Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
Immigrant workers say future in limbo as government ranking system scores soar
Kanika Maheshwari moved to Brampton from India in 2020 to study business management. Her dream, she says, was to open a jewelry business one day. Since graduating, she has been working with a logistics company as a sales executive. The 29-year-old has built a life in Canada with her husband, who works as a trader — both are saving to open her jewelry store. But Maheshwari says her dream is now at risk because her Canadian work permit expires in August, and she hasn’t heard back about her permanent residencyRead more
OpenAI previews chatbot with real-time voice capabilities
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday it would release a new AI model called GPT-4o, capable of realistic voice conversation and able to interact across text and image, its latest move to stay ahead in a race to dominate the emerging technology. New audio capabilities enable users to speak to ChatGPT and obtain real-time responses with no delay, as well as interrupt ChatGPT while it is speaking, both hallmarks of realistic conversations that AI voice assistants have found challenging, the OpenAI researchers showed at a livestream event. “It feels likeRead more
Destroying Michael Cohen: Trump team sets off on mission at trial
Donald Trump’s legal team set out to demolish the credibility of the key witness in his criminal trial, assailing Michael Cohen as an untrustworthy, ill-tempered, revenge-hungry narrator. For two days, a jury heard Cohen methodically build up elements of the case against his former boss and confidant. But just seconds into the cross-examination Tuesday, the defence’s objective became clear: Tear down the witness in the jury’s eyes. The grilling started with a fiery opening. Cohen was accused of making clear his desire to see Trump imprisoned, in profane public tirades against the defendantRead more