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January 12, 2025
How do you know if an artificial intelligence system is so powerful that it poses a security danger and shouldn’t be unleashed without careful oversight? For regulators trying to put guardrails on AI, it’s mostly about the arithmetic. Specifically, an AI model trained on 10 to the 26th floating-point operations per second must now be
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The ability for high school athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness could become reality next year if the North Carolina State Board of Education adopts permanent rules allowing NIL activities. The board was presented a set of proposed permanent rules on Wednesday. For now, North Carolina high school athletes at public schools,
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The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South. It’s enough pollution each year — about 52 million
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing will attempt to return its problem-plagued capsule from the International Space Station later this week — with empty seats. NASA said Wednesday that everything is on track for the Starliner capsule to undock from the space station Friday evening. The fully automated capsule will aim for a touchdown in
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These are the projections for the 4A West bracket for the 2024 NCHSAA volleyball playoffs. The projections are not official and can change when the official brackets are released by the N.C. High School Athletic Association. However, these projections are accurate as of the time stamp below. Subscribe to email alerts to be notified when
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — At the site of a race massacre that reduced neighborhoods to ashes a century ago, where murals memorialize a once-thriving “ Black Wall Street,” one African American mother strives to keep others from dying as they try to bring new life into the world. Black women are more than three times
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Ardrey Kell head boys’ soccer coach Adam Henry had the next two weeks of the season circled from the day he constructed the Knights’ 2024 roster. Needing to challenge a veteran group with state championship aspirations, Henry set up a gauntlet with consecutive games against Lake Norman, Cuthbertson, Hough, T.C. Roberson, and Weddington. A year
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NC State kept its No. 24 ranking in the AP Top 25 college football poll entering Week 2. The Wolfpack’s stagnancy can be linked to a sluggish start in the season opener. State wasn’t overly impressive, but got a strong fourth quarter to pull away from Western Carolina 38-21 on Thursday night. State was ranked
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For each week of the 2024 high school football season, HighSchoolOT will release the Starting 22. It lists the best performances from every position across North Carolina. Coaches should send in performance nominations to [email protected] for consideration each week. Players cannot have a repeat selection later in the year, as the goal of this is
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By Bob Holliday, WRAL Sports contributor Building on the success of the last two seasons, UNC, NC State and Duke all opened the 2024 campaign with victories. Prior to 2022, it was quite unusual for all three to earn bowl bids—most autumns, one or even two of the schools suffered a losing season. But Mack
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