AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilisations
May 09, 2024 07:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) has progressed at an astounding pace over the last few years. Some scientists are now looking towards the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI) a form of AI that would not only...
May 09, 2024 07:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Since the start of the war in Gaza, Israel, Hezbollah and other armed groups in Lebanon have exchanged almost 5,000 attacks across the border. Lebanon is being pulled into a war it cannot afford. But the countrys weak...
A ‘sponge city’ may be your home in 2050
May 09, 2024 07:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Your home was probably designed for a climate that no longer exists. As long as humanity continues to burn fossil fuel, padding the heat-trapping blanket of gases in Earths atmosphere, the weather will become more...
Debunking myths about community housing: What governments and the public should know
May 09, 2024 07:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Canadas Housing Plan is pledging an ambitious multilateral approach to build more housing, faster and cheaper, for diverse groups. It includes noteworthy new funