ExamSoft’s remote bar exam sparks privacy and facial recognition concerns

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Attempts to slow down OpenAI’s runaway success by Google’s own AI has faced a few hiccups.where Western giants like Google and Meta failed to make inroads into Chinese markets and locally developed solutions serviced the large population base

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The water used to brew it is an exact replica of the water in the Chesapeake Bay—courtesy of the aquariums water experts.We saw echoes of Flesh Blood IPA in a set of miniature crime scene dioramas and SeaQuench Ale in a coastal ship graveyard

and Flesh Blood IPA with the Gold-Rush-era tombstones that have been recycled and used to pave San Franciscos parks.

San Francisco has a well-deserved reputation as an offbeat city—theres much to be found here that doesnt exist anywhere else2020Each torpedo has a large nuclear warhead with a yield of about two megatons and a nuclear reactor that runs on liquid metal

San Francisco-based independent Artificial Intelligence research lab Midjourney unveiled their new /describe feature that transforms images into words in a tweet. Midjourney permits the user to upload an image upon encountering the /describe prompt and then presents the user with four descriptions its AI engine generates based on the image provided.

Crew portrait of the Artemis IINASA  Midjourney described the crew portrait as NASA astronauts group pose for a photo. Equally promising is the new permutations feature that allows pro subscribers to create up to 40 combinations in a single query.