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Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 —  available on the open source platform Hugging Face. “The @xAI Grok 2.5 model, which was our best model last year, is now open source,” Musk wrote on X. He added that Grok 3 “will be made open source in about 6 months.” AI engineer Tim Kellogg described the Grok license as “custom with some anti-competitive terms.” Grok, which is prominently featured on X (which in turn recently merged with xAI), has created considerable controversy this year,…

Five journalists were among at least 20 people killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, health officials said.The strikes on Monday killed Hussam al-Masri, who worked for Reuters, Mariam Abu Dagga, who worked for the Associated Press, the Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Salam, the photojournalist Moaz Abu Taha , and Ahmad Abu Aziz from Quds Feed. Another Reuters journalist, Hatem Khaled, was wounded in the attack.A video from the news agency Alghad TV showed civil defence workers wearing bright orange vests and journalists being hit by a bomb while they were attempting to rescue the body of…

Dhaka hopes a conference can provide solutions to the aid crisis facing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

At least 20 people, including five journalists working for the international media, are reported to have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. A Reuters cameraman, an Associated Press (AP) journalist, and an Al Jazeera photographer were among them. It is not clear who the other two worked for. Several people were killed in an initial strike, and others in a second which happened as rescuers attended the scene, the Hamas-run health ministry said.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says an investigation is being carried out into its attack on the hospital. It added…

E. Jean Carroll, the trailblazing journalist and advice columnist who, in June 2019, accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s, and then took him to court and landed judgments against him for sexual abuse and defamation, has cooperated with a documentary feature about her life, work and legal battles, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Ask E. Jean, directed and produced by Ivy Meeropol, will be headed to multiple fall film festivals as a sales title hoping to land a buyer and a spot in this season’s awards race. Carroll, who was the first female editor at…

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Rachel KryshakAug 25, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseRachel Kryshak is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective.With the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup wrapped up, the unofficial start of the 2026 NHL draft scouting season has begun. Junior teams kick off training camp in the next few weeks, NCAA players are settling into campus, and hockey season is right around the corner.As was the case last year, certain players will dominate the…

Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes’ Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), Namibia’s liberation movement, in 1966. Initially a German colony (1884-1915), the country was then administered by South Africa, which refused to give up the occupation. Since independence in 1990, the heroic Swapo liberation narrative has also been inscribed in Heroes’ Acre, a monument built by North Korea. The institutionalised public commemoration in Namibia today – rightly – recalls the sacrifices of those who were willing to fight for self determination. At the…

Dulac Distribution has pounced on the French rights to “The Currents” (“Las Corrientes”) from Luxbox Films in advance of the drama’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF). This marks the first big territory sale of the Swiss-Argentine co-production by Milagros Mumenthaler, which Luxbox picked up last July. “Luxbox is a wonderful partner and Dulac Distribution is delighted to embark on this new collaboration following the critical and commercial success of ‘Chile 1976’ in France two years ago,” said the company, which plans to release “The Currents” in 80 screens nationwide by the first quarter of 2026.“With this elegant…

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has said that no resources would be spared in protecting the lives and businesses of residents of the state. He particularly assured the troubled people of Babanla and Okeode in Ifelodun local government area of the state of government’s resolve to strengthen public safety and economic activities in the area. He noted that the government stands in solidarity with them as multiagency security deployments have been made to strengthen public safety and deter criminals from taking advantage of the people. The governor was accompanied to the troubled Babanla and Okeode communities on Saturday by…