for success in the Champions League, Calhanoglu's focus and commitment serve as a testament to his dedication to the team's cause. With the midfielder's experience and quality, Inter Milan have every chance of making a significant impact in Europe's premier club competition this season.

As the footballing world bids farewell to the Da Silva twins, their legacy as fierce competitors and dedicated professionals will forever be remembered. The journey of Rafael and Fabio from promising young talents to established footballers serves as a reminder of the fleeting nature of a player's career and the importance of cherishing every moment on the pitch.The federal government has announced an internet service shutdown across major cities in Punjab, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Multan, starting at midnight tonight due to the PTI’s planned protest. While mobile phone services will remain active, internet and Wi-Fi services will be suspended. The decision to suspend mobile signals will be evaluated as the situation evolves. On November 22, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) activated a firewall on mobile internet services, causing slowed connections and disrupting social media apps. The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has issued an alert about possible terrorist activities by the Fitna-al-Khwarij group during the PTI protest. NACTA has advised provincial governments to enforce strict security measures, warning that the Khwarij may attempt terrorist attacks during the protest. Intelligence reports suggest that Khwarij militants might enter Pakistan from Afghanistan, potentially targeting major cities. Despite security warnings, PTI has confirmed its plans to proceed with the November 24 protest. Large convoys from various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are scheduled to depart for Islamabad by 10 a.m., with KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur overseeing coordination and potentially leading some of the convoys. It has also been confirmed that Bushra Bibi, wife of the incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, will not participate in any protests or rallies.