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SPARK paving the way for safer roads — Shaw
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SPARK paving the way for safer roads — Shaw
May 16 06:26 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As Jamaica observes Global Road Safety Week, the National Works Agency (NWA) has underscored its focus on road safety through the ...
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Cop fatally shoots babymother in Westmoreland
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Cop fatally shoots babymother in Westmoreland
May 16 06:17 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The estranged babymother of a police constable is dead after she allegedly attacked the lawman outside his home in Maisemuir, ...
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Cassie wraps grim week of testimony in Diddy trial
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Cassie wraps grim week of testimony in Diddy trial
May 16 06:16 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Casandra Ventura, the ex-girlfriend of music mogul Sean Combs, on Friday finished four grueling days on the witness s...
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MoBay mayor refuses to yield on political poster removal
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MoBay mayor refuses to yield on political poster removal
May 16 06:04 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Lawyers writing on behalf of Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon and the St James Municipal Corporation have officially responded to ...
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$72.6m design contract signed for upgrades at four health facilities
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$72.6m design contract signed for upgrades at four health facilities
May 16 05:40 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness has signed a contract valued at $72.6 million with Form Architects Limited for the provision o...
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US considering reality TV competition for citizenship
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US considering reality TV competition for citizenship
May 16 04:51 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering taking part in a reality TV show in whic...
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‘Fortnite’ unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
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‘Fortnite’ unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
May 16 04:45 PM
PARIS, France (AFP) — Hit game "Fortnite" was unavailable on Apple's digital App Store around the world on Friday, in the latest episode of a battle b...
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Port-au-Prince without electricity since Tuesday protest
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Port-au-Prince without electricity since Tuesday protest
May 16 04:42 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — A protest that forced the total shutdown of Haiti's largest hydroelectric plant has resulted in an ongoing power outage ...
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Orba leverages SMART codes to accelerate AI rollout
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Orba leverages SMART codes to accelerate AI rollout
May 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Jamaican companies in the fast food delivery and cooking gas distribution sectors are now able to leverage artificial intelligenc...
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UWI Five Islands Campus to host AI research conference
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UWI Five Islands Campus to host AI research conference
May 10, 2025
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Five Islands Campus will host the second installation of its 5IR Artificial Int...
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AI tool uses selfies to predict biological age and cancer survival
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AI tool uses selfies to predict biological age and cancer survival
May 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— Doctors often start exams with the so-called "eyeball test" -- a snap judgment about whether the patient appears olde...
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UN warns of ‘unsettling’ development slowdown in 2024
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UN warns of ‘unsettling’ development slowdown in 2024
May 6, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Humanity recorded an unexpected and "unsettling" slowdown in development in 2024 as the global post-pandemic rec...
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Microsoft reports strong results driven by cloud and AI
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Microsoft reports strong results driven by cloud and AI
April 30, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Technology giant Microsoft posted robust quarterly results on Wednesday, with revenue rising 13 per cent to US$7...
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Delegates discuss use of AI in statistics in Latin America and Caribbean
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Delegates discuss use of AI in statistics in Latin America and Caribbean
April 30, 2025
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) – Regional delegates are in Chile discussing the progress made on the use of artificial intelligence in official statistics as t...
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Education ministry testing AI tools in schools to assist teachers
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Education ministry testing AI tools in schools to assist teachers
April 22, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica - The Government, through the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, is testing artificial intelligence (AI) tools in...
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itel showcases its latest AI innovation, ‘itelligence’
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itel showcases its latest AI innovation, ‘itelligence’
April 16, 2025
itel, Jamaica's largest homegrown customer experience (CX) partner, last week showcased its latest artificial intelligence (AI) innovation at the Outs...
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AI agents poised to take over travel industry
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AI agents poised to take over travel industry
April 14, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)— Dreaming of going on vacation but not sure where to go? Increasingly the answer -- and how to get there, what to eat an...
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JUNO nominee Lazah Current takes AI to task
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JUNO nominee Lazah Current takes AI to task
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
March 24, 2025
Over the past few years, the conversation surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gotten louder in various quarters. JUNO-nominated and Canada-ba...
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AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok
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AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok
March 21, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Friday expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a ...
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Future PNP Gov’t will incorporate AI technology into road maintenance, says Golding
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Future PNP Gov’t will incorporate AI technology into road maintenance, says Golding
March 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A strategic, 10-year national road maintenance and rehabilitation plan that incorporates the use of AI technology will be used to ...
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China to use AI in elder care as population ages — official
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China to use AI in elder care as population ages — official
March 9, 2025
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said Sunday it will accelerate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data in elderly and social care as it bets...
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Smartphone maker Honor bets on AI-powered ‘intelligent phone’
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Smartphone maker Honor bets on AI-powered ‘intelligent phone’
March 2, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - Chinese smartphone maker Honor said Sunday it was working on an AI-powered "intelligent phone", adding that it would invest $...
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Bahamian provider unveils humanoid AI-powered loan officer ‘Evie’
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Bahamian provider unveils humanoid AI-powered loan officer ‘Evie’
February 26, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) — A Bahamian financial services provider on Tuesday unveiled what it described as the world’s first artificial intelligence ...
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Shanghai man scammed of US$28,000 by AI ‘girlfriend’ — media
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Shanghai man scammed of US$28,000 by AI ‘girlfriend’ — media
February 26, 2025
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — A man in Shanghai lost nearly US$28,000 after being tricked into a long-distance "relationship" with an artificial intelligenc...
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Human element of travel is irreplaceable, says Jamaica’s tourism director
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Human element of travel is irreplaceable, says Jamaica’s tourism director
February 23, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica – Director of Tourism Donovan White says despite the game-changing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the tourism indu...
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Meta plans undersea cable to link five continents
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Meta plans undersea cable to link five continents
February 18, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry dat...
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Microsoft to launch ‘responsible AI’ foundation in Abu Dhabi
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Microsoft to launch ‘responsible AI’ foundation in Abu Dhabi
February 9, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — American tech giant Microsoft said Sunday that it would open a foundation to promote "responsible" artificial intelligence (AI) ...
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Elton John, Paul McCartney warn UK govt over AI copyright threat
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Elton John, Paul McCartney warn UK govt over AI copyright threat
January 26, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Two of Britain's leading music icons, Elton John and Paul McCartney, urged the UK government on Sunday to protect crea...
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Region must not be left behind in use of AI, says Bartlett
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Region must not be left behind in use of AI, says Bartlett
December 15, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett says the Caribbean region must not be left behind in taking advantage of artificial intellige...
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Google unveils latest AI model, Gemini 2.0
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Google unveils latest AI model, Gemini 2.0
December 11, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Google on Wednesday announced the launch of Gemini 2.0, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date, ...
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SPARK paving the way for safer roads — Shaw
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MoBay mayor refuses to yield on political poster removal
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$72.6m design contract signed for upgrades at four health facilities
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