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Baidu CEO Robin Li says number of users has doubled since December.China’s Baidu has announced that “Ernie Bot”, its rival to ChatGPT, has racked up more than 200 million users, roughly double as many as in December. Baidu CEO Robin Li also said Ernie Bot’s application programming interface (API) is being used 200 million times every day, meaning the chatbot was requested by its user to conduct tasks that many times a day. The number of enterprise clients for the chatbot reached 85,000, Li said at a conference in Shenzhen on Tuesday. In February, he told analysts that Baidu was…

Washington, DC – Ninety lawmakers in the United States Congress have urged House Speaker Mike Johnson in a letter to immediately advance a foreign funding bill that includes $14bn in assistance to Israel. The letter, sent on Sunday and made public on Monday, followed Iran’s unprecedented attack over the weekend, in which it fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel to retaliate for a deadly attack early this month on its consulate in Syria’s capital, Damascus. “Time is of the essence, and we must ensure critical aid is delivered to Israel and our other democratic allies facing threats from…

CEO Elon Musk says in memo that job cuts will leave firm ‘lean, innovative and hungry for the next growth phase cycle’.Electric carmaker Tesla plans to lay off more than 10 percent of its global workforce, according to a memo sent to employees by CEO Elon Musk. Musk told staff in an email on Monday that the cuts were necessary due to the “duplication of roles and job functions in certain areas”, which had followed the company’s rapid global expansion. “As we prepare the company for our next phase of growth, it is extremely important to look at every aspect…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Iran says it does ‘not seek to expand the war’ but will respond to Israeli attacks, while a mass grave has been found at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital. Source link

The Israeli government says it’s weighing its options amid calls from allies to de-escalate tensions.The smoke has cleared and the dust has settled after Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel. The weekend attack – the first direct military action targeting Israel from Iranian soil – was, says Iran, proportional retaliation for the bombing of its consulate in Syria. Israeli leaders have vowed to respond. Fears are growing of an escalation into a regional war. Are those fears justified? And what would a direct confrontation between the regional rivals mean for an already volatile Middle East? Presenter: James Bays Guests: Randa Slim…

Several allies warn against an escalation after Iran’s weekend attack on Israel increases fears of wider regional war.Several Western countries have urged Israel to avoid an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East as the war cabinet debates how to respond to Iran’s weekend attack on the country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his war cabinet for the second time in less than 24 hours on Monday over Iran’s missile and drone attack. “We’re on the edge of the cliff and we have to move away from it,” Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security…

Hezbollah says it detonated ‘explosive devices’ targeting soldiers who crossed the border into Lebanon.Several Israeli soldiers have been wounded in a blast in Lebanon near the Israeli border, according to the Israeli military and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, which claimed responsibility for the attack. Iran-backed Hezbollah said on Monday that it had detonated “explosive devices” targeting Israeli soldiers who crossed into Lebanese territory. In a statement, the group said its fighters planted explosive devices in the Tel Ismail area in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel. It said its fighters detonated the devices when a patrol of Israeli…

PodcastPodcast, The TakeIran launches a direct military attack in response to Israel’s strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria. Iran launched a direct attack on Israel on Saturday for the first time, firing more than 300 drones and missiles. Most were intercepted by Israel and its allies. What exactly happened, and how might Israel respond? In this episode:  Episode credits: This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei, Amy Walters and David Enders with Natasha Del Toro in for Malika Bilal. Amy Walters fact-checked this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya…

NewsFeedIsraeli soldiers opened fire on displaced Palestinians as thousands of people attempted to return to their homes in north Gaza.Published On 15 Apr 202415 Apr 2024 Source link

EXPLAINERFrom cyberattacks and assassinations to drone strikes, Israel-linked plots have targeted Iran and its nuclear programme for years.Israel’s leaders have signalled that they are weighing their options on how to respond to Iran’s attack early Sunday morning, when Tehran targeted its archenemy with more than 300 missiles and drones. Iran’s attack, which followed an Israeli strike last week on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, that killed 13 people was historic: It was the first time Tehran had directly targeted Israeli soil, despite decades of hostility. Until Sunday, many of Iran’s allies in the so-called axis of resistance — especially the…