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Herbert Morrison crush Muschett 108 – 2 in ISSA basketball
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Herbert Morrison crush Muschett 108 – 2 in ISSA basketball
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 5 03:41 PM
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Former champions Herbert Morrison Technical recorded a lopsided 108-2 win over Muschett High at Herbert Morrison Technical on...
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IDB approves US$80-m in funding to prevent flooding in key areas of the Bahamas
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IDB approves US$80-m in funding to prevent flooding in key areas of the Bahamas
December 5 03:29 PM
WASHINGTON, (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has approved an US$80 million loan to enhance the resilience and sustainability ...
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Romeich criticises corporate companies for ‘not holding strong’ and cancelling Christmas events
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Romeich criticises corporate companies for ‘not holding strong’ and cancelling Christmas events
December 5 03:06 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Event promoter and artiste manager Romeich Major is criticising corporate companies for "not holding strong" by postponing Christmas...
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Christian Tavares-Finson lauds Jimmy Cliff as national icon
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Christian Tavares-Finson lauds Jimmy Cliff as national icon
December 5 02:42 PM
Government Senator Christian Tavares-Finson has described Jimmy Cliff as a national icon whose message of positivity transcends music and will resonat...
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Patricia Smith seeks partners to assist Melissa victims sheltered at Godfrey Stewart High amid uncertain future
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Patricia Smith seeks partners to assist Melissa victims sheltered at Godfrey Stewart High amid uncertain future
December 5 02:33 PM
The Patricia Smith Foundation is seeking partners to bring long-lasting relief for 50 hurricane victims who are still housed at the Godfrey Stewart Hi...
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Request for help allegedly sparks jealous rage
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Request for help allegedly sparks jealous rage
December 5 12:28 PM
MONTEGO BAY, St James — A domestic quarrel sparked by a woman’s request for a male friend to help her get back on her feet after Hurricane Melissa, al...
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Guyanese man to be sentenced for murdering mother
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Guyanese man to be sentenced for murdering mother
December 5 12:00 PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) - A Guyanese High Court judge has set January 6 next year as the date for sentencing Deonarine Dookhoo, a Guyanese man who w...
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Digicel says latest act of vandalism causing service disruption for customers in Kingston
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Digicel says latest act of vandalism causing service disruption for customers in Kingston
December 5 11:57 AM
Digicel has condemned what it says is, “a more recent, deliberate and criminal act of vandalism that has damaged a critical section of its underground...
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Samsung plans US$310 billion investment to power AI expansion
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Samsung plans US$310 billion investment to power AI expansion
November 16, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean conglomerate Samsung unveiled on Sunday a plan to invest US$310 billion over the next five years mostly in te...
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‘Vibe coding’ named word of the year by Collins dictionary
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‘Vibe coding’ named word of the year by Collins dictionary
November 6, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- "Vibe coding," a word that essentially means using artificial intelligence (AI) to tell a machine what you want instea...
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#EyeOnMelissa: AI-generated fakes proliferate as hurricane nears Jamaica
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#EyeOnMelissa: AI-generated fakes proliferate as hurricane nears Jamaica
October 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos were clogging social media feeds Monday as Hurricane Melissa surged to...
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OpenAI halts MLK videos as deepfakes of dead celebrities spark outrage
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OpenAI halts MLK videos as deepfakes of dead celebrities spark outrage
October 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- OpenAI has suspended its Sora 2 artificial intelligence tool from creating videos of civil rights icon Martin Luthe...
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Citi introduces generative AI tools across departments
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Citi introduces generative AI tools across departments
October 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica, — Citigroup Inc has rolled out four new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools across its compliance, risk, human resources,...
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California enacts first US law requiring AI chatbot safety measures
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California enacts first US law requiring AI chatbot safety measures
October 13, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — California governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a first-of-its-kind law regulating artificial intellig...
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OpenAI announces Broadcom partnership to build AI chips
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OpenAI announces Broadcom partnership to build AI chips
October 13, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) —  OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced Monday it is teaming up with chip giant Broadcom to design and bui...
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Creator says AI actress is ‘piece of art’ after backlash
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Creator says AI actress is ‘piece of art’ after backlash
September 29, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The creator of an AI actress who exploded across the internet over the weekend has insisted she is an artwork, afte...
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AI may boost global trade value by nearly 40% — WTO
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AI may boost global trade value by nearly 40% — WTO
September 17, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Artificial intelligence (AI) could boost the value of global trade by almost 40 per cent by 2040, thanks to cost reduction...
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Japan political party to install AI leader
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Japan political party to install AI leader
September 16, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — An upstart Japanese political party said Tuesday it will install an artificial intelligence (AI) as leader after its maverick fou...
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Golding says no AI in PNP manifesto; pledges to ‘jook’ Jamaicans with credible plans
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Golding says no AI in PNP manifesto; pledges to ‘jook’ Jamaicans with credible plans
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Leader of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding has fired back at members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) w...
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NCU graduating nurses urged to resist ‘contamination’ by AI
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NCU graduating nurses urged to resist ‘contamination’ by AI
August 8, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica – With the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) to the nursing profession, nursing graduates must maintain their humanity ...
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IDB launches call for artificial intelligence solutions to transform education
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IDB launches call for artificial intelligence solutions to transform education
August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a regional call for proposals aimed at identifying and suppor...
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Pope warns against undermining human ‘dignity’ in AI, social media era
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Pope warns against undermining human ‘dignity’ in AI, social media era
July 29, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XVI on Tuesday called on the world to protect human "dignity" online as it faces the "challenge" of artificial...
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Police warn against interacting with AI video promoting fake investment scheme
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Police warn against interacting with AI video promoting fake investment scheme
July 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is warning the public not to interact with a video circulating on social media that falsely d...
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AIM Educational Services and Microsoft empower youth with AI bootcamp
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AIM Educational Services and Microsoft empower youth with AI bootcamp
July 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dozens of high school students from Jamaica and the United States got a head start on the future this summer, thanks to an initiat...
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CTU launches Caribbean AI task force
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CTU launches Caribbean AI task force
July 18, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) has officially launched the Caribbean AI Task Force, descr...
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UWI staging artificial intelligence conference
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UWI staging artificial intelligence conference
June 24, 2025
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — The University of the West Indies (UWI) is being urged to become “the vanguards of the region’s digital transformation” ami...
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Pope warns of AI risks to young brains
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Pope warns of AI risks to young brains
June 20, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the intellectual develop...
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Meta offered US$100m in bonuses to poach OpenAI employees — CEO
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Meta offered US$100m in bonuses to poach OpenAI employees — CEO
June 18, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Meta offered US$100 million in bonuses to OpenAI employees in an unsuccessful bid to poach the ChatGPT maker's talent ...
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Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly — Mark Zuckerberg
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Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly — Mark Zuckerberg
May 28, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Meta chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech firm's generative artificial intelligence (Gen...
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Trump signs bill outlawing ‘revenge porn’
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Trump signs bill outlawing ‘revenge porn’
May 19, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP)-US President Donald Trump signed a bill on Monday making it a federal crime to post "revenge porn" -- whether it is re...
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Herbert Morrison crush Muschett 108 – 2 in ISSA basketball
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PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
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MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Former champions Herbert Morrison Technical recorded a lopsided 108-2 win over Muschett High at Herbert Morrison Technical on...
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IDB approves US$80-m in funding to prevent flooding in key areas of the Bahamas
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IDB approves US$80-m in funding to prevent flooding in key areas of the Bahamas
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WASHINGTON, (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has approved an US$80 million loan to enhance the resilience and sustainability ...
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Romeich criticises corporate companies for ‘not holding strong’ and cancelling Christmas events
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Romeich criticises corporate companies for ‘not holding strong’ and cancelling Christmas events
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Event promoter and artiste manager Romeich Major is criticising corporate companies for "not holding strong" by postponing Christmas...
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Government Senator Christian Tavares-Finson has described Jimmy Cliff as a national icon whose message of positivity transcends music and will resonat...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
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Patricia Smith seeks partners to assist Melissa victims sheltered at Godfrey Stewart High amid uncertain future
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The Patricia Smith Foundation is seeking partners to bring long-lasting relief for 50 hurricane victims who are still housed at the Godfrey Stewart Hi...
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