Just in time for Halloween 2024, Meta has unveiled Meta Spirit LM, the company’s first open-source multimodal language model capable of seamlessly integrating text and speech inputs and outputs. As such, it competes directly with OpenAI’s GPT-4o (also natively multimodal) and other multimodal models such as Hume’s EVI 2, as well as dedicated text-to-speech and […]
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Reject Bid by Adams to Dismiss Bribery Charge, Prosecutors Urge Judge
Federal prosecutors on Friday argued against a request by Mayor Eric Adams that a judge to throw out a bribery charge against Mr. Adams, saying they had clearly described his alleged quid pro quo for luxury travel and that a jury should decide the issue. In a 25-page filing, prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office […]
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Richard Allen used power and fear to kill teen victims, prosecutors say
Richard Allen was armed with a gun when he came across teenage friends Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German near a hiking trail in Delphi, Indiana, in February 2017, then used “power and the fear” to force them “down the hill” before slitting their throats, prosecutors said in their opening statement Friday in his […]
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New York Man Who Brought Knife to Jan. 6 Riot Pleads Guilty to a Felony
A New York man pleaded guilty on Friday to a felony charge of civil disorder for storming the U.S. Capitol while armed with a knife on Jan. 6, 2021, as supporters of former President Donald J. Trump sought to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. The man, Christopher D. Finney, 32, of […]
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CBS Marketing Boss Explains Why ‘Matlock’ Reboot Has “Nothing To Do” With Original
SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details about the premiere episode of Matlock on CBS. Although Matlock has returned to the screen in name, that’s about where the similarities end with the new reboot. CBS chief marketing officer Mike Benson recently explained why the Kathy Bates-led reboot of the 1986-’95 legal drama ventures so far away […]
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LOOK: Anne Curtis’s daughter Dahlia in her Filipiniana outfit
Anne Curtis's daughter Dahlia donned a Filipiniana outfit for United Nations Day.
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Check out ticket details for EXO Chen’s fancon in Manila
Filipino EXO-Ls and Soondingies can meet and greet Chen up close for as low as ₱4,000.
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Taylor Swift kicks off last leg of Eras Tour in Miami after romantic NYC weekend with Travis Kelce
The pop star returned to the stage following a two-month break. Her record-breaking tour concludes in Vancouver, Canada, in December.
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Delphi murders’ suspect Richard Allen forced teens off trail before killing them — and there’s video evidence, prosecutors say
A man charged with killing two teenage girls in a small Indiana community forced them off a hiking trail before cutting their throats, a prosecutor said Friday.
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‘Kraven,’ ‘Karate Kid’ and ‘Venom’ Get the Closeup at New York Comic Con
Sony brought out stars including Tom Hardy and Aaron Taylor-Johnson to show off the beginning of one franchise, and the end of another, while 'Karate Kid' got its first trailer.
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