1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (616+ words) Japan’s utility faces a leadership crisis after allegations that earthquake-risk data was falsified during regulatory reviews for the restart of two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear plant. Chubu Electric Power Co.’s top two executives are set to step down…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1073+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on BRICS countries and the wider Global South to take a greater role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence, urging governments to develop the technology “for the positive and for good” while accelerating…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (913+ words) From Sierra Leone’s dangerous pits to London’s trading floors, the natural diamond industry is fighting its troubled past, shrinking supplies and the rise of synthetic stones Reverend Sam may be a man of God, but he did not get ahead…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (630+ words) Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called on artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace at which they develop increasingly capable models, arguing that the additional time is needed to address mounting risks of misuse and improve safeguards. In a…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1052+ words) The ChatGPT maker is backing mandatory national regulation and four California safety bills after recent incidents exposed the difficulty of containing increasingly capable AI agents. OpenAI is calling for mandatory national artificial intelligence safety requirements in the United States, arguing…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1120+ words) A new investigation says paid advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material continued to appear on Facebook and Instagram in India despite government action, exposing persistent gaps between Meta’s enforcement promises and what researchers say remains visible on its platforms....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (526+ words) The company says its AI has solved one of mathematics’ Millennium Problems, but the claim has yet to be independently verified and is now overshadowed by accusations over research access and authorship. OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (250+ words) The idea that human societies evolved over time was something that took root only in modern times. Today marks the publication of Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir In the Realm of the Last Man. To purchase a copy, please click here....

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (778+ words) The tech giant says new European search changes will hurt users and local businesses as Brussels pushes ahead with its campaign to curb Big Tech’s power. Alphabet’s Google has introduced major changes to its online search results in Europe, saying…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (709+ words) Italy’s new framework for police facial recognition is exposing a fault line at the heart of Europe’s AI rules: whether safeguards can prevent public-space surveillance from becoming mass biometric monitoring. Italy is now at the centre of that debate. The…...