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How can we control the AI that is exploiting us? Gary Marcus has provided a book that lists the problems, flaws, and threats of AI and what, considering these, our demands should be, and how we might meet them. Marcus is an expert on AI and has spoken to the US Senate judiciary subcommittee on AI oversight. He presents a soft-core socialist view: AI should be for everyone, under certain regulations, that are good for all. Considering what is actually happening, this comes across as hard-core radicalism. Leaving aside the threat that AI poses to jobs and creativity, as well as the way it lubricates neoliberalism, Marcus enumerates the problems as these: • The particular form of AI technology is use now, Generative AI, is deeply flawed. • The AI that companies are building is irresponsible. • Generative AI is wildly overhyped because it is easier to raise money if corporations do so. • We are headed toward an AI oligarchy, with way too much power. “Right now, we are building the wrong kind of AI,” says Marcus, “an AI — and an AI industrial complex — that we can’t trust.” Generative AI is a particular approach to AI that uses large amounts of data to make predictions, typically about what things humans will do in some context. Impressive as it might appear, given the cluster of computers and network at its disposal, it’s no better than guesswork plus Google. Large language models, on which Generative AI depends, record the statistics of words, but they don’t understand the concepts they use or the people they describe. Fact and fiction are not distinguished. There is no fact-check. Here we encounter, as we might have already in Philip K Dick, the hallucinations, inconsistent reasoning, and unreliability of AI. He then enumerates the 12 biggest immediate threats of Generative AI including deliberate, automated, mass-produced political disinformation; market and stockmarket manipulation; intellectual property taken without consent and environmental costs. Marcus elaborates carefully on each of these, but overall this points to what has been called the Great Data Heist, a theft of intellectual property that will (unless stopped by government intervention or citizen action) lead to a huge transfer of wealth — from almost all of us — to a tiny number of companies. Which is to say that AI companies steal creative and intellectual work to use for AI under the pretext that AI is good for the future of human. They call it “Techno-salvation.” What happens to the naysayers? Blacklisted. Marc Andreessen, a fabulously wealthy California-tech ideologue, wrote a “Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” with a McCarthy-like list of enemies: “Our enemy is stagnation. Our enemy is anti-merit, anti-ambition, anti-striving, anti-achievement, anti-greatness, etc.” He included a call against communism, complaining of the “continuous howling from communists and Luddites.” It’s the old complaint, in a new dress, against regulation, taxation, and workers’ rights. Also, to generate a single image takes roughly as much energy as charging a phone. Generative AI is likely to be used billions of times a day. An International Energy Agency forecast predicts that “Global electricity demand from data centres, cryptocurrencies and AI could more than double over the next three years, adding the equivalent of Germany’s entire power needs.” No-one votes for the Tech companies that are, by now, bigger than nation states, and beyond the reach of regulation, let alone democracy. As OpenAI have trained their models on all the data it can scrape — which is to say, massive amounts of content and miscontent, a lot of it copyrighted with no compensation to the artists or writers who created it — and because regulation and appropriate governance is resisted tooth and nail, Marcus proposes a list of “things to insist on” to achieve “governance of AI” including no use of copyrighted work without compensation, no training without consent, no coercive appropriation of data, and standards of transparency, among others. He concludes with his most provocative suggestions taking the form of suggestions how we, as citizens, can make a difference beginning with the demand that members of civil society be at every table. He advocates action, such as a “digital strike,” and civil organisation that allow citizens — and not just well-endowed political parties — to have a stronger voice. How can we promote such ideas when intellectual arguments have given way to 140 characters, soundbites and TikTok videos, and a culture of “engagement farming,” with Generative AI–written articles that are starting to pollute science, education, politics, culture and arts, as well as personal relationships? The answer, as usual, is with hard work, solidarity, and community. Jon Baldwin is Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Digital Media, London Metropolitan UniversityIntech Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Ready Capital Co. ( NYSE:RC – Free Report ) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 95,660 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $730,000. Intech Investment Management LLC owned 0.06% of Ready Capital at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in Ready Capital by 131.0% during the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 168,496 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,539,000 after purchasing an additional 95,562 shares in the last quarter. Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Ready Capital by 84.0% during the 3rd quarter. Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC now owns 1,440,250 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $10,989,000 after buying an additional 657,465 shares in the last quarter. Wolverine Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Ready Capital by 2,902.2% in the 3rd quarter. Wolverine Asset Management LLC now owns 402,291 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,069,000 after buying an additional 388,891 shares during the period. Spire Wealth Management increased its stake in Ready Capital by 1,115.6% in the 2nd quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 168,261 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,376,000 after buying an additional 154,419 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in Ready Capital by 6.4% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 98,156 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $897,000 after acquiring an additional 5,874 shares during the period. 55.87% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Wedbush reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $9.00 price objective on shares of Ready Capital in a research note on Monday, August 12th. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on shares of Ready Capital from $9.50 to $8.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, September 16th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their target price on shares of Ready Capital from $8.00 to $7.75 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Ready Capital from $8.50 to $7.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ready Capital has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $9.04. Ready Capital Trading Down 0.7 % Shares of RC opened at $7.37 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.24 billion, a PE ratio of -10.53 and a beta of 1.42. The company’s fifty day moving average is $7.23 and its 200 day moving average is $8.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 1.67. Ready Capital Co. has a fifty-two week low of $6.65 and a fifty-two week high of $11.67. Ready Capital Cuts Dividend The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 13.57%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. Ready Capital’s dividend payout ratio is -142.86%. About Ready Capital ( Free Report ) Ready Capital Corporation operates as a real estate finance company in the United States. It operates through two segments: LMM Commercial Real Estate and Small Business Lending. The company originates, acquires, finances, and services lower-to-middle-market (LLM) commercial real estate loans, small business administration (SBA) loans, residential mortgage loans, construction loans, and mortgage-backed securities collateralized primarily by LLM loans, or other real estate-related investments. 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Coming as a big win for Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Hemant Soren and his allies this election , the party and its allies have managed to retain the state for a second consecutive term. Hemant Soren has also won from Barhait constituency by over 39,000 votes. As of 7 PM, the Election Commission of India's website reported JMM leading in 34 seats while its ally, the Congress, was leading in 16. Jharkhand has had a history of political turmoil, fragmentation and frequent changes of Chief Ministers. JMM's Hemant was also being jailed earlier this year. BJP had banked on leveraging anti-incumbency, corruption charges against Hemant and making inroads into the tribal vote-bank. But JMM has managed to render a huge defeat to BJP and fared well in its performance. Kalpana Soren, Hemant's wife, also contributed in revitalising the party's performance on ground. She has also won from the Gandey seat in Jharkhand with over 17,000 votes. “We passed exam of democracy in Jharkhand, will finalise strategy post election results," said Hemant Soren while addressing a press conference in Ranchi. Meanwhile, Kalpana also told ANI, "This government is the Abua government, this government is the government of the people of Jharkhand. The people have expressed their unwavering faith in Hemant Soren..." But what were the reasons that led towards victory for JMM-led alliance and an electoral defeat for BJP? ADVERTISEMENT REMOVE AD Hemant Soren's Incarceration The arrest of Hemant Soren seemed to have backfired on the BJP. Earlier this year, he was jailed for 5 months for an alleged land scam case. He resigned hours after being arrested on corruption charges, but it seems the sympathy from the incarceration has struck a chord with the people of Jharkhand, especially his already established, strong connection with Adivasi voters. "Jail ke tale tut gaye, Hemant Soren chuth gaye" was the slogan raised by his supporters and JMM saw his arrest as a dent on Adivasi honor. Soren had brought up the fact that he was falsely implicated and this has inadvertently culminated into political ramifications in the election. झà¤3⁄4रखंडी एक à¤1ैं ठ̧ेफ à¤1ैं। आगे भी ठ̈à¤3⁄4 बंटेंगे - ठ̧िर्फà¤1⁄4 आगे बढà¤1⁄4ेंगे। pic.twitter.com/OQTkwoNxRL — Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (@JmmJharkhand) November 23, 2024 BJP's Communally Charged Campaign Failed In last elections, JMM got 30 seats while BJP settled with only 25. This time, BJP tried hard to cut into and expand their base among tribals with slogans like "Batenge toh katenge," "ek hain toh safe hain," "ghuspethiye," "love jihad" and "land jihad. " Right from Assam's chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Home Minister Amit Shah, all of them pushed the rhetoric of "Bangladeshi infiltrators." After losing Jharkhand, Sarma posted on X how the defeat was "deeply painful for him personally." The loss in Jharkhand is deeply painful for me personally, even though we secured victory in all five by-elections in Assam. I have witnessed the unwavering dedication and relentless efforts of our Karyakartas in Jharkhand, who gave their all in this election. We fought with a… — Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 23, 2024 BJP claimed that 'maati, beti and roti' is in peril due to 'infiltrators' marrying tribal women and seizing their lands and resources. BJP had also shared a deeply anti-Muslim and hateful ad which attracted censure from The Election Commission of India. To counter this alleged outsider influx in tribal areas, BJP had also promised NRC and Uniform Civil Code that would be implemented if they would have won. JMM's 'Maiya Samman Yojana' Push The Jharkhand politics was also dominated by women welfare schemes this election as the state has an astounding 12.8 million women voters. It seems that JMM's Maiya Samman Yojana stood as a better counter to BJP's 'Gogo Didi' scheme, both aiming to woo women voters. JMM offered Rs 1,000 to underprivileged women in the scheme. In response to JMM, BJP said that through their 'Gogo Didi' scheme, they promised Rs 2,100 per month to all women in the state. BJP pledged to transfer money to beneficiaries from the first month after coming to power but it looks like it didn't work. There was also a significant turnout of women voters as it was higher than men in over 85% out of the total 81 assembly constituencies, according to ECI. जीत ठभी और à¤a्रचंड à¤1ोगी। pic.twitter.com/mk3Ie2ARui — Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (@JmmJharkhand) November 23, 2024 The Tribal Backlash There are 28 out of the 81 seats which are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and nine are for Scheduled Castes. Adivasis, who make up a quarter of the state's population, are vital to putting together a winning social collation. During the Lok Sabha polls, BJP had lost all 5 tribal-dominated seats - Khunti, Singhbhum, Lohardaga, Rajmahal, and Dumka. Most tribal concentrated regions are Kolhan, Santhal Pargana as well as South Chhotanagpur. In ST seats, JMM and Congress, both seem to have made more headway. BJP also tried to win over tribal voters by bringing back former CM Babulal Marandi and getting JMM-turncoat Champai Soren on their side. But it doesn't seem to have succeeded in countering Hemant Soren's Adivasi-centered campaign. The Jairam Mahato Factor The rise of Jairam Mahato of Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantrikari Morcha may have also affected the BJP adversely. A young OBC Kurmi leader, he is also called 'Tiger Jairam.' He contested from two seats: Dumri and Bermo. The ECI website reported, as of 7 PM that Mahato won from Dumri but lost Bermo constituency to INC's Kumar Jaimangal. Mahatos, who are Kurmis, form around 14% of Jharkhand’s population, making them the largest OBC group in the state. His party may have won over a section of Kurmis who were disenchanted with the Soren government. This vote may have otherwise gone to the BJP and its ally AJSU (All Jharkhand Student's Union). Some other key candidates such as Babulal Marandi won from Dhanwar seat, Champai Soren won from Seraikella and Irfan Ansari of Congress won against Hemant Soren's sister-in-law Sita Soren in Jamtara seat. Back in 2019, JMM won 30 seats while BJP won 25. In 2014, JMM won 19 and BJP managed to win 37 seats. While most exit polls suggested a victory for NDA, few others such as Axis My India had projected 25 seats for BJP and 53 seats for JMM-Congress alliance. The sixth Jharkhand Assembly election was held in two-phases on 13 and 20 November. It saw a record turnout of 67.74% — the highest since the state’s creation in 2000. (At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.) Read Latest News and Breaking News at The Quint, browse for more from news and politics Topics: Jharkhand Hemant Soren jharkhand electionsThe Marshall Thundering Herd , led by quarterback Braylon Braxton , face the Old Dominion Monarchs , led by quarterback Colton Joseph on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 (11/23/24) at S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Va. How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV . You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV , which is offering half off your first month. Here’s what you need to know: What: NCAA Football, Week 13 Who: Marshall vs. Old Dominion When: Saturday, Nov. 23 (11/23/24) Where: S.B. Ballard Stadium Time: 7:30 p.m. ET TV: ESPNU Live stream: fuboTV (free trial) , DirecTV Stream (free trial) *** Here are the best streaming options for college football this season: Fubo TV (free trial): fuboTV carries ESPN, FOX, ABC, NBC and CBS. DirecTV Stream (free trial) : DirecTV Stream carries ESPN, FOX, NBC and CBS. 