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‘Owning Manhattan’ Star Ryan Serhant Links With AI Startup HeyGen to Generate Social Media Avatar for Content (EXCLUSIVE)

Home Biz News Oct 8, 2026 5:00am PT ‘Owning Manhattan’ Star Ryan Serhant Links With AI Startup HeyGen to Generate Social Media Avatar for Content (EXCLUSIVE) By Corbin Bolies Plus Icon Corbin Bolies Latest ‘Owning Manhattan’ Star Ryan Serhant Links With AI Startup HeyGen to Generate Social Media Avatar for Content (EXCLUSIVE) 45 minutes ago Patreon Co-founder Sam Yam Partners with Podcaster Chloe Shih After Joining OpenAI’s Creator Initiative (EXCLUSIVE) 10 hours ago Wall Street Skittish on Skydance as Stock Drops Further Post-Merger 22 hours ago See All HeyGen Ryan Serhant, the star realtor c

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Ronaldo sets aside rivalry to honour Messi's remarkable Argentina career

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has set aside one of football's fiercest rivalries to salute Lionel Messi after the Argentina captain signed off from international football following a 21-year career.

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Lionel Messi

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Messi says Argentina retirement is 'saddest day of my career' | The Express Tribune

TODAY’S PAPER | October 07, 2026 | EPAPER ☰ Home Latest Pakistan Business World Sports Opinion Life & Style T-Magazine Blogs Tech Cartoon Home Sports Messi says Argentina retirement is 'saddest day of my career' The 39-year-old delivers a goal and two assists before addressing supporters at the Monumental AFP October 07, 2026 2 min read facebook twitter whatsup linkded email Lionel Messi composes himself as he speaks following the international friendly football match between Argentina and Benin at the Mas Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on October 6, 2026.

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Elon Musk

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With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox | TechCrunch

When former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer told me earlier this month that she was finally ready to unveil Dazzle, the personal AI assistant that raised an $8 million seed round last December, I couldn’t help but wonder if she’s playing copycat to Meta’s Muse, Instinct, and the wave of similar tools that have flooded the market over the past month.

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Fei-Fei Li

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AMD buys firm founded by AI ‘godmother’ Fei-Fei Li

The deal is valued at approximately US$8.2 billion and will make Fei-Fei Li, a Stanford computer science professor, chief scientist at AMD.

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