If you were watching this year’s Super Bowl in California, Delaware, Michigan, or Washington D.C., you may have noticed a series of ads about Tesla. No, the ads weren’t promoting Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. On the contrary, the ads were specifically calling for viewers to “Boycott Tesla.” In case you missed those ads or … Read more
Fireworks are used across the world to mark joyous occasions—from New Year’s Day to Lunar New Year to Diwali to the Fourth of July—but behind the boisterous crackle and brilliant flashes meant to elicit gasps and cheers from festive crowds lie immense safety risks, not just to users and environments but especially to the people … Read more
The US Supreme Court has addressed the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal system, acknowledging its potential while cautioning against “dehumanizing the law.” Published on Sunday, the 2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary offers a 13-page overview of the past year in the US legal system. This year US Chief Justice John … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave CAIRO — For weeks, humanitarian workers at the United Nations’ migration agency have detailed their concerns over the Israel-Gaza war in emails, town-hall meetings and an internal letter to their director — demanding “a clear, public stance against forced displacement” of Palestinians. They have yet to receive … Read more
Natalie Portman addresses dangers of being a child star Actor Natalie Portman has just shed some light into her experience as a child star. The Oscar award-winning actor weighed in on all of his during an episode of Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. In the midst of that conversation she touched upon an “accident of luck” … Read more
As members of the UK’s largest opposition party gathered in Liverpool for their party conference—probably their last before the UK holds a general election—a potentially explosive audio file started circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter. The 25-second recording was posted by an X account with the handle “@Leo_Hutz” that was set up in January … Read more
5 months into my eight-month solitary confinement and proper earlier than the Persian New 12 months, Nowruz, the guards put me in a brand new cell on the different finish of the Evin jail high-security facility in Tehran. Measuring 3 by 3 meters, it was a lot bigger than my previous cell, which meant I … Read more
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, not too long ago stated that China ought to play a key position in shaping the guardrails which might be positioned across the expertise. “China has a few of the greatest AI expertise on the planet,” Altman stated throughout a chat on the Beijing Academy of Synthetic Intelligence (BAAI) final week. “Fixing alignment … Read more
Asia stays within the grip of a blistering warmth wave, chiming with predictions from local weather scientists that 2023 could possibly be the world’s hottest 12 months but. In an ominous signal forward of the northern hemisphere summer time, an rising El Nino climate sample is pushing the mercury to unprecedented ranges in southern elements … Read more