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The College Football Playoff announced Thursday that the hitmakers will headline the AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! starting Jan. 18 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The two-night series will be held before the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 20, the same day as the presidential inauguration and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. “The incredible lineup at this year’s AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! will create unforgettable experiences in Atlanta, where sports and music thrive together,” said Mark Wright, vice president of media services and sponsorships at AT&T. “It’s the perfect way to kick off the championship weekend and keep the exhilaration alive for fans, no matter which team they’re rooting for.” Hip-hop stars Lil Wayne and GloRilla will hit the stage Jan. 18. Singers Camila Cabello, Myles Smith and Knox are expected to perform Jan. 19. Along with the concert series, country music artists Kane Brown and Ashley Cooke will perform at the Allstate Championship Tailgate, which will kick off game day festivities. The tailgate performance will take place outside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Georgia International Plaza and The Home Depot Backyard. Championship game ticket holders will have access to the tailgate concert. Tickets for the Playoff Playlist Live! series will go on sale Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. ET. RECOMMENDED • nj .com How to watch 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships online without cable | FREE LIVE STREAM for men’s and wome Nov. 23, 2024, 6:00 a.m. Virginia Tech vs. Duke FREE LIVE STREAM (11/23/24): Watch college football, Week 13 online | Time, TV, channel Nov. 23, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Previous concert series performers include Lenny Kravitz, Jack Harlow, Latto, Saweetie, Pitbull, Doja Cat, Usher, Meghan Trainor and Sting. 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For Trey Dremel, much of life is dictated by his commute. Every weekday morning, he leaves Morgan Hill before dawn, driving at 4 a.m. to try and skip the traffic flowing north so he can make it to work on the Peninsula on time. Most nights, he is in bed by 7:30 p.m. so he can wake up again for the early drive. While the commute and the schedule is demanding, Dremel said it’s his best option to make ends meet, “beat traffic,” and “have some kind of life.” Dremel — who helps prepare buildings for when companies move in to offices from Mountain View to Sunnyvale — is one of tens of thousands of commuters who head north into Silicon Valley for work. A Mercury News analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau confirmed what many commuting into Silicon Valley already know: While jobs are to the north, affordable housing is to the south. But the squeeze between housing and jobs has led to an imbalance that is hurting the bedroom communities on the southern edge of Silicon Valley — taxing their residents with long commutes, disrupting communities and stretching city services to their limits. “Who wants to travel that far to work? If there was something closer with similar pay, I think everybody would jump on board,” said Dremel, a father of two. “I wasn’t paying the bills enough. That’s when I started commuting. ... Everybody’s close to the same situation: more people living down here and going up there for the money.” Northern Silicon Valley has more than 16 times the population of the bedroom communities to the south, and over 30 times as many jobs, according to a Mercury News analysis of 2022 data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This means that, in general, someone living in northern Silicon Valley — defined here as San Mateo County and northern Santa Clara County — is roughly twice as likely to find a job near where they live compared to someone living to the south. And that job is likely to pay much better. The average annual earnings for someone working in 2023 in Gilroy were $49,928, according to the Census Bureau. In San Jose, that number was $61,675, and in Palo Alto it was $128,779. Rent is, in general, less expensive farther south. Median monthly cost for rent and utilities in Palo Alto is $3,306 and in San Jose it is $2,574. In Gilroy and Hollister, those numbers are $2,270 and $1,846, respectively. Because of this, the communities on the southern edges of Silicon Valley have long attracted those looking for cheaper housing and become exporters of workers, sending tens of thousands to workplaces away from where they live and, largely, to jobs hubs in the north. Often, driving is the only viable option, since commuters to the south have only a fraction of the options for public transit . This means that someone living south of San Jose is three times as likely to be driving an hour or more to work than someone living further north. Gilroy native Deanna Jackson commutes two hours or more round trip every weekday to her job in San Jose. While she is glad to have affordable housing and a steady job, she said the drive can be taxing on her mental state and social life. “I can’t be there for people when I spend so much time in my car,” said Jackson. “To not be able to be a part of my niece’s softball games, or nurse for people when they’re sick, or go to choir performances ... it makes it so hard to feel connected to the people who are important to you.” Her concerns were echoed during several interviews with commuters and their families, who said their time on the road takes away from their opportunity to engage with their communities and their families. “You live in this rat race,” said Jackson. “Living in a commuter town, there’s not a big community feel.” The impact goes beyond social costs, however. For more suburban cities, property tax is a far less effective source of income than sales tax or other revenue that comes from business. This means that when the population grows without business growth, the money to serve that population doesn’t keep pace. That leaves communities with a poor jobs balance in a precarious position when it comes to providing for their residents. A mix of housing growth and lack of funding has strained their infrastructure — and, when paired with planning missteps, has led to disastrous breaking