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Google signs Sh8.73bn deal with Reddit for AI training
Business

Google signs Sh8.73bn deal with Reddit for AI training

Google has inked a $60 million (Sh8.7 billion) deal with Reddit in a groundbreaking move that allows it to leverage posts from the popular online discussion platform to enhance its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The collaboration, announced on Thursday, not only empowers Google in refining services like Google Search but also grants Reddit access to Google's AI models for bolstering its internal site search and other features. The agreement according to a report by CBS News comes at a crucial time for Reddit, coinciding with the company's plans for an initial public offering (IPO), as revealed in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Reddit reported a net income of $18.5 million (Sh2.6 billion) in the October-December quarter, marking it...
The University of Virginia student Formally  Charged with murder of Three Football Players
Human Interest

The University of Virginia student Formally Charged with murder of Three Football Players

The University of Virginia student accused of killing three football players and injuring two more on Sunday appeared to target his victims and shot one of them while he was sleeping, prosecutors alleged. The suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., appeared in court via a video conference from jail on Wednesday, where he was formally charged with three counts of second-degree murder, five counts of using a firearm in commission of a felony, and two counts of malicious bodily injury, court records show. The 22-year-old suspect was "not randomly shooting" and appeared to aim for "certain people" on the bus, James Hingeley, the Albemarle County commonwealth attorney’s office prosecutor, said in court, citing a witness. The bus was carrying students returning from a class field t...