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Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by being less than forthcoming about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence age

By Jonathan Stempel

Mark Cuban, the billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner, has decided to leave the business-themed Shark Tank series at the end of season 16. While appearing on the Showtime podcast All The Smoke, Cuban Cuban discussed his experience on the entrepreneur series «Shark Tank» with hosts and former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson and announced his plans. He said that this is the 15th year and next year it will be the 16th year, and is going to be his last year. Successful business people, or «sharks,» like Cuban, are featured on «Shark Tank,» where they listen to pitches from entrepreneurs looking to grow their companies and find investors.

Thomas Cook India and its subsidiary SOTC are seeing at least 20% growth in bookings for October-December 2023, from a year ago for these destinations, with their customers favouring either no-visa destinations or those offering easy terms or those granting visas on arrival. Thailand is already seeing 30% growth for the upcoming holiday season over November 2022 and January 2023. It waived visa requirements for Indians, allowing 30 days stay from 10 November to 10 May.

Long delays to get a new U.S. passport have eased from earlier in 2023 but haven't yet returned to their pre-pandemic baseline.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, the lake-effect snow resulted in high gear on Monday as cold air came into the US from Canada. This caused the lake-effect snow to intensify and cover the lakes downwind for several days. The forecaster has predicted that the western and central New York will receive the highest snowfall. Meanwhile, some places south of Watertown, New York, may record snow of up to 2 feet on Wednesday. Lake-Effect Snow Warnings have been sounded across Erie, Pennsylvania, into Jamestown, New York, and the Buffalo Southtowns, and locations such as Syracuse, Watertown and Old Forge of central New York. Owing to the weather condition, New York Governor, Kathy Hochul has urged all residents of New York to brace up for the impact of the winter storm. She has also asked the people to be extra cautious and check the forecast before planning a trip. Hochul in a statement said, «The most hazardous weather conditions will be in the areas where lake-effect snow bands form and produce a lot of snow in a short period, which will hamper travel in some places for the next day or so». According to the FOX Forecast Center, from the northeastern Ohio snowbelt through southwestern New York and the Buffalo Southtowns, more than a foot of snow is predicted to fall. In the metro Buffalo area, where only a few inches of snowfall are possible, significant snowfall totals are not anticipated. The eastern shores of Lake Ontario on the Tug Hill Plateau in central New York are expected to receive very heavy snowfall. On Tuesday afternoon, the winds will shift to the northwest resulting in snowfall in Syracuse, New York, metro. Besides, Tug Hill Plateau is likely to receive more than 2 feet of snow.

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has issued a warning about the potential dangers of super-advanced artificial intelligence (AI) surpassing human intelligence and becoming the dominant species on Earth. 

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A record number of passengers traveled through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday

Argentine President-elect Javier Milei is getting a meeting with a top Biden aide

CSX says a failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment that sparked a chemical fire in a small Kentucky town

Allison Ducluzeau has just returned from a dream trip to Hawaii where she married the love of her life on the beach. But it was a wedding she couldn’t even imagine earlier this year.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank, Belgium, North Macedonia and UAE this week. It is Blinken's third visit to Israel since Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7.

Antony Blinken will return this week to the Middle East as the U.S. hopes to find a way to extend a cease-fire in Gaza and get more hostages released, the State Department said Monday. It will be his third trip to the region since Israel's war with Hamas began last month. Blinken will travel to Israel and the West Bank after attending Ukraine-focused meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels and Skopje, North Macedonia, where foreign ministers from NATO and the Organization for Peace and Security in Europe are gathering.

World Cup, would be shifted out of Pakistan or played under hybrid model, reports said on November 27. The tournament could be moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), or played under an Asia Cup-like hybrid model with matches scheduled in both the countries, the media reports claimed.

Surge, Peak XV Partners’ scale up-programme for early-stage startups. Other notable angels in the round include Naveen Kukreja, cofounder of Paisabazaar, Cred founder Kunal Shah, Zomato cofounder Mohit Gupta, Park+ founder Amit Lakhotia, among others.

Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) – the 23-km bridge connecting Sewri to Nhava Sheva – will be heavily subsidised by the Maharashtra government, a report said on November 27. The toll charge, which is yet to be announced, is likely to be subsidised by around 40-50 percent, the Times of India reported, citing persons privy to the matter.

IndiGo on Monday launched an AI chatbot, 6Eskai, which efficiently addresses customer queries in 10 different languages and boasts to offer a unique platform for booking tickets across the entire network. The airline also said that this chatbot is powered by the groundbreaking GPT-4 technology which is developed by IndiGo's digital team and Microsoft. The 6Eskai has managed to reduce 75 per cent of customer service agent workload, the airline said as indicated from the soft launch.

Iran's navy on Monday added a destroyer capable of launching cruise missiles to its Caspian Sea fleet, state media reported. The 1,400-ton Deilaman destroyer, named for a town in north of Iran, is 95 metres (312 feet) long and 11 metres (36 feet) wide and is able to launch torpedoes while travelling at 30 knots (56 kph, 35 mph), the state-owned IRNA news agency said.

IndiGo has launched an AI chatbot, 6Eskai, powered by the GPT-4 technology with an aim to address travellers' queries in 10 different languages and to offer a first of its kind platform for booking tickets across the entire network. The airline spokesperson said that developed entirely in-house by IndiGo's digital team, in close collaboration with Microsoft, the AI chatbot represents a significant milestone for the airline.