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Nassr s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo poses with his top scorer trophy following the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup semi-final football match between Saudi Arabia s Al-Nassr and Iraq s Al-Shorta at Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Abha on Aug. 9, 2023.ABDULLAH MAHDI鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Armani SyedUpdated: August 11, 2023 2:18 PM EDT | Originally published: August 11, 2023 1:59 PM EDTAft stanley cup er months of courting big-name European soccer champions and signing them with eye-watering price tags, Saudi Arabias Pro League kicks off with its most star-studded and highly-anticipated season since its founding back in 1976. This years inaugural game on Friday will see Saudi Arabia s Al-Ahli face off aga stanley cup inst Al-Hazm. The kingdom has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into attracting top European talent, including Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Al Nassr last year as part of a 鈧?00 million $219 million per year package that makes him the world s highest paid athlete. Other top players that have recently joined Saudi teams include Karim Benzema in a $107 million deal with Al Ittihad, Sadio Man茅 in a stanley cup $43.83 million deal with Al Nassr, and Riyad Mahrez with a $32 million deal with Al-Ahli. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbapp茅 turned down even more staggering sums to join the Saudi league. The recruitment drive follows a deal that saw Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund take ownership of the nations top four soccer clubs. The soccer league also announced that it has entered into a Japu Italy s Highest Court to Rule on Amanda Knox Conviction
By Eloise BarryOctober 2, 2022 8:43 AM EDTHaving helped grow Google from a Silicon Valley startup to a global heavyweight, Eric Schmidt appreciates more than almost anyone the power of technology in the modern world. But some things scare him, too.Speaking at the TIME100 Leadership Forum in Singapore on Sunday, the technologist, entrepreneur converse , and co-found jordan er of philanthropic foundation Schmidt Futures said you don ;t need to worry about the killer robot. It makes for a good movie, but we ;re not building that, right It not happening.However, he is concerned about the misuse of artificial intelligence to help build things in the real world. I believe that algorithms will appear over the next five or so years that will allow you to stitch together very, very bad viruses, he told TIME Executive Editor John Simons. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the s salomon ocial and economic impact of a global health crisis. In the wrong hands, Schmidt warned, such capabilities could engineer something much worse.He also warned against replacing human-led decision making with AI systems in conflict scenarios. The problem in the cyber-war is, it possible for AI to get it wrong, he said. For the same reason, using automated systems in on-the-ground warfare could be catastrophic to human life, he added.When it comes to disinformation and harmful content, the former Google CEO said it was crucial for social media companies a |
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