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Google accused of paying employees to do nothing for up to a year to stifle AI talent migration

Google is making use of aggressive noncompete clauses and extended notice periods, leaving employees who wish to change track in limbo, claims former GoogDeepMinder Nando de Freitas.

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A mother suing Google and an AI chatbot site over her son’s suicide says she found AI versions of him on the site

A mother who is suing both Google and Character.ai over her 14-year-old son's death has discovered AI chatbots based on her late son are being hosted on the platform.

Fortune

Wildfires in Brazil leave at least 2 dead in Sao Paulo sate. Dozens of cities are on high alert

Local authorities in Brazil say that wildfires in Brazil’s southern Sao Paulo state have killed at least two people

The Independent UK

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Google’s hiring of Character.AI’s founders is the latest sign that part of the AI startup world is starting to implode

Google's acquihire deal with Character AI is the third for Big Tech in six months, after Microsoft's agreement with Inflection and Amazon's deal with Adept.

Fortune

Manchester United’s Antony accused of assault by two more women

Manchester United’s Antony has been accused of assault by two more women, who made the allegations in Brazilian media

The Guardian - UK

2020 Olympic medalist Bekzod Abdurakhmonov to fight for Combat FC, sets sights on UFC

2020 Olympic medalist Bekzod Abdurakhmonov, The only man to tech fall Jordan Burroughs in wrestling, has his sights set on the UFC.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Drug dealer was released three times before finally being arrested

Gonzala De Freitas was stopped and found with drugs in his possession on four different occasions over a year, but released on bail every time

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Brazil deluge kill 36, search continues for dozens missing

Hundreds of rescuers in Brazil are searching for survivors of landslides and flooding that killed at least 36 people along the coast of the country’s southern state of Sao Paulo following a huge weekend downpour

The Independent UK

Sāo Paulo’s far-right governor favorite backs removing body cams from police

Cameras credited with huge drop in crime by and against law enforcement but Bolsonaro ally prefers ‘to trust the police’

The Guardian - US

Shooting disrupts Bolsonaro-backed candidate’s campaign stop

A Sao Paulo gubernatorial candidate’s campaign event in the Paraisopolis neighborhood came to an abrupt halt on Monday when gunfire erupted outside

The Independent UK

Multiple women report drink spiking in Maroochydore Night Life Precinct

The last time Sunshine Coast woman Louise Thorenfeldt went out in the region's biggest nightlife precinct, she left in an ambulance. She doesn't want it to happen to others.

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