points. Hollister saw unchecked housing growth in the ’90s and early 2000s, which began to overburden its sewage system. This led to leaks from sewage ponds and reports of sewage backing up into people’s homes . In May 2002, the problem came to a head when a sewage treatment pond burst, spilling 15 million gallons of wastewater into the nearby San Benito River. The disaster triggered $1.2 million in fines from the state and a moratorium on growth until the city built another treatment plant — an effort that took six years and quadrupled sewer rates. Farther north, Gilroy has well-documented issues with funding and staffing its fire department . Along with flagging response times, an analysis of the department showed that, in case of a violent earthquake, certain fire stations would be liable to collapse on fire engines, leaving the department unable to respond in a time of dire emergency. This contrasts with Palo Alto, which has more than five times as many jobs per population than Gilroy, and nearly twice as many firefighters per capita than Gilroy. The blend of social and logistical woes has led many to call for their cities to hit the brakes on housing growth. Hollister saw every single incumbent on the City Council replaced by candidates who called for “slow growth,” and San Benito County — where Hollister is located — approved a restrictive measure that would require developers to get voter approval before building on farmland. Even so, many familiar with state housing laws say there are limits to what an individual city can do to slow growth, since the state requires regions to build a certain number of housing units as part of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation, or RHNA. Others say the solution lies in building more housing closer to the job centers. “The Bay Area has not produced enough housing for its workforce or its residents,” said Michael Lane, state policy director at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association. “We need more housing where the jobs are and where the infrastructure is. ... Just outsourcing the housing doesn’t work and it has all kinds of negative impacts.” Several Bay Area housing experts and advocates echoed the sentiment that building more housing was the best tool to relieve the imbalance and its impacts. While all noted that the RHNA process was imperfect, they acknowledged that it was moving in the right direction by requiring job-heavy cities to pull their weight without leaving more suburban cities off the hook. For example, Palo Alto, which has the most jobs per capita in Silicon Valley, is asked to build three times as much housing as similarly sized Gilroy. Still, many local leaders throughout the region argue over how much housing should grow and where, and even if the new housing requirements fairly address the imbalance, they will take years to be put into practice. In the meantime, those farther to the south are attempting to address the jobs imbalance by focusing on bringing more jobs to their cities. In Gilroy, several candidates came into office riding a wave of pro-business sentiment , and others in Morgan Hill promised a city where residents could live and work . The candidates have proposed a series of measures ranging from improving tourism , revitalizing businesses and downtowns, and in Gilroy, trying to bring back the Garlic Festival . All the while, the housing-heavy cities and the commuters who live in them carry on making the best of their situations. That’s true at least for Miles Reese, who moved to Gilroy six years ago and now oversees security for Google’s campuses. Reese reflected what many commuters expressed: resigned acceptance of how things are. “I use it as time for myself,” said Reese of his commute. “It’s tough, but everybody’s got to make a living. ... It is what it is.”NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal conviction, arguing continuing the case would present unconstitutional “disruptions to the institution of the Presidency.“ In a filing made public Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan that dismissal is warranted because of the extraordinary circumstances of his impending return to the White House. “Wrongly continuing proceedings in this failed lawfare case disrupts President Trump’s transition efforts,” the attorneys continued, before citing the “overwhelming national mandate granted to him by the American people on November 5, 2024.” Related Articles Prosecutors will have until Dec. 9 to respond. They have said they will fight any efforts to dismiss the case but have indicated openness to delaying sentencing until after Trump’s second term ends in 2029. Following Trump’s election victory last month, Merchan halted proceedings and indefinitely postponed his sentencing, previously scheduled for late November, to allow the defense and prosecution to weigh in on the future of the case. He also delayed a decision on Trump’s to dismiss the case on immunity grounds. Trump has been fighting for months to reverse the conviction, which involved efforts to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels, whose affair allegations threatened to disrupt his 2016 campaign. He has denied any wrongdoing. Trump takes office Jan. 20. Merchan hasn’t set a timetable for a decision. A dismissal would erase Trump’s historic conviction, sparing him the cloud of a criminal record and possible prison sentence. Trump is the first former president to be convicted of a crime and the first convicted criminal to be elected to the office. Merchan could also decide to uphold the verdict and proceed to sentencing, delay the case until Trump leaves office, wait until a federal appeals court rules on Trump’s parallel effort to get the case moved out of state court or choose some other option.

