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Sportsbook AI Marketing: Massachusetts Seeks Answers

Sportsbook AI Marketing: Massachusetts Seeks Answers

Published by Miika Tikkanen

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has asked all seven licensed mobile sportsbook operators to explain how they use artificial intelligence and machine learning, giving them until November 3 to respond. The October 9 questionnaire covers marketing, promotions, customer engagement and the assessment of potentially harmful gambling behavior. Executive Director Dean Serpa sent the letter to each operator. It divides the inquiry into eight operational categories, seeking details on both the technology companies use and how it shapes decisions about customers. What regulators want operators to disclose The commission asks whether operators use AI, machine learning, algorithms, automated decision-making or similar tools for marketing, promotions or customer engagement. If they do, operators must identify each system and explain its purpose, as well as say whether it was developed internally or supplied by a third party. The questions also probe whether a system makes decisions about individual customers, groups or segments. Regulators want information about the data that feeds those decisions, how customers are selected for marketing, what offers they receive, and when and how often those communications …

Colombia seeks to expand definition of terrorism in draft “counterterrorism statute”

Colombia seeks to expand definition of terrorism in draft “counterterrorism statute”

Published by Sam Flores

The government of President Abelardo de la Espriella will present Colombia’s Congress with a comprehensive “counterterrorism statute,” which would give authorities enhanced powers to fight designated terrorist organizations. A 116-page draft bill, which was leaked to Caracol Radio, would facilitate a military approach to combat illegal armed groups and organized crime groups, for example through air strikes. The Antiterrorism Statute would additionally create a National Registry of Terrorist Organizations and Actors, which would make it easier to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists and their financiers. Last but not least, the bill creates a presidential Terrorism Commissioner and a special prison regime for leaders of designated terrorist organizations. Broader definition of terrorism The bill seeks to change Colombia’s criminal law and define terrorism as any individual or collective conduct that produces “fear, panic or terror, creating risks, threats or the use of violence.” A technical body of the National Security Council (NSC) will advise the council on the inclusion of organizations or individuals that ought to be included to its public National Registry of Terrorist …

US seeks options to relocate Afghans in Qatar camp

US seeks options to relocate Afghans in Qatar camp

Published by Sam Flores

Washington, D.C. —  Editor’s note: this story was translated from the original VOA Dari article. The U.S. says it is working to relocate more than 1,000 Afghans who remain at a camp in Qatar. A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department told VOA Afghanistan in an email on Wednesday that Washington is working “to identify options for voluntary resettlement” outside Afghanistan for the remaining Afghans held at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Camp As Sayliyah, originally scheduled to close at the end of the U.S. fiscal year on September 30, would remain open for another nine months. More than 1,000 Afghans are currently staying at the camp. Some of these Afghans worked with the U.S. government in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, while others are family members of the U.S. military personnel. More than 70 percent of the camp’s residents are women and children, according to #AfghanEvac, a group advocating for U.S. Afghan allies. After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Camp As-Sayliyah in Qatar became …

Stalemate over Orange Order parade as Northern Ireland secretary seeks solution | UK News

Stalemate over Orange Order parade as Northern Ireland secretary seeks solution | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

The Northern Ireland secretary is looking for a solution “through the mist” to the dispute between loyalist marchers and republican protesters over an Orange Order parade. Sir Chris Bryant said a resolution to the stalemate around the contentious Drumcree march was “tantalisingly just a bit far away” after he held talks with both groups. He said that “a bit through the mist, I can see maybe what that might look like if I can persuade everybody to sign up”. Issues emerged on Sunday after a last-minute court hearing gave the Orange Order’s parade permission to go down its traditional route along Garvaghy Road in Portadown for the first time in nearly 30 years. Image: Pic: Reuters As of Monday evening, the march through the predominantly nationalist area still had not gone ahead, with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) halting it each time due to concerns about mass protest. A handful of Orange Order members have attempted to cross the police line during the day at Drumcree, sometimes taking off their collarettes, but have …

