Gardin is using generative AI and synthetic data to drive plant growth — here's how

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Gardin sensors can measure plant health by monitoring how well a plant is photosynthesizing.

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  • Gardin produces a sensor that monitors plant health and generates growth insights.
  • The company initially struggled to source images of plants to train a disease-detection algorithm.
  • Generative AI was used to create synthetic images to bridge the data gap and create a model.
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Nikki Haley emphatically says she has no interest in being vice president, including for Trump: 'I don't play for 2nd'

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Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley

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  • Nikki Haley strongly declare she has no interest in being anyone's running mate.
  • The former UN ambassador said "it's not even a conversation" for her.
  • Former President Donald Trump has joked that his challengers are simply auditioning for the job. 

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley says emphatically that she has no interest in being anyone's vice

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Fantastic Gifts for the Skywatchers in Your life

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Amateur astronomy is so hot right now, and it’s never been easier for backyard enthusiasts to gaze into the cosmos and contemplate their puny, meaningless existences. We’ve assembled a collection of exceptional gift ideas to help your favorite space enthusiast take their skywatching skills to the next level.

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Video takes viewers behind the scenes of Tesla's Cybertruck construction, including shaping steel door panels

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YouTuber Sandy Munro showed viewers Tesla's Cybertrucks being made.

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  • A Tesla VP took a YouTuber through part of the process of crafting the Cybertruck.
  • Auto expert Sandy Munro's video shows how the massive panels are formed out of stainless steel.
  • Elon Musk has previously said the vehicle caused production hurdles due to its unique design.

Auto expert Sandy Munro shared a tour of part

2 nuclear reactors that can power 1 million US homes with clean, sustainable energy is $21 billion over budget and years behind schedule

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Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia.

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  • Georgia Power Co. is building the first new American nuclear reactors from scratch in decades.
  • Each can power 500,000 homes and businesses without releasing any carbon.
  • They were budgeted to cost $14 billion by 2017 but still aren't done and are

Bank CEO says employees get a 2-week 'recharge period' at the end of December with more relaxed work schedules

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Robin Vince says BNY Mellon employees will circle back to bureaucracy in 2024.

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  • BNY Mellon CEO Robin Vince said the bank is currently in a "recharge period" until 2024.
  • Employees at the finance giant are encouraged to focus on "core business activities." 
  • The move is part of a larger push by the bank to provide mental health support to its workers.

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Putin runs the Russian economy in the same heavy-handed way he navigates his yacht, researcher says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a boat trip with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko off the Black Sea coast, Russia May 29, 2021

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  • Putin is handling Russia's economy the same way he handles his yacht: heavy-handed.
  • That's according to a former Russia central bank advisor, who said the nation's economy is in a precarious position.
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China meddled in the 2022 election because it figured Biden wouldn't retaliate: US intel report

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US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

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  • China tried to meddle in the 2022 United States midterm elections, a US intelligence report said. 
  • Beijing wasn't worried about retaliation from the Biden administration, the report found. 
  • The
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Cute carvings of dogs made by chainsaw artists are flooding Facebook Pages — turns out, they're AI-generated

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Several images of a man posing with a carving of a dog, generated by AI
None of these men (or the dogs) are real – they're all AI-generated.

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  • AI-generated images of wood carved dogs are filling up Facebook Pages, 404 Media reports.
  • The content seems to be an engagement-bait tactic for spammy pages. 
  • While real wood carvers are (mostly) unhurt, it shows how AI is being used for spam on Facebook. 

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