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Accessibility & subscription plansSora’s availability is structured around user tiers:Plus Plan:Included at no additional cost with a ChatGPT Plus subscription.Allows up to 50 videos per month at 480p resolution or fewer at 720p.Pro Plan:Designed for heavier users with 10x more usage, higher resolutions, and longer durations.Tailored pricing plans will roll out in early 2025.OpenAI has emphasized transparency and safety during Sora Turbo's deployment.Videos include C2PA metadata to ensure users can verify if a video originates from Sora.Visible watermarks are added by default.Child sexual abuse materials and harmful deepfake content are strictly blocked.Initial limitations will apply to video uploads of individuals.OpenAI is continuing efforts to develop mitigations and monitor content to ensure safe use.A detailed system card outlines OpenAI’s strategy to maintain transparency and accountability.With the release of Sora Turbo, OpenAI hopes to fuel creativity by allowing individuals and creators to experiment with new forms of visual storytelling.

Google's new Willow quantum chip has achieved a remarkable milestone, solving a computational problem in just five minutes—a task that would take the world’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years to complete. This breakthrough in quantum computing was demonstrated when Willow outperformed the Frontier supercomputer in a benchmark algorithm, marking a significant step forward for the company’s ambitions in quantum technology. The algorithm used to test Willow’s capabilities, designed purely for benchmarking rather than practical application, showcased the chip’s unprecedented speed. According to Google, Willow completed the task in minutes, a feat that would take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years for Frontier, far exceeding the age of the universe. This performance is a vast improvement over Google’s earlier claims in 2019, when the company said it could solve a problem in minutes that would take 10,000 years for classical computers.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Monday that she will deliver a fall economic statement on Dec. 16.

An order issued by the counterterrorism division of MHA said: «In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, the central government, in consultation with the chief justice of the High Court of Manipur, hereby, designates the court of district and sessions judge, Imphal East, and the court of district and sessions judge, Imphal West, as NIA special court-I and NIA special court-II, respectively, in Manipur for the trial of the scheduled offences investigated by the National Investigation Agency.» Due to the absence of a designated court, the Supreme Court had recently allowed the NIA request to transfer eight criminal cases from Imphal court to Assam. The court observed, «The prevailing conditions in Manipur are not conducive for ensuring a free and fair trial.»

Indian pharmaceutical market (IPM) recorded a growth of 9.9% in value and 3.1% by volume in November, according to data released by market research firm Pharmarack. After a weak performance in terms of volume growth for four months, November turned out to be a positive month for the sector, indicating a pickup in demand across key therapy areas in the acute and chronic segments, showed Pharmarack data. «Cardiac, gastro, anti-diabetes and derma have shown robust growth above the IPM growth of 9.9%,» said Sheetal Sapale, vice-president-commercial at the research firm. «Except for a few, all the top therapies have shown positive volume growth… Unit growth for a few therapies also is encouraging,» she added.

RBI since Chakravarthy Rangarajan had to firefight from day one. Sanjay Malhotra may be an exception. As Malhotra walks into Mint Street as the 26th guv, he doesn't face challenges like his predecessors did — a currency crisis, or a ruptured relationship with GoI. Instead, what lies before him are a stable economy that requires some fuel, a fit banking system that's looking to fly, and a financial market that's impatient to grow. After deft handling of the Covid crisis, surge in money supply led to spiralling of prices, forcing it to raise interest rates. But the dual mandate of growth and inflation needs MPC to consider lowering policy rates, as there are signs of inflation cooling and also because of the negative impact of high real interest rates. Malhotra has the ground laid out by the departing Shaktikanta Das, who has signalled that the next move could be a cut in rates. That the two external members of MPC have already voted for a reduction could make his job easier. While monetary policy and interest rates may keep RBI in limelight, its full-service nature — by which it regulates banking, NBFCs and currency markets — has even broader implications for the economy.

Raising issues in upper house Senior DMK MP Tiruchi Siva on Monday raised in the Raja Sabha an issue related to his party MP Mohamed Abdulla. Siva said that when Abdulla went to the Central Hall, he was asked by the security whether he was an MP or not. Siva also informed that his personal secretary was warned that his ID card would be cancelled. Siva said that he forgot some paper and his PS only came to hand it over to him. He urged the Chairman to look into the issue. The Chairman assured that he would take note of the issues. All set to pad up As part of the initiatives to make India TB and drugs free, BJP MP Anurag Thakur is planning to organise a cricket match between members of Parliament on December 15. The teams are likely to be divided on the basis of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs. Thakur may also invite Lok Sabha’s LoP Rahul Gandhi for the upcoming fixture.

UBS Billionaire Ambitions Report 2024' released last week, wealth of India's billionaires surged 42% to over $905 bn during the last FY, making it the third-largest 'bill-base' behind the US and China. Rising population of Indian billionaires, too, is drawing international attention with their numbers poised to jump over the next decade. Rapidly growing economies tend to be generous with entrepreneurs who push the growth envelope. India's growth spurt will have a deep impact on manufacturing, which is expected to serve as the nursery for entrepreneur billionaires. But the similarities being drawn with China's experience may not be quite apt. India's growth is likely to be dependent significantly more on services. There is a pretty well-established method to acquiring scale in manufacturing that relies heavily on capital. Services offer greater creativity to entrepreneurs wanting to scale up. A decade later, India's billionaires could very well surprise on the upside. India is also gaining access to capital and tech. Improvements in labour force endowments through stepped up social security will contribute to the process. The country is also placed favourably in the evolving landscape of globalisation driven by services as protectionist walls are erected in manufacturing.

ex-dates are revealing what it's like to date him. Kevin Costner has emerged as one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors in recent months. Numerous sources assert that he has had numerous flirtations and that many famous women have been lusting after him. He has reportedly been dating a lot, and some of his past partners are revealing the truth, even though his alleged romance with Jewel was only a close friendship. Costner is clearly putting himself out there, as evidenced by the fact that even his ex-dates are sharing details about their dates with him, as quoted in a report by SheKnows. Also Read :From $1.5 billion to $1.8 million: That's how much Harris' campaign had in the bank on November 25

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