News about parade, Tour, heat, AI and traffic jams (Sunday, August 2)

On Saturday, many people came to the Amsterdam canals for the Canal Parade. Eighty decorated boats sailed from the Oosterdok to the Prinsengracht during WorldPride. Prime Minister Jetten sailed along, Mayor Halsema was present, and there were no major problems.

Lorena Wiebes won the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes. The Dutchwoman was the fastest in an uphill sprint in Lausanne. This way, she also took the first yellow jersey of this Tour.

In Ell, the fourth regional heatwave of this year was officially declared on Saturday. After a report, the police in Den Bosch removed a dog from a car. In Bilthoven, the police later found no dangerous substances, but hard drugs and firearms.

NU.nl wrote about a company from Utrecht that shows how much electricity an AI query consumes. It calls itself a greener alternative to ChatGPT. According to NRC, AI is strongly changing work, and people need to learn more.

On Black Saturday, it was very busy on European roads to holiday destinations. In France, there were over 1000 kilometers of traffic jams around 12:00 p.m., reports the ANWB (Royal Dutch Touring Club). There were also long traffic jams near the Gotthard Tunnel and on routes to Scandinavia.