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U.S. tech giants are under pressure to prove their massive AI outlays will pay off. The stakes are especially high for Meta after it hired Scale AI CEO Alex Wang last year under a $14.3 billion deal and offered some engineers pay packages of hundreds of millions of dollars to staff a new superintelligence team, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
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It will initially be available only on the lightly-used Meta AI app and website, and in the coming weeks, replace the existing Llama models powering chatbots on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Meta’s collection of smart glasses.
“This initial model is small and fast by design, yet capable enough to reason through complex questions in science, math, and health. It is a powerful foundation, and the next generation is already in development,” the company said in a blog post.
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“Hundreds of police officers, Border Police forces, and volunteers will be deployed throughout the city, along major routes, in the Old City, and at holy sites, in order to enable safe access for all worshippers and visitors while upholding a safe environment for the freedom of worship, maintaining public order, and ensuring public safety,” according to a statement from the Police Spokesperson’s Unit, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
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Authorities expect it to be busy and have asked the public to remain patient, listen to police instructions and report any concerns.
The announcement was made shortly after Israel said it was loosening wartime restrictions, paving the way for schools and workplaces to reopen.
Israeli authorities had restricted access to religious sites in East Jerusalem amid the war with Iran, including al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Last month, there was widespread backlash when two senior leaders of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem were initially blocked from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to mark the start of Holy Week on Palm Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly reversed the security precaution and granted them access. Arrangements were made between church leaders and officials for the rest of the Easter week.
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According to MarineTraffic vessel-tracking data, no ships are currently shown transiting the Strait of Hormuz. That follows an earlier report that traffic had begun to resume after a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran took effect Tuesday, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
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Tehran’s accusation against Israel came as the White House maintained that Lebanon is not part of the fragile ceasefire deal between the US and Iran. Israel today launched its largest strikes on Lebanon, inflicting heavy casualties, Lebanese authorities said.
The IRGC said one of the plan’s key provisions is Iran’s continued “smart management” of the Strait of Hormuz. It claimed that US President Donald Trump accepted that the strait would remain “under Iran’s control.”
According to the statement, two oil tankers it said were confirmed to be Iranian-owned transited the strait early in the day, and a tanker from China’s fleet also passed safely.
The IRGC said additional tanker traffic did not follow and that “all ship traffic” through the strait was halted minutes after Israel launched what it described as a large-scale attack on Lebanon. The Iranians said that attack violated the ceasefire agreement.
The IRGC also said one vessel that was scheduled to transit at 10 p.m. changed course near the strait and turned back.
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