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AI pioneer says public discourse on intelligent machines must give ‘proper respect to human agency’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

She’s an important figure behind today’s artificial intelligence boom, but not all computer scientists thought Fei-Fei Li was on the right track when she came up with the idea for a giant visual database called ImageNet that took years to build.Li, now a founding director of Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, is out with a new memoir that recounts her pioneering work in curating the dataset that accelerated the computer vision branch of AI.The book, “The World I See,” also portrays her formative years that abruptly shifted from China to New Jersey and follows her through academia, Silicon Valley and the halls of Congress as growing commercialization of AI technology brought public attention and a backlash. She spoke with The Associated Press about the book and the current AI moment. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Q: Your book describes how you envisioned ImageNet as more than just a huge data set. Can ...

Police respond to shooting in Little Italy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- There is heavy police presence on State Street in downtown San Diego after calls came in for a shooting late Sunday night. San Diego Police responded to the 1600 block of State Street in Little Italy around 11:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve for reports of a shooting. Suspected burglary leads to police pursuit; four arrested after tracked down by K-9 SDPD has confirmed to FOX 5 one person was shot.There are currently no suspects in custody. Police say the situation is active at this time and they will be releasing more information as it develops. Stay with FOX 5 for the latest on this story.

California police seek a suspect in the hit-and-run deaths of 2 young siblings

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in a California community are seeking a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two young brothers on Friday.Police responded to a reported traffic collision at an intersection in Antioch around 11:30 p.m., the Antioch Police Department said in a statement.Officers arrived at the scene of an accident involving two vehicles, including one carrying two boys, aged 12 and 13.The boys were transported by ambulance to area hospitals but died of their injuries, police said.The driver of one of the vehicles fled on foot, police said.“It appears speed and reckless driving were factors in this incident,” the police statement said.A witness reported seeing a black SUV speed past. He heard a crash and went to the scene, where he found the driver of the car that apparently was hit by the SUV, KGO-TV reported.The witness said he helped the man, believed to be the father of the two boys, remove one of them from his car.The Antioch police asked ...

Fire breaks out on Russian nuclear ship Sevmorput but is quickly extinguished, authorities say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s emergencies ministry said a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of Murmansk but was quickly extinguished.The ministry said in statements on Telegram that the fire occurred late Sunday in a cabin of the Sevmorput vessel and spread to about 30 square meters (300 square feet). The fire was put out about an hour after the initial report and there were no injuries, it added. The statement did not disclose what caused the fire or how close it was to the ship’s reactor.The 260-meter (830-foot) Sevmorput is the only nuclear cargo ship in service.The Associated Press

China approves 105 online games after draft curbs trigger massive losses

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s press and publications authority has approved 105 new online games, saying it fully supports the industry after proposed curbs caused massive losses last week for investors in major games makers. The National Press and Publication Administration issued a statement on its WeChat social media account Monday saying the approvals by the Game Working Committee of China Music and Digital Association were “positive signals that support the prosperity and healthy development of the online game industry.”Tencent’s “Counter War: Future” and NetEase’s “Firefly Assault” were among games approved.Draft guidelines for curbs on online gaming had caused share prices of video game makers like Tencent and Netease to plunge on Friday, causing losses of tens of billions of dollars and dragging Chinese benchmarks lower. The administration’s guidelines said online games would be banned from offering incentives for daily log-ins or purchases. Other restrictions include l...

Jonathon Cooper after Broncos’ loss to Patriots torpedoes playoff chances: “We had everything to play for”

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

The frustration and disappointment were clear as day inside the Broncos’ locker room late Sunday night.A loud scream echoed from the showers. Outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper stood in front of his locker, shaking his head and at a loss for words. Quarterback Russell Wilson walked off the podium before the final question was asked.“We had everything to play for and we were at home,” Cooper said in disbelief after Denver fell, 26-23, to the New England Patriots on Christmas Eve. “It sucks.”On Sunday night, the Broncos’ Christmas miracle turned into a nightmare in an instant.Denver scored 16 straight points to tie the game at 23 late in the fourth quarter, then got the ball back with 1:42 to play and a shot at a game-winning drive. The Broncos offense went three-and-out instead, and the defense let quarterback Bailey Zappe drive the Patriots 43 yards on seven plays to set up Chad Ryland’s 56-yard game-winning field goal with two seconds remaining.“You just can’t do that. ...

Dear Abby: How can I light a fire under the poky tradespeople in my new town?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

DEAR ABBY: I moved to a smaller city from a larger one seven years ago. There are fewer businesses here.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: I think she meant to humiliate me at her child’s birthday party Advice | Dear Abby: My mother-in-law hit my kids, and I’m being pressured to reconcile Advice | Dear Abby: I want to have a talk with my wife’s co-worker, but she says she’s handling it Advice | Dear Abby: Am I awful for living well while my daughter flounders? Advice | Dear Abby: My husband is desperate for women’s attention, and I don’t know what to do I often struggle to get home repairs done because people here operate on “regional time,” meaning they get to stuff when they feel like it, if they feel like doing it at all.Some of my home repairs had to wait nine to 12 months, in spite of weekly or biweekly follow-ups to check the status of repairs and pa...

These homes were in the week of Dec. 11 best deals for Los Gatos

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

A condo in Los Gatos that sold for $167,000, is the most affordable real estate sale in Los Gatos in the past week.For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in Los Gatos during the last week was $2 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $918. A total of 9 home sales were recorded for the period with an average square footage of 2,216 square feet, 2 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms.The list below includes the best deals on real estate priced between $10-$10,000,000.Please note that the prices in the list below are for real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Dec. 11, even if the property may have been sold earlier.9. $4.5 million, single-family residence in the 18400 block of Daves Ave.The 2,892 square-foot single-family home in the 18400 block of Daves Ave., Monte Sereno, has now been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in November and the total purchase price was $4,500,000, $1,556 per square foot. The house was built in 1961...

Pakistani police free 290 Baloch activists arrested while protesting extrajudicial killings

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police Monday freed 290 Baloch activists who were arrested when they attempted to hold a protest last week in the capital, Islamabad. Their release came days after protest organizers gave authorities a deadline to release all those detained. The activists had traveled 1,600 kilometers (about 1,000 miles) on Thursday from Turbat, a town in Baluchistan province, to protest forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the militancy-ravaged southwest. The protesters were mostly women and some had brought along their children, aged 7-12, when security forces used batons and water canons to disperse and arrest them.They wanted to draw attention to the case of 24-year-old Balaach Mola Bakhsh, who died in November while in police custody in Baluchistan. Authorities said he was killed after militants ambushed the police vehicle transporting him.Police said Bakhsh was carrying explosives when he was arrested. His family insists he is innocent, demanding justi...

1 driver seriously injured after 4 crashes along I-295, officials say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:12:20 GMT

D.C. officials are responding to a crazy string of Christmas morning accidents along one stretch of Interstate 295.D.C. Fire and EMS and the D.C. Department of Transportation tell WTOP that four separate car accidents happened between 11:40 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 1 a.m. on Christmas Day.The first two minor crashes happened in the northbound lanes at 11:40 p.m., according to officials.At around midnight, as DDOT was on the scene clearing those crashes, another collision happened, flipping a vehicle in the southbound lanes upside down and pinning a man underneath the car.Traffic was snarled waiting for EMTs to free the trapped driver when first responders reported a fourth and final crash along the same stretch of I-295 between Eastern Avenue and Burroughs Avenue Northeast.Officials said a man driving the overturned car had to be removed using extraction equipment and was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. No one else was in the car with him and no other serious injur...