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Some AI chatbot questions are more eco-friendly than others

Complex queries requiring AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT to think logically and reason produce more carbon emissions than other types of questions, a new study has claimed.
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VR’s role in stroke rehabilitation

Virtual reality isn’t just limited to gaming or education. Did you know that it can also be used for medical rehabilitation? It’s helping stroke victims get movement back in their arms.
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SK and Amazon to invest $5B in South Korea's biggest data centre

South Korea's SK Group will invest around 7 trillion won ($5.11 billion) including $4 billion from Amazon Web Services, Amazon's cloud services provider, to build a data centre in the southern city of Ulsan, the Science Ministry said on Friday.
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Altman says Meta is trying to poach talent from OpenAI with $100M signing bonuses

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is attempting to get ahead in the AI race by offering employees of OpenAI huge signing bonuses of $100 million. At least that’s what Sam Altman now claims.
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OpenAI says new models could come close to creating biological weapons

OpenAI said that the company’s upcoming models will most likely be more capable in biology. That means there’s a risk of someone building a dangerous bioweapon.
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It’s all of them: Amazon CEO Jassy also tells employees AI will shrink workforce

Following the example of many other chief executives of major firms, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a company memo that, thanks to AI, the retail giant will need fewer corporate employees.
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When influencers fight back on TikTok – Indy Clinton starts a new era of anti-troll warfare

Indy Clinton has hired a private investigator to expose online trolls in a viral campaign that blurs the line between digital snark and real-world consequences.
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Trump confirms he will extend TikTok deadline another 90 days

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will extend the deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok for 90 days, despite a law that mandated a sale or shutdown absent significant progress.
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BT Group chief happy that AI will allow firm to cut more jobs than planned

Allison Kirkby, the CEO of the British telecoms giant BT Group, is touting an opportunity for the firm to cut even more jobs than initially planned, all thanks to “the full potential of AI.”
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OpenAI executives weigh antitrust accusation against Microsoft – WSJ

OpenAI executives have considered accusing Microsoft, the company's major backer, of anticompetitive behavior in their partnership, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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UK appoints first female to lead MI6 spy agency

The infamous Secret Intelligence Service, known worldwide as MI6, has appointed its first ever female chief.
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OpenAI wins $200 million US defense contract

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI was awarded a $200 million contract to provide the US Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools, the Pentagon said in a statement on Monday.
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Freedman Healthcare hacked, database software used by 27 state public health departments

US health data management software firm, Freedman Healthcare, has allegedly suffered a ransomware attack at the hands of World Leaks – a former ransomware project developed by Hunter’s International.
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White House details new "white-collar enforcement plan" to combat financial fraud

The White House on Monday released details about it revised Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) – enticing companies to voluntarily self-report financial fraud in exchange for a 75% reduction in fines and burdensome government oversight.
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US Army now recruiting tech executives from Meta and OpenAI

Awful corporate jargon has entered the US Army, which is now recruiting tech leaders to its new Executive Innovation Corps. The initiative has been designed to fuse tech expertise with military innovation.
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Elon Musk activates Starlink in Iran as Israel-Iran conflict escalates

Amid internet shutdowns in Iran and rising military tensions with Israel, Musk’s Starlink beams connectivity into the country.
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Tip of the iceberg: thousands of UK students caught cheating with AI

Traditional forms of plagiarism show a marked decline, but thousands of students in UK universities have been caught misusing artificial intelligence (AI) tools to cheat on their assignments, an investigation by The Guardian has found.
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Gen Z wants sex breaks at work. Seriously.

Gen Z doesn’t just want beanbags and matcha in the office – they want sex breaks, too
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