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By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Inflection AI, the AI startup founded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and former Deepmind researcher Mustafa Suleyman, has released its first AI chatbot product, the company said on Tuesday. Similar to the viral chatbot ChatGPT, Inflection’s AI chatbot, named Pi, uses generative AI technology to interact with users through conversations, in which people can ask questions and share interests. Inflection AI said it developed the […]

(Reuters) – Paris St Germain forward Lionel Messi has been suspended for two weeks after an unauthorised trip for two days to Saudi Arabia, French sports daily L’Equipe reported on Tuesday. The Argentina World Cup winner is banned from playing or training with the team, and his pay will be docked during his suspension, the report added. Messi will miss the upcoming Ligue 1 matches against Troyes and Ajaccio but […]

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are gearing up for their first fundraising events as soon as next week to help kick off their 2024 reelection campaign, according to people briefed on the plans. Some of the events being planned for Biden include a reception and dinner that could take place in New York City on May 10, the people said. The […]

(This May 1 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error in paragraph 17) By Maggie Michael ARQEEN, Egypt (Reuters) – Eight months pregnant, Malaz Omar left behind everything to flee with her husband, two toddlers and an elderly aunt from the fighting that has swept across Sudan’s capital for more than two weeks. By the time the 34-year-old arrived in Egypt she hadn’t eaten or showered for four […]

(Reuters) – Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney ditched the star-studded Met Gala to join the Welsh soccer club’s open-top bus victory parade on Tuesday as they celebrated their promotion to the English Football League. Wrexham secured a fairytale return to the EFL following a 15-year absence last month after beating Boreham Wood 3-1 to win the National League with a game to spare. The dollop of Hollywood […]

(Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo became the world’s highest-paid athlete after his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr nearly doubled his annual playing salary while Paris St Germain duo Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe round off the top three, according to Forbes. Ronaldo, who joined the Saudi soccer club on a deal until 2025 after leaving Manchester United last year, earned $136 million with Forbes saying his annual playing salary went […]

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices sank about 5% to a five-week low on Tuesday on concerns about the economy, as U.S. politicians discuss ways to avoid a debt default and investors prepare for another U.S. rate hike this week. Brent futures fell $3.76, or 4.7%, to $75.55 a barrel by 1:47 p.m. EDT (1747 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $3.79, or 5.0%, to […]

(This May 1 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error in paragraph 17) By Maggie Michael ARQEEN, Egypt (Reuters) – Eight months pregnant, Malaz Omar left behind everything to flee with her husband, two toddlers and an elderly aunt from the fighting that has swept across Sudan’s capital for more than two weeks. By the time the 34-year-old arrived in Egypt she hadn’t eaten or showered for four […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House senior adviser John Podesta said Toyota Motor Corp is “fully committed” to electric vehicles after he met recently with senior company officials. Podesta told Reuters reporters and editors in a roundtable meeting on Tuesday the Japanese automaker “had been the laggard” but was now committed to electric vehicles. “I think they’re going to stick with plug-in hybrids for a while, maybe longer than some of […]