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Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play ‘Goat Simulator 3’

“SIMA takes one step further and shows stronger generalization to new games,” he says. “The number of environments is still very small, but I think SIMA is on the right track.A New Way to PlaySIMA shows DeepMind putting a new twist on game playing agents, an AI technology the company has pioneered in the past.In 2013, before DeepMind was acquired by Google, the London-based startup showed how a technique called reinforcement learning, which involves training an algorithm with positive and negative feedback on its…

Robinhood partners with Klutch and Rich Paul, LeBron James’ agent

Rich Paul attends a basketball game between the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2020.Allen Berezovsky | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesRobinhood is partnering with Klutch Sport Group, LeBron James' agent Rich Paul's firm, as the financial services company looks to expand its reach into sports, entertainment and media, the companies announced Thursday.As part of the deal, Paul will get a seat on Robinhood's board as a…

Retired FBI Agent Shares Things He’d Never Do Considering His Professional Experience

There has never been a time when safety and security wouldn’t be a priority. These days, however, it seems like it is reaching new heights in how significant it is.Every new technological advancement and innovation introduces new challenges, and it’s getting hard to keep up with all of it.Luckily, there are people who are on the ball and inform others so that they could stay safe out there in this crazy world—it’s people like ex FBI agent Steve Lazarus.Image credits: steve.lazarus.books Live with a creepy stalker…

Reinforcement Learning 101: Building a RL Agent

Decoding the Math behind Reinforcement Learning, introducing the RL Framework, and building one RL simulation from scratch in Python.Image generated by DALL-EReinforcement learning (RL) stands as a pivotal element in the landscape of artificial intelligence, known for its unique method of teaching machines to make decisions through their own experiences within an environment. In this article, we’re going to take a deep dive into what makes RL tick. We’ll break down its core concepts, highlight the broad range of its…

Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available

Google is testing a new feature that will place a call to a business on your behalf, wait on hold and then give you a call once a live representative is available, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The new feature, called “Talk to a Live Rep,” would get rid of the need for users to wait countless minutes, and sometimes hours, listening to hold music trying to get connected to a customer service agent. The company says the feature is now available in English for people in the U.S. who have…

Lakers host Spencer Dinwiddie in hopes of signing free agent

One day after the Lakers didn’t make a deal at the NBA’s trade deadline, the Lakers hosted one of the top available free agents in the hopes of adding him to their roster.Guard Spencer Dinwiddie sat a few rows off the court with Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka to watch the Lakers beat New Orleans 139-122 Friday night.Dinwiddie, who was traded to Toronto from Brooklyn and waived, met with his former organization, Dallas, Thursday in New York City.His decision, one that could come as soon as…

Secret Agent Swift vs. Trump: Readers on this bizarre moment

At a time of increasing climate peril and ascendant authoritarianism, it may seem like journalistic malpractice to spill scarce newspaper ink over the romance between NFL star Travis Kelce and uber-star Taylor Swift. But the conspiracy theorizing over the power couple, just before Kelce plays in the Super Bowl, could arise only in a time such as ours, and it says so much about the decline of trust and verifiable truth in this political moment.Make no mistake: This isn’t a both-sides-do-it problem. The speculation that…

Suzuki Hayabusa Superbike Rider Acts as Swiggy Delivery Agent

Lately, we have been seeing a lot of prank videos on the internet. There is a section where people actually prank others using expensive cars and bikes. We have seen videos where people actually get expensive cars or bikes when they book a ride using Uber or any other online cab booking app. We have also seen social media influencers acting as food delivery partners and delivering food to customers on superbikes. Here, we have a video where a Suzuki Hayabusa superbike rider pranks a customer by acting as a Swiggy…

In 1924, cinema was hailed as an agent of world peace. Has it failed? | Film

Exactly 100 years ago, in an article in Collier’s magazine in 1924, the film director DW Griffith made the following prediction: “In the year 2024 the most important single thing which the cinema will have helped in a large way to accomplish will be that of eliminating from the face of the civilised world all armed conflict.” He added: “Pictures will be the most powerful factor in bringing about this condition. With the use of the universal language of motion pictures the true meaning of brotherhood of man will have been…