Mistral, a French artificial intelligence start-up, said on Tuesday that it had raised 600 million euros, or about $640 million, from investors, a sign of robust interest in a company seen as Europe’s most promising rival to OpenAI and other Silicon Valley A.I. developers. Mistral is now valued at €5.8 billion, according to a person […]
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Oprah Winfrey has announced her latest Book Club pick, “Familiaris,” by New York Times bestselling author David Wroblewski. Published by Blackstone Publishing, the book is a follow-up to Wroblewski’s acclaimed novel, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.” “David takes us on an extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure and mysticism to explore the meaning
NEW YORK — When aesthetic electricity strikes, you feel it in your body. When it strikes twice, it becomes a problem of the mind, too: You’re forced to make sense of the coincidence. Exactly this happened to me as I recently scoured the galleries in Chelsea, Manhattan’s art district. Strike No. 1 came at the
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A fire ripped through part of the famed Chatuchak Weekend Market in the Thai capital of Bangkok early Tuesday, killing hundreds of caged animals, including dogs, cats, birds, fishes and snakes, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said. The fire broke out around 4 a.m. local time and was extinguished about 25 minutes later, Chayakorn Kumchoke, an
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Top News A day after the United Nations Security Council endorsed a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal for Gaza, the world is waiting for Hamas’s leader to respond, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Tuesday. Putting the onus directly on Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, Mr. Blinken, speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv, asked
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The Rams used facilities on the campus of Cal Lutheran for eight years. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) It was supposed to be a temporary home for the Rams, a few-years-at-most stopover for the NFL team before moving into a new permanent facility at a location to be determined. Nearly a decade, two Super
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TEL AVIV — Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed Tuesday the positive response to a cease-fire proposal from Hamas’s political leadership but said what “counts” is the decision by the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yehiya Sinwar. Blinken is touring the Middle East to push a cease-fire deal and an exchange of hostages in the Gaza
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Five years ago, when her party won 6 percent of the vote in elections for the European Parliament, Giorgia Meloni tried to pop a bottle of sparkling wine, but the cork awkwardly flopped among some supporters. This week Ms. Meloni, now Italy’s prime minister, emerged as a big winner in the elections, and she and
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You may not know exactly what “slop” means in relation to artificial intelligence. But on some level you probably do. Slop, at least in the fast-moving world of online message boards, is a broad term that has developed some traction in reference to shoddy or unwanted A.I. content in social media, art, books and, increasingly,
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