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Church of Greece Plans Digital Bank, Wants Diaspora Deposits Copy
ATHENS – With investment opportunities growing in everything from bitcoins to online lenders, the Church of Greece is preparing an application for a license to establish a digital bank in the next few months. The plan has been in the works quietly for several years, according to Kathimerini, with a source—who remained unnamed—saying it has sparked debate among the clergy about whether it’s appropriate for the Church to be involved in a sector that includes lending and sometimes foreclosures.
-Original Article by THE NATIONAL HERALD
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OpenAI spends millions to process polite phrases such as “Thank You” and “Please” with ChatGPT
While AI cannot exercise emotions, its perceived human-like nature in these interactions instinctively makes us blurt out courtesies like "Thank You" and "Please." Sam Altman acknowledges this and reports that ChatGPT costs the company tens of millions of dollars just generating responses to these prompts. Taken another way, recent report suggests that even a short three-word "You are welcome" response from an LLM uses up roughly 40-50 milliliters of water. - Original Article by Hassam Nasir
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Banks Must Adopt Crypto or ‘Be Extinct in 10 Years,’ Eric Trump Says
The son of U.S. President Donald Trump said the current financial system is broken and blockchain technology is the fix. -Original Article by Helene Braun
Did South Korea’s legendary female free divers evolve for a life underwater? Scientists find new evidence
| “For thousands of years, we think, they’ve been doing this incredible, matrilineal thing, where they learn from the mother how to dive at a very young age. They go out in these collectives, and that’s what they do. They dive,” said Melissa Ann Ilardo, a geneticist and assistant professor in biomedical informatics at the University of Utah. |
| -Original Article by Katie Hunt |
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Church of Greece Plans Digital Bank, Wants Diaspora Deposits Copy
ATHENS – With investment opportunities growing in everything from bitcoins to online lenders, the Church of Greece is preparing an application for a license to establish a digital bank in the next few months. The plan has been in the works quietly for several years, according to Kathimerini, with a source—who remained unnamed—saying it has sparked debate among the clergy about whether it’s appropriate for the Church to be involved in a sector that includes lending and sometimes foreclosures.
-Original Article by THE NATIONAL HERALD
Read more…
OpenAI spends millions to process polite phrases such as “Thank You” and “Please” with ChatGPT
While AI cannot exercise emotions, its perceived human-like nature in these interactions instinctively makes us blurt out courtesies like "Thank You" and "Please." Sam Altman acknowledges this and reports that ChatGPT costs the company tens of millions of dollars just generating responses to these prompts. Taken another way, recent report suggests that even a short three-word "You are welcome" response from an LLM uses up roughly 40-50 milliliters of water. - Original Article by Hassam Nasir
Read more…
Banks Must Adopt Crypto or ‘Be Extinct in 10 Years,’ Eric Trump Says
The son of U.S. President Donald Trump said the current financial system is broken and blockchain technology is the fix. -Original Article by Helene Braun
Did South Korea’s legendary female free divers evolve for a life underwater? Scientists find new evidence
| “For thousands of years, we think, they’ve been doing this incredible, matrilineal thing, where they learn from the mother how to dive at a very young age. They go out in these collectives, and that’s what they do. They dive,” said Melissa Ann Ilardo, a geneticist and assistant professor in biomedical informatics at the University of Utah. |
| -Original Article by Katie Hunt |