⁠Arnold Schwarzenegger seeks amped-up security after unusual post

⁠Arnold Schwarzenegger seeks amped-up security after unusual post

Published by Sam Flores

⁠Attorneys for Arnold Schwarzenegger have asked a Los Angeles judge for amped-up security at a forthcoming court date in which the former actor and politician is expected to testify. The trial is set to determine the payout for Cheryl Augustine, who was involved in a 2022 four-vehicle traffic crash in which she claims Schwarzenegger’s reckless driving caused her significant, life-altering injuries. Earlier this month, Augustine’s lawyer Gary A. Dordick posted a mock-movie advertisement that included a description and photo of the 2022 incident as well as the time, date and location of the upcoming court date. The post also featured Dordick dressed like the Terminator, with the signature shades and leather jacket. Now attorneys for the former action hero, 79, are requesting that court officials and law enforcement set up security protocols; disallow photography, video or audio recording; and tighten up who’s allowed in the courtroom. The legal filing, obtained by The Times, argues that Dordick’s post “tells any one of Instagram’s three billion active users the date, time, street address, department number, and expected …

Firmus seeks to raise up to billion in Australian IPO, sources say

Firmus seeks to raise up to $5 billion in Australian IPO, sources say

Published by Sam Flores

SYDNEY/HONG KONG, Sept 14 : Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus Technologies is seeking to raise up to $5 billion in its initial public offering, aiming to launch next month, two people with knowledge of the matter said. At $5 billion, the IPO would rank as the fourth-largest globally so far this year, behind SpaceX, CXMT Corp and Cerebras Systems, according to Dealogic data. It would also be the second-largest Australia-listed IPO on record, behind only Telstra Corp’s $10 billion flotation in 1997. Firmus targets an IPO launch in October, with a debut on the Australian Securities Exchange expected as early as late October, the people said. The size and timing of the offering could still change. “I’m afraid we’ll still decline to comment,” a Firmus spokesperson said of the plans. The company began meeting investors in Asia on Monday and plans to visit Europe and the United States before holding meetings in Australia, a third person familiar with the matter said. The international investor roadshow is expected to last two weeks before the Australian leg, …

Kiss seeks two starting sides from depth-challenged Wallabies

Kiss seeks two starting sides from depth-challenged Wallabies

Published by Sam Flores

MELBOURNE, Aug 28 : Australia have often struggled with a shallow playing pool but coach Les Kiss has resolved to build two starting-quality rugby teams before the nation hosts the World Cup next year, using his early months in charge to deepen his squad rather than settle on a preferred 15. Kiss named a much-changed forward pack for Saturday’s opening test against Argentina in San Salvador de Jujuy, a provinicial capital in the South American country, while retaining the same backline that helped secure a 56-17 win over Japan earlier this month in Townsville on the Queensland coast. “Now, I need to know that I’ve got two good 15s. That’s what I need to get to,” Kiss told reporters in a call on Friday. “Each test match certainly narrows it down, but I don’t want to come down to just the 15. If that number gets larger, then that competitive pressure, I really do believe, can help the team thrive.” Veteran prop Allan Alaalatoa will captain the side against the Pumas on with Harry Wilson …

Watch live: Vance seeks to sell Trump agenda to Ohio voters

Watch live: Vance seeks to sell Trump agenda to Ohio voters

Published by Sam Flores

Vice President Vance is heading back to his Ohio hometown Friday afternoon, as he looks to sell President Trump’s economic agenda to voters ahead of the November midterms. Vance will deliver remarks at Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works, a steel plant where his grandfather worked for nearly four decades. He is expected to tout the administration’s efforts… Source link

US CFTC seeks comment on compute derivatives as AI demand grows

US CFTC seeks comment on compute derivatives as AI demand grows

Published by Sam Flores

Aug 19 : The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Wednesday it was seeking public comment on compute derivatives contracts, as the AI boom drives demand for new market products tied to computing power. The request is an early step by the derivatives regulator toward setting rules for markets that could help companies and investors manage the cost and availability of compute, a critical input for artificial intelligence. Here are some details: • Wall Street investors have chased the AI trade for years, betting on companies and assets poised to benefit from the technology’s rapid adoption. • The derivatives regulator said it is seeking comments on compute cash markets, market oversight and manipulation concerns, customer protection and perpetual compute futures. • “America cannot win the AI race without a robust derivatives market for compute,” CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said in a statement. • “This request for comment is the first step toward establishing clear rules of the road for American compute markets,” he added. • The rapid expansion of AI has increased demand for …