Passengers flee Buenos Aires bus fire
A bus caught fire on Wednesday on a busy road in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires. (Aug. 17)
Day: August 18, 2023
Arthur launches Arthur Bench, an open-source tool for comparing the performance of LLMs, like OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo and Meta’s Llama 2, for specific use cases (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
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Arthur launches Arthur Bench, an open-source tool for comparing the performance of LLMs, like OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo and Meta’s Llama 2, for specific use cases — New York City-based artificial intelligenc…
Malaysia jet crash kills 10 people in Kuala Lumpur
10 people have been killed in Malaysia after a private jet collided with a car and motorbike near the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Officials say the Beechcraft jet was carrying six passengers and two crew when it lost contact with air traffic control and cr…
No plans for Ryan Tubridy to return to presenting role, RTE says
RTE has announced there are no plans for Ryan Tubridy to return to his presenting role at the Irish national broadcaster following a controversy over the under-declaration of his salary. Director-general Kevin Bakhurst said negotiations with Tubridy ab…
Canada heat wave raising danger of even more wildfires
Officials give update on conditions in Canada’s Northwest Territories as residents began fleeing an approaching wildfire Thursday in long convoys.
Eddie Izzard: ‘Honour’ to be interviewed by Michael Parkinson
Eddie Izzard: “Honour” to be interviewed by Michael Parkinson.
Deep Sleep: World’s ‘Deepest’ Hotel offers underground escape in Wales
Many people come to explore the disused slate mines – some even come to spend the night deep inside one.
Ex-federal judge warns Trump that his ‘inexcusable’ attacks on judges could ‘imperil’ his cases
J Michael Luttig branded the former president’s online attacks ‘a grave disservice to the nation’
Chicken combo: Popular chain plots second Seattle-area location
Last week, chicken finger connoisseurs celebrated news of the Seattle area’s first Raising Cane’s. The popular chain will double down with a Renton restaurant.