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In a classic example of choosing different horses for different courses at the polling booth, a number of voters across Maharashtra ’s Nanded district split their votes earlier this month, choosing the candidate of one party for a parliamentary bypoll and the nominee of an opposing party for the Assembly seat. As a result, the Congress ’s Ravindra Chavan became the MP for Nanded, even as the BJP-led Mahayuti cornered all six Assembly seats within the Lok Sabha constituency. ‘Smart choices’ Such divergence of voter preferences shows that people are “smart enough to choose different candidates” for different polls, Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S. Chockalingam said on Friday (November 29, 2024), noting that a similar pattern of voting has been witnessed elsewhere as well. Answering a question on Nanded during a Facebook chat moderated by The Hindu ‘s Vinaya Deshpande on Friday (November 29, 2024), Mr. Chockalingam said he did not want to get into the “realm of conjecture” behind the pattern of voting. Split votes Congress MP Mr. Chavan is the son of former MP Vasantrao Chavan, whose death in August necessitated the byelection. He bagged the seat by defeating his nearest rival, Santukrao Hambarde of the BJP, by a narrow margin of 1,457 votes. Mr. Chavan polled 5,86,788 votes while Mr. Hambarde for 5,85,331 votes. As part of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Congress fielded its nominees in all six Assembly seats in Nanded, where they garnered a sum total of 4,27,465 votes, 1.59 lakh votes less than Mr. Chavan got in the parliamentary poll. From the ruling Mahayuti, the BJP candidates fielded candidates in four seats, and the Shiv Sena in the remaining two seats. Cumulatively, the Mahayuti candidates got 6,12,782 votes, or 27,451 more than the losing BJP candidate in the Lok Sabha bypoll. The significant number of votes garnered by smaller players — including the Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, Prahar Janshakti Party, and the All India Majlis-E-Inquilab-E-Millat (AIMIM) — was among the factors behind the Congress’s loss in the Assembly election in the district. Same story in Tirupati The Nanded district’s Collector and Electoral Officer Abhijit Raut recalled that a similar situation had occurred six months ago during the general election, when Andhra Pradesh had held a simultaneous Assembly election. Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) candidate Maddila Gurumoorthy won the Tirupati Lok Sabha seat, but the party lost all the seven Assembly seats falling under the parliamentary constituency to the Telugu Desam Party-BJP-Jana Sena Party combine. In the seven Assembly seats, the YSRCP had collectively netted 5,61,014 votes while the opposing coalition got 7,52, 542 votes. In the Lok Sabha poll, however, the YSRCP got 6,32,228 votes, beating the coalition candidate’s 6,17,659 votes. Published - November 30, 2024 09:15 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 / state politics / Bharatiya Janata Party / Indian National Congress / Election Commission of India / Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2024 / Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress PartySan Francisco, November 30: OpenAI has faced several lawsuits over using copyrighted materials to train its ChatGPT AI models before. It started with the New York Times to ANI, and now a group of Canadian news and media companies have filed a lawsuit against the company. The group alleged that the OpenAI infringed its copyright and enriched itself at its expense. After a few days of facing legal issues with Asian News International (ANI) in India, the company is now sued by a group of people, including the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and others who demanded to seek monetary damages. Uber India Introduces New Safety Features, Pilot Project With Maharashtra Police Is Now Live; Check Details. According to a report by TechCrunch, the group of companies, they alleged that Sam Altman-run OpenAI had scraped content from their websites to train the LLMs to power ChatGPT. They said that the content on their websites took time, effort, and cost to produce on behalf of the News Media Companies and journalists, staff, and editors. The same case was with the New York Times and ANI, which said their content was used to train AI without their permission. The report said that the ChatGPT maker did not attempt to obtain the information legally legally. Also, they alleged that the company had "brazenly misappropriated" the News Media Companies' intellectual property and converted it to its commercial purpose without asking for consent and consideration. Grok New Feature Update: Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Now Allows Users To Create Image Based on Their X Profile. Although OpenAI announced it would work with several news and media companies, such as The Associated Press, Axel Springer, and Le Monde, these new companies were never asked for such permission. Besides, the report highlighted that besides ANI and NYT, companies like the New York Daily News, YouTube creators and authors like Sarah Silverman filed lawsuits against OpenAI for infringing copyright. While these claims exist, the company maintained that it trained the models on publicly available data. (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Nov 30, 2024 04:28 PM IST. 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