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Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of Meta's latest generation of its Llama model on Thursday. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty ImagesMeta launched the latest iteration of its chatbot, Llama 3, on Thursday. Mark Zuckerberg said the chatbot is "state-of-the-art" and has improved reasoning. However, no model, including Meta's, poses "existential risks," he told The Verge.

Iranians are waving Iranian flags and a Palestinian flag while one of them is holding a portrait of Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, in celebration of Iran's IRGC UAV and missile attack against Israel, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2024.

Liz Humphreys and her family are going through reverse culture shock after returning to New York from Berlin. JF GrossenLiz Humphreys moved to Europe with her husband and raised her son in Berlin until he was 6. After moving back to New York, she was surprised by all of the rules surrounding kids.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk weighed in on the severance offered to laid-off staff earlier in the week. Antonio Masiello/Getty ImagesTesla sent notices canceling some separation agreements, according to two laid-off employees and a notification seen by Business Insider. Elon Musk previously stated some severance packages were "incorrectly low."The cancellations came after some workers received severance offers for two months of pay.

In this courtroom sketch, former President Donald Trump smiles to the jury pool as he is introduced to them at the beginning of his New York criminal trial on April 15, 2024. Jane Rosenberg/Pool Photo via APSeven men and five women have been selected as jurors for Donald Trump's criminal trial.

Prime Video, Showtime, Universal, ABC Photo Archives Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty, Pascal Le Segretain/Getty,From Jeffrey Beaumont in "Blue Velvet" to Agent Dale Cooper in "Twin Peaks," Kyle MacLachlan spent his early career playing boyish heroes who are drawn into worlds that are much darker and stranger than they appear. The contours of that darkness weren't always appreciated at the time.