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Amazon’s Alexa isn’t just AI — thousands of humans are listening – The Verge
Amazon, like many other tech companies investing heavily in artificial intelligence, has always been forthright about its Alexa assistant being a work in progress. “The more data we use to train these systems, the better Alexa works, and training Alexa with voice recordings from a diverse range of customers helps ensure Alexa works well for…
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev announces resignation
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The Morning After: OnePlus 7 Pro review – Engadget
The first EV worthy of that three-pronged logo.Mercedes' all-electric EQC is luxury first, EV secondThe EQC 400 4Matic will arrive in US showrooms sometime in 2020, at which point, it will join a growing number of luxury SUVs and crossovers vying for customers in the market for high-end, eco-conscious vehicles. After taking a test drive,…
Massive Notre Dame Cathedral donations draw high-profile backlash
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Italy joins China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Resisting pressure from Washington and Brussels, Italy on Saturday became the first G7 country to join China's controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Rome, endorsing the global infrastructure building scheme. Conte and Xi shook hands after 29 separate sections of the memorandum were signed…
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