OpenAI and AWS agree to a seven year deal in which OpenAI will pay $38B for AI compute, including training its models on Amazon’s servers and using its CPUs (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI and AWS agree to a seven year deal in which OpenAI will pay $38B for AI compute, including training its models on Amazon’s servers and using its CPUs  —  Companies’ first computing partnership …

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Australians still betting big on Melbourne Cup, despite many saying they’re losing interest in race

But money spent betting on horse racing overall has sharply declined amid cost-of-living pressures and regulationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians say they are losing interest in the Melbourne Cup and the animal wel…

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Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies

Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s private employment services are failing to get jobseekers …

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‘There’s no place like this’: shoppers and traders fear for Birmingham indoor market’s future

Current site is due to be demolished to make way for housing in new disruption to city’s long trading traditionEvery week, 80-year-old Frank catches a train from Walsall to Birmingham. He threads through gleaming shopfronts in Grand Central station and…

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