5 things you need to know this morning: March 29, 2023

| March 29, 2023 in 5 Things

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Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.

Five things you need to know

1. Fishermen involved in cheating scandal at Ohio tournament plead guilty

A pair of men who allegedly cheated to win a competitive fishing competition in Ohio last September have pleaded guilty to charges in court. Jacob Runyan and teammate Chase Cominsky shook the competitive fishing world when it was discovered their fish were stuffed with lead weights and fish fillets.


2. Canadian teen Summer McIntosh sets world record in 400m freestyle

Calling Summer McIntosh a phenom may be an understatement. The 16-year-old Canadian swimmer continues to take the aquatics world by storm and her most recent achievement on Tuesday night was a big one. Swimming in her hometown of Toronto, McIntosh set a new world record in the 400-metre freestyle event with a time of 3:56.08.


3. Latest wave of AI could affect 300-million jobs, Goldman Sachs says

Goldman Sachs economists say the latest wave of artificial intelligence (AI) that has spawned platforms like ChatGPT could affect as many as 300-million full-time jobs around the world. They predicted in a report Sunday that 18% of work globally could be automated in some way by the newest AI advances.


4. Ontario man claims he can’t stop winning Roll Up To Win

Michael Wallace, a statistics professor at the University of Waterloo, seems to have the upper hand on Roll Up To Win at Tim Hortons. He’s worked out the data and trends and claims that he wins at a near 80% clip because he has determined the best time of day to submit his plays, since it is all done digitally now. He’s found the best time to play is when others are not, which means 3:16 am ET. The worst time, he says, is 11:46 am ET.


5. State of Arkansas sues TikTok and Facebook

The state of Arkansas has sued ByteDance and Meta, the parent companies of TikTok and Facebook, over claims that the companies’ products are harmful to users. It’s the latest effort by public officials to take social media to court over mental health and privacy concerns. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the suits reflect a “failed status quo.”'


Thumbnail photo courtesy of Swimming Canada.

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