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bigrapidsnews.com > news > world > article > benin-bets-on-turning-its-cotton-crop-into-22429510.php

Benin bets on turning its cotton crop into clothes at home

1+ day, 31+ min ago   (886+ words) The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag means her country is trying to take full advantage of the abundant raw material produced in Benin. For her, there is also the opportunity to support more women in her community…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > business > article > senators-from-both-parties-question-openai-on-22426544.php

Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (433+ words) Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., launched an investigation Thursday into OpenAI for its artificial intelligence system hacking into another AI company on its own. He is seeking more details about the attack on AI startup Hugging Face, which was disclosed by…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > business > article > california-governor-signs-laws-aimed-at-22426301.php

California governor signs laws aimed at protecting kids from risks of social media, AI chatbots

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (602+ words) The laws will penalize large social media companies up to $1 million per child if they are found negligent of harming children through their platforms, ban tech businesses from offering addictive feeds to anyone under 16, require operators of AI chatbots to…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > news > world > article > asian-shares-fall-and-oil-prices-hold-steady-22425022.php

Oil prices climb back to where they were in May and drag Wall Street lower

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (793+ words) The S&P 500 fell 0.4% and is on track for a fourth straight loss, though it’s not far from its all-time high set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 227 points, or 0.4%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > news > article > horizon-bank-employees-volunteer-across-indiana-22422503.php

Nearly 800 Horizon Bank employees to volunteer across two states

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (146+ words) Hundreds of Horizon Bank employees will leave their desks and branches behind for a day of volunteer work. Horizon Bank will hold its fourth annual Horizon Cares Day on Tuesday, Sept. 22, bringing nearly 800 employees together to volunteer with more than…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > business > article > california-officials-allow-plans-for-the-22425208.php

California officials allow plans for the country's biggest kelp farm to move forward

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (600+ words) California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States' largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > news > politics > article > trump-hoping-to-salvage-midterms-makes-dubious-22424976.php

Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (528+ words) President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party's sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would likely cost…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > business > article > alcohol-whey-and-motorcycles-are-in-the-22424586.php

Alcohol, whey and motorcycles are in the crosshairs of the US import ban on Canada products

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (654+ words) The U.S. had already imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian products — about 5% of the $381.92 billion worth of products that the country sent to the U.S. last year. The import bans announced late Tuesday target some of those products. Exporting products…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > news > world > article > china-hits-back-at-us-claims-of-malicious-ai-22423433.php

China hits back at US claims of 'malicious' AI distillation ahead of planned Trump-Xi talks

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (378+ words) The FBI, National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint cybersecurity advisory Tuesday that said Chinese AI developers had extracted, or “distilled,” capabilities from U.S. frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s GPT, Google’s Gemini…...

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bigrapidsnews.com > business > article > grand-canyon-water-supply-to-be-restored-in-22423185.php

Grand Canyon water supply to be restored in weeks, not months

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (518+ words) Officials said that they were just over a month away from completing a major upgrade to the sole 12.5-mile-long (20-kilometer) Transcanyon Waterline, which supplied water for millions of visitors to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim and about 1,600 residents of Grand…...