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Google Maps Provides Information on Train Traffic

The Google Maps app is seen on an Apple iPhone 4S on December 13, 2012, in Fairfax, California. Justin Sullivan-Getty Images.
The Google Maps app is seen on an Apple iPhone 4S on December 13, 2012, in Fairfax, California. Justin Sullivan-Getty Images.
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Google Maps Provides Information on Train Traffic

The Google Maps app is seen on an Apple iPhone 4S on December 13, 2012, in Fairfax, California. Justin Sullivan-Getty Images.
The Google Maps app is seen on an Apple iPhone 4S on December 13, 2012, in Fairfax, California. Justin Sullivan-Getty Images.

A new service enabled by Google in "Google Maps" allows users to know how crowded a train, subway or bus will be before it arrives, so commuters can decide if they want to stick to the train or take another less congested one.

According to the CNET.com website, the new feature determines the targeted train based on the user's habits in using public transportation, the German News Agency reported.

The company also launched live updates on traffic delays for buses in locations where it doesn't already have real-time information from local transit agencies. Riders can now see if their bus will be late and how long they'll have to wait. They'll also get more-precise travel times based on live traffic conditions, and will be able to see where the delays are on the map.

The two features roll out Thursday in around 200 cities worldwide, and are available on both Android and iOS.

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Meta Reportedly Poaches Three OpenAI Researchers

FILE PHOTO: A Meta logo is pictured at a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo/File Photo
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Meta Reportedly Poaches Three OpenAI Researchers

FILE PHOTO: A Meta logo is pictured at a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Meta logo is pictured at a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo/File Photo

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hired three OpenAI researchers to join his "superintelligence" team, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, days after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman accused the Facebook owner of trying to poach its employees.

An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the departure of the three employees from the company, without giving further details. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.

Meta hired Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and Xiaohua Zhai, who were all working at the ChatGPT-owner's Zurich office, the WSJ reported, citing sources.

Last week, Altman said Meta had offered his employees bonuses of $100 million to recruit them.

Once recognized as a leader in open-source AI models, Meta has suffered from staff departures and postponed launches of new open-source AI models that could rival competing models from Google, OpenAI, and China's DeepSeek.

"I've heard that Meta thinks of us as their biggest competitor," Altman had said.

Meta recently hired 28-year-old Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang to work on its "superintelligence" efforts. The company also took a 49% stake for $14.3 billion in Scale AI.

Meta is now trying to paint a turnaround as reports suggest Zuckerberg is setting up a team of experts to achieve so-called "artificial general intelligence" (AGI).