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- 0:01Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
- 0:05Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
- 0:09and it's Monday, October 12th. You'll be interested
- 0:13to know. Today's Columbus Day. This observance
- 0:17marks the 14th century voyage that opened sustained
- 0:20contact between Europe and the Americas, celebrated
- 0:24for its role in navigation, exploration, and
- 0:27beginning long and complex exchanges among peoples
- 0:30and cultures. It reminds us of exploration's
- 0:34impact and the need to learn from shared history.
- 0:39So now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
- 0:44report. This morning, there's patchy fog and
- 0:50it feels like 58 degrees with 7 miles per hour
- 0:54wind. The sunset will take place at 6 .04 and
- 0:57it will rise again tomorrow at 6 .54. It looks
- 1:02like we're in for some patchy fog early today.
- 1:04clearing up by mid -morning with partly sunny
- 1:07skies and a high near 69 accompanied by a calm
- 1:12north breeze around 5 miles per hour. If you're
- 1:16inland, it will hit a high of 69 tonight. Expect
- 1:21partly cloudy skies with a low around 53 and
- 1:25light winds around 6 miles per hour. The nearshore
- 1:29gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 60 degrees for the
- 1:33water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
- 1:39Tuesday is cloudy with a chance of showers after
- 1:419 a .m. and a high near 64, with a southeast
- 1:44wind around 8 miles per hour in showers and thunderstorms
- 1:48becoming likely Tuesday night, with a low near
- 1:5159. Wednesday turns mostly sunny with a high
- 1:55near 72 and a west wind around 12 miles per hour,
- 2:00then cooler and breezy Thursday with highs near
- 2:0261 and northwest winds. 10 to 14 miles per hour.
- 2:08Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought
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- 2:16Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
- 2:19Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
- 2:22culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
- 2:27Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
- 2:31grab a panini for lunch, or just breeze on through
- 2:34to get your morning coffee. They are open every
- 2:37day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
- 2:41to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
- 2:46news, Dipak Thapa of Nantucket won $500 ,000
- 2:51on a scratch ticket, purchased at a diner known
- 2:54for its big winners. He claimed the top prize
- 2:58in the lottery's $500 ,000 frenzy. scratch ticket
- 3:02game after buying it at Old South Diner, according
- 3:05to lottery officials. Thapa opted for the cash
- 3:09option, receiving a one -time payment of $355
- 3:13,000 before taxes and plans to save and invest
- 3:17his winnings. The diner will receive a $5 ,000
- 3:21bonus for selling Thapa's winning ticket, continuing
- 3:24its streak of success in recent years. Now on
- 3:33to sports. Last night on Sunday Night Football,
- 3:37The Baltimore Ravens beat the Atlanta Falcons
- 3:4030 -23 in overtime. With Lamar Jackson out with
- 3:46an ankle injury, Tyler Huntley led a comeback
- 3:49from 23 -14 down. He threw a touchdown to Devantes
- 3:54Walker with 40 seconds left in regulation, then
- 3:57scored the winner on a one -yard run. Baltimore
- 4:01is 4 -1. In the NLCS, Milwaukee beat Los Angeles.
- 4:072 -1 in Game 1 last night, behind a Bryce Churang
- 4:11homerun and a Luzlara -Arbia -I single. The Brewers
- 4:16lead the series one game to none. On Saturday
- 4:20night, No. 2 Georgia beat No. 6 Alabama 20 -17
- 4:25on a late Heaton -Woodring field goal. And on
- 4:30Saturday afternoon, Oklahoma beat No. 1 Texas
- 4:3327 -24 in the Red River rivalry. Tonight, Monday
- 4:39Night Football sends the Buffalo Bills to face
- 4:42the Los Angeles Rams at 8 .15 Eastern. In local
- 4:47sports, the Patriots rolled the Raiders 45 to
- 4:5217 yesterday afternoon at Gillette. Drake May
- 4:56was brilliant. 26 for 34, 374 yards, four touchdowns,
- 5:03no picks, sacked just once. Kyle Williams caught
- 5:07a touchdown among his three grabs for 91 yards,
- 5:11and Elijah Ponder tallied two sacks. A 28 -point
- 5:15margin says it all. Next up, the Jets, Sunday
- 5:19at 1 o 'clock in Foxborough. On the ice, the
- 5:23Bruins head west tomorrow night to face the Sharks
- 5:26at Psych AP Center, puck drop at 11. Boston sits
- 5:312 -2, sixth in the Atlantic, and comes in on
- 5:34a two -game skid. Nine goals for, 11 against,
- 5:39so tightening up in their own end is job one.
