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Meta's $14B AI Move, Sox Beat Rays, Boston Convention News. · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Thursday, June 12th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 61 years ago today, in 1964, anti -apartheid
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  activist and leader Nelson Mandela was sentenced
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  to life in prison in South Africa. Mandela's
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  unwavering commitment to justice and equality
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  inspired a global movement against racial segregation.
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  His resilience during 27 years of imprisonment
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  became a beacon of hope, leading to the dismantling
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  of apartheid and his eventual election as South
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  Africa's first black president. Mandela's legacy
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  continues to inspire the pursuit of freedom and
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  human rights worldwide. So now you know. And
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  now, it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's sunny and it feels like 68 degrees with
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  13 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 816 and it will rise again tomorrow at 507.
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  It looks like we're in for a sunny Thursday with
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  temperatures reaching around 86 and a gentle
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  west breeze. Tonight. Expect partly cloudy skies
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  with a low of 61 and light winds. For all you
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  beach runners out there, the first low tide Thursday
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  will be at 645 with a high tide just before 1.
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  The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 61 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Expect mostly sunny skies on Friday
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  with a high near 78. and light northeast winds.
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  A chance of rain showers arrives Friday night
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  with mostly cloudy conditions and a low around
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  58. Saturday brings a chance of rain and thunderstorms
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  and mostly cloudy skies with a high near 68.
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  Saturday night continues with a chance of rain,
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  a low around 55, and northeast winds. Sunday
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  and Sunday night will also see a chance of rain.
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  Mostly cloudy skies and highs around 63. Monday
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  offers a slight chance of rain, partly sunny
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  skies, and a high near 67, with a chance of rain
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  showers again Monday night. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny Morning sends you. In local news, the Boston
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  Convention and Exhibition Center will officially
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  be renamed the Thomas Michael Menino Convention
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  and Exhibition Center on July 12th. This changes
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  the result of language included in a significant
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  economic development bill passed last fall. During
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  his five terms as mayor, Menino transformed the
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  Seaport District. leading to the opening of the
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  convention center in 2004. State officials are
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  also planning upgrades to the Heinz Convention
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  Center. Meanwhile, Governor Maura Healey is open
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  to discussions about potentially rolling back
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  the state's surtax on high incomes, despite a
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  report showing an increase in millionaires since
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  its implementation. Now on to sports. The Savannah
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  Bananas, based in Savannah, Georgia, have transformed
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  baseball into a vibrant spectacle. Co -founders
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  Jesse and Emily Cole established the team in
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  2016, emphasizing a fans -first approach, which
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  has led to the franchise generating over $10
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  million annually from ticket sales. The team
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  became a viral sensation, amassing over 10 million
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  TikTok followers through creative skits and dances.
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  Cole, inspired by his theatrical experiences,
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  fosters a culture of fun and entertainment with
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  game preparations reminiscent of Saturday Night
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  Live. The Bananas will bring their unique style
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  to Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati on June
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  13th and 14th. In local sports. Last night at
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  Fenway, the Sox edged out the Rays 4 -3. Rookie
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  Marcelo Meir. had a day with two solo homers,
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  blasting shots of 418 and 410 feet, while Jaron
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  Duran also went deep, contributing to Boston's
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  four solo home runs. The win went to Walker Buehler,
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  who allowed only two earned runs over his six
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  innings, and Aroldis Chapman secured the save,
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  striking out two. The Sox now sit at 36 wins
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  and 36 losses. Tomorrow night, the Sox face the
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  Yankees at Fenway Park for Game 1 of a three
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  -game series. Garrett Crochet takes the mound
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  with a 2 .35 earned run average, while Ryan Yarbrough
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  counters with a 4 .17. First pitch is at 7 -10
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  under mostly clear skies and a pleasant 69 degrees.
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  In top news, health enthusiasts are exploring
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  the potential of... SGLT2 inhibitors commonly
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  prescribed for type 2 diabetes as an anti -aging
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  hack. These medications, such as Jardiance and
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  Farxiga, have gained traction in health discussions
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  despite limited evidence for longevity benefits.
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  They function by aiding the kidneys in eliminating
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  excess glucose, thus improving blood sugar levels.
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  While some users report positive effects on their
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  health, Experts caution that more research is
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  needed before recommending these drugs for healthy
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  individuals. As Dr. Timothy Gaughan states, the
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  evidence is not strong enough yet, but interest
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  in their potential continues to grow. In business
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  news, Google has expanded its return -to -office
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  mandate and is offering a voluntary buyout program
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  for certain United States -based employees, according
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  to an internal memo. This initiative affects
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  teams in core, marketing, research, knowledge
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  and information, and communications. Remote employees
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  living within 50 miles of an office are now required
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  to follow a hybrid schedule. Google's spokesperson
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  stated, a number of teams are also asking remote
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  employees who live near an office to return to
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  a hybrid work schedule. It's unclear how many
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  employees will be impacted. and the potential
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  for future layoffs remains uncertain. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is down 1 % to about $109 ,000.
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  Ethereum is unchanged at just under $2 ,800.
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  And XRP is down 2 % to $2 .25. Moving on to a
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  more local vibe in our community spotlight on
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  health and wellness. We are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them sunny morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk tech. Meta Platforms
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  is in advanced discussions to invest around $14
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  billion in scale AI, aiming to hire the company's
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  chief executive, Alexander Wang. to enhance its
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  artificial intelligence initiatives. This deal
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  represents one of Meta's largest outside investments
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  and reflects its efforts to revamp its AI strategy,
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  following setbacks with the recent Llama models.
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  As part of the arrangement, other Scale AI employees
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  would also join Meta. The investment would grant
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  Meta a 49 % stake in Scale AI, allowing it to
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  leverage the startup's data labeling services.
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  which are crucial for training artificial intelligence.
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  And in entertainment news, Paramount Global is
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  laying off approximately 3 .5 % of its domestic
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  workforce, which translates to several hundred
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  jobs. This decision comes as the media and entertainment
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  company confronts a significant decline in linear
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  television. and what it describes as a dynamic
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  macroeconomic environment. In a letter to employees,
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  Paramount's co -chief executives expressed gratitude
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  for their hard work, stating, These changes are
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  necessary to address the environment we are operating
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  in and best position Paramount for success. This
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  announcement follows recent layoffs at other
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  studios, including Walt Disney Company and Warner
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  Bros. Discovery, amid ongoing industry challenges.
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  Well, alrighty folks, it's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American civil rights activist and author, James
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  Baldwin. And he said, Not everything that is
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  faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
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  until it is faced. And that's a wrap for this
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  morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube,
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  and TikTok. for some captivating aerial videos
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  with local news and the weather reports. Have
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  an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see you
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  tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.