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AI is coming for the sommeliers

Chatbots may give a helpful boost in confidence to anxious restaurant diners, but are they offering better wine advice?

5 police officers killed in ambush in Philippines' Mindanao

MANILA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Five police officers were killed Saturday night in an attack in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur province, in southern Philippines' Mindanao island, said local authorities.

Azerbaijan's capital sees record rainfall

BAKU, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Azerbaijani capital of Baku and the surrounding Absheron Peninsula were hit by record-breaking rainfall on Friday, with precipitation levels exceeding seasonal averages and shattering century-old meteorological records.

Explainer-What is the World Trade Organization e-commerce moratorium?

YAOUNDE, March 28 (Reuters) - The ⁠e-commerce moratorium is a global agreement among World Trade Organization members which bans customs duties ⁠being applied to electronic transmissions such as digital downloads and streaming.

More! More! More! Tech workers max out their AI use.

At a number of companies, employees compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they're using. They're racking up big bills along the way.

Meta's longtime content policy chief Bickert leaving to teach at Harvard

SAN FRANCISCO, March ⁠27 (Reuters) - Meta's long-time content policy chief Monika ⁠Bickert, who oversaw the writing and enforcement of ‌Facebook's content policies and had a role in the company's approach to user safety issues, is leaving the company for ​a job at Harvard Law School. 

AI agents: They’re fun. They’re useful. But don’t give them the credit card.

New AI bots can do more than just chat. They can edit files, send emails, book trips and cause trouble.

Scientists use saliva for non-invasive, AI-based Parkinson's test

Timely diagnosis of debilitating and often deadly brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's remains largely elusive, though in recent years several teams of scientists have reported potential advances based on eye scans or blood tests.

Apple hires ex-Google executive to head AI marketing amid push to improve Siri

SAN FRANCISCO, ⁠March 27 (Reuters) - ⁠Apple on Friday said ‌it has hired Lilian Rincon, who previously spent ​nearly a ⁠decade at ⁠Google overseeing its shopping and ⁠assistant ‌products, as the ⁠vice president of product marketing ​for ‌artificial intelligence, reporting ⁠to ​its marketing chief Greg "Joz" Joswiak.