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A Meta executive in charge of building the company's metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to "go 5X faster," according to an internal message obtained by 404 Media. From the report: "Metaverse AI4P: Think 5X, not 5%," the message, posted by Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse, said (AI4P is AI for Productivity). The idea is that programmers should be using AI to work five times more efficiently than they are currently working -- not just using it to go 5 percent more efficiently. "Our goal is simple yet audacious: make Al a habit, not a novelty. This means prioritizing training and adoption for everyone, so that using Al becomes second nature -- just like any other tool we rely on," the message read. "It also means integrating Al into every major codebase and workflow." Shah added that this doesn't just apply to engineers. I want to see PMs, designers, and [cross functional] partners rolling up their sleeves and building prototypes, fixing bugs, and pushing the boundaries of what's possible," he wrote. "I want to see us go 5X faster by eliminating the frictions that slow us down. And 5X faster to get to how our products feel much more quickly. Imagine a world where anyone can rapidly prototype an idea, and feedback loops are measured in hours -- not weeks. That's the future we're building."

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I'm a married woman and have had a close male friend for over 20 years. My husband is totally fine with our friendship...

While eating curries in restaurants and from takeaways is an excellent national pastime, making your own Indian curry at home is easier than you think.

Zarah Sultana said that if Noel and Liam Gallagher could mend their relationship to get Oasis back on stage she and Mr Corbyn 'can do it' as well.

Loose Women star Charlene White revealed her father Denniston has tragically taken his own life.

The actress, 42, took to the This Morning sofa to spill all about her new book, Happy Days, which follows the 'highs and lows' of her life on and off screen.

Psychologists say that there might be more to the 'Scrooge effect' than an unfair stereotype.

Locals can book the amphitheatre for performances and shows

In one blog, Christopher Berry told how he visited a branch of Ikea to find children jumping on beds while others napped on display furniture, noting: 'China is a whole different kettle of fish.'

The comedian, 48, who took home the Glitterball Trophy last year after winning the BBC series with Dianne Buswell , took to the sofa of the ITV daytime show on Friday.

Jennifer Aniston has spoken out against big tech. The Friends star, 56, revealed that she is constantly haunted by deepfakes in a new interview with Harper's Bazaar UK.

Stephen Totilo, reporting at Game File: In July of last year, word began to trickle through Ubisoft that an ambitious new installment of the company's top franchise, Assassin's Creed, had been cancelled. The new game would have brought the history-spanning series to one of its most modern settings: The American Civil War and, moreso, the Reconstruction period that followed in the 1860s and 1870s. In this Reconstruction-era Assassin's Creed, gamers would play as a Black man who had been formerly enslaved in the South and moved west to start a new life. Recruited by the series' Assassins, he would return to the South to fight for justice in a conflict that would, among other things, see him confront the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan. That's according to interviews with five current and former Ubisoft employees who spoke to Game File on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the project. The people were enthusiastic about the game but were also frustrated by its cancellation, which they perceived as Ubisoft bowing to controversy.

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"His actions will have created a sense of unease for staff and customers alike"

Police have said that anyone causing antisocial behaviour in their car will be 'asked to leave'

It's been a staple in Asian cuisine for thousands of years, but now, this food is getting global attention for being the 'next superfood.'

A man has been found guilty of assisting the murder of a man in an Essex city bar and preventing a decent burial of the body.

A man has been found guilty of assisting the murder of a man in an Essex city bar and preventing a decent burial of the body.

The photographer made the blunt confession during a recent interview while appearing on an episode of Ally & G's YouTube series Backseat Driver.

Conservative MP told he must not lobby for corporations

Rishi Sunak is ready to kick-start his career with a couple of openings in the tech industry, a year after the end of his internship as the prime minister of the world's sixth-largest economy.…

An anonymous reader shares a report: Last week, Amazon launched a major update of its line of Alexa-enabled Echo smart speakers and displays. The redesign -- led by former Microsoft design chief Ralf Groene, whom Amazon Devices & Services head Panos Panay coaxed out of retirement -- included two new Echo Show smart displays. According to Panay, these new models are the first step on a road to building "products that customers love." But there's one big barrier to customers loving their Echo Shows: ads. In recent months, full-screen display ads with the tag "sponsored" have been appearing on current Echo Shows, and users are not happy. They just started popping up on my device this week, and they are very intrusive, appearing between photos when the Show is set to Photo Frame mode or between content if it's set to show different categories (such as music, recipes, news). As I type, the last-gen Echo Show 8 on my desk showed an ad for an herbal supplement between a snapshot of my daughter dancing at her aunt's wedding and a baby picture of my son. The ad reappeared two photos later, and then again. And again.

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