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Teen Hero Swims to Rescue; AI Monitors Family Health

Fitbit Founders Launch AI Health Platform, Teen Swims to Save Family, and More News from Around the World

In a diverse array of news, the founders of Fitbit announced a new AI platform, a teenager in Australia survived a harrowing swim to save his family, and a Norwegian royal family member faced trial.

James Park and Eric Friedman, the duo behind Fitbit, launched a new AI startup called Luffu, according to TechCrunch. The company aims to help families proactively monitor their health using an intelligent family care system. Luffu will begin with an app experience and later expand into hardware devices. Park and Friedman are leveraging AI to ease the burden of caregiving, noting that nearly one in four U.S. adults are family caregivers. Luffu uses AI to gather and organize family information, learn daily patterns, and flag notable changes to address potential well-being issues. "At Fitbit, we focused on personal healthbut after Fitbit," the company said in a statement.

Meanwhile, in Australia, a 13-year-old boy, Austin Appelbee, swam for approximately four hours to reach shore and raise the alarm after his family was swept out to sea on Friday, Sky News reported. Appelbee was with his mother, brother, and sister on an inflatable kayak and paddleboards when strong winds caused them to get into difficulty. Appelbee described battling "massive" waves during his swim. According to Sky News, the family sang and joked to keep their spirits up while waiting for rescue.

In other news, Marius Borg Høiby, 29, the stepson of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, pleaded not guilty to rape charges as his trial began in Oslo on Tuesday, Euronews reported. Høiby faces 38 charges, including rape, domestic violence, assault, and drug possession. Prosecutor Sturla Henriksbø read out the charges against Høiby, who has no royal title or official duties.

Also on Tuesday, a court in Copenhagen sentenced two Swedish citizens to prison for an attack near the Israeli embassy in Denmark in October 2024, Euronews reported. An 18-year-old was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and a 21-year-old received a 14-year sentence after being found guilty of terrorism and attempted murder. The court determined that the pair, aged 16 and 18 at the time of the incident, planned the attack with accomplices from a criminal network in Sweden. The attack involved throwing grenades at the embassy in the early hours of October 2, 2024.

Finally, The Verge reported on the vast amount of data required to train AI models like Claude. The article highlighted the immense scale of text data, including millions of books, needed to develop these advanced AI systems. The report connects the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 to the rapid expansion of AI technology and its widespread adoption across the tech industry.

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