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Meet the climate-conscious billionaire bidding to lead the Olympics
The Olympics face a major climate challenge. How might the next president meet it? ADVERTISEMENT Of the seven candidates running to be the next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Swedish-British billionaire Johan Eliasch is something of an outlier. The 62-year-old president of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation...
Mustangs show composure in tough road environment
The Stanhope Elmore boys basketball team fell to its biggest rival in Wetumpka on Friday, 62-54. The Mustangs played a very composed game in what was a very electric environment on the road. “I thought we played well, and I thought with how young our team is, I thought we...
Coral reef restoration can reduce coastal contamination and pollution hazards
Abstract Coral reef restoration can reduce the wave-driven flooding for coastal communities. However, this protection has yet to be assessed in terms of the reduced risk of flood-driven environmental contamination. Here we provide the first high-resolution valuation of the reduction of flood-related land-based environmental pollution provided by potential coral reef...
Snow squalls will persist through Sunday afternoon: Environment Canada
WEATHER ALERT ENVIRONMENT CANADA ************************** Snow Squall Warning in effect for: Orillia - Lagoon City - Washago Snow squalls expected beginning this evening. Hazards: Total snowfall accumulations of 15 to 30 cm. Peak snowfall rates near 5 cm per hour. Significantly reduced visibility in heavy snow and local...
How small Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek shocked Silicon Valley
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How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI
On January 20, DeepSeek, a relatively unknown AI research lab from China, released an open source model that’s quickly become the talk of the town in Silicon Valley. According to a paper authored by the company, DeepSeek-R1 beats the industry’s leading models like OpenAI o1 on several math and reasoning...