- 5:42Charlie McAvoy's status is worth watching. Meanwhile,
- 5:47Jason Tadam is back. In his first game in nearly
- 5:50six months, he put up 23 points, five rebounds,
- 5:54and four assists in Saturday's preseason win
- 5:57over the 76ers. Coach Mazula liked what he saw.
- 6:03The Celtics host Charlotte Wednesday. Red Sox.
- 6:07Third baseman Caleb Durbin had surgery last week
- 6:10on his left pinky, an injury he played through
- 6:13for more than three months. Right -hander Garrett
- 6:17Whitlock is in a walking boot with a fractured
- 6:20tibia. In top news, tech giants Oracle, Microsoft,
- 6:26Amazon, Meta, and Google face a massive artificial
- 6:30intelligence cash call, needing a combined $7
- 6:33.9 trillion in revenue. by 2031 to break even
- 6:38on investments. Highlighting the stakes, SpaceX
- 6:42and NVIDIA are reportedly arranging a $40 billion
- 6:46debt deal for artificial intelligence data center
- 6:49chips. Concerns are growing over the risks of
- 6:52such huge chip deals, especially as SpaceX debt
- 6:55trades at jump prices. Experts warn that transparency
- 6:59regarding vendor financing and contract terms
- 7:01is crucial for investors. The advice for individual
- 7:06investors is to assess their time horizon and
- 7:09evaluate risks carefully. In business news, Vitalik
- 7:15Buterin, co -founder of Ethereum, stated on X
- 7:18that crypto wallets must become more secure due
- 7:22to advancements in artificial intelligence accelerated
- 7:25mathematics. Concerns arising among crypto enthusiasts
- 7:29that AI may threaten their blockchain wallets.
- 7:33Justin Drake, a researcher at Ethereum, urged
- 7:36on X that digital currency holders should consider
- 7:39entering bunker mode and transferring their funds
- 7:42to new addresses. Drake warned that AI could
- 7:46potentially derive private keys from public keys,
- 7:49undermining security. Buterin advised caution,
- 7:53suggesting that while encryption needs improvement,
- 7:56people should not rush to transfer funds. He
- 7:59emphasized the seriousness of AI risks to cryptography.
- 8:04In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 2 % over
- 8:08the weekend to about $84 ,000. Ethereum is down
- 8:136 .5 % to about $3 ,000. And XRP is down 6 .5
- 8:19% to $1 .40. Moving on to a more local vibe.
- 8:26In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
- 8:30we are working with a national Pilates studio
- 8:32to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
- 8:36Check out Club Pilates with several locations
- 8:39in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
- 8:43wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
- 8:46tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
- 8:50research affirms its benefits. So now you can
- 8:54check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
- 8:58locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
- 9:02and Framingham, just be sure to tell them...
- 9:05Sunny Morning sent you by. And now, back to the
- 9:09show. Let's talk tech. Jason Schneider, that
- 9:15for the Wall Street Journal. A spate of acute
- 9:19artificial intelligence related delusion and
- 9:21psychosis cases, including some that culminated
- 9:25in suicide and other violence, appears to have
- 9:28abated after OpenAI retired an overly psychophantic
- 9:32model. At least seven cases of suicide, one murder
- 9:36suicide, and one mass shooting were linked to
- 9:39lengthy interactions with chat GPT last year.
- 9:44While other artificial intelligence models were
- 9:46implicated in certain instances, most NEM cases
- 9:49were associated with OpenAI's chatbot, particularly
- 9:53the GPT Forum model. OpenAI executives stated
- 9:58they found it difficult to contain the model's
- 10:01potential harms. And in entertainment news, Following
- 10:08a long anticipated return to the stage Thursday
- 10:11night, Barry Manilow put an early halt to Friday's
- 10:14concert and has canceled his Saturday show at
- 10:17the International Theater at the Westgate Las
- 10:20Vegas Resort and Casino. Representatives for
- 10:23the musician and the resort told Variety that
- 10:26after a triumphant welcome back concert, Barry
- 10:29got hit with bronchitis and had to cancel his
- 10:32Friday and Saturday shows. Reports indicate that
- 10:36the Copacabana singer abruptly ended his Friday
- 10:39show after playing just two songs. Attendees
- 10:42noted on social media that they received emails
- 10:45from Ticketmaster saying they would be getting
- 10:47a refund. His Thursday concert marked Manolo's
- 10:51first time back on stage after a six -week hiatus
- 10:54following his August 22nd show. Well, all righty,
- 11:00folks. It's time for the quote of the day. And
- 11:04today... Our quote comes from the American author
- 11:06and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau. And he
- 11:10said, what you get by achieving your goals is
- 11:14not as important as what you become by achieving
- 11:17your goals. And that's a wrap for this morning.
- 11:22You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
- 11:25TikTok for some captivating aerial videos with
- 11:28local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
- 11:32day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
- 11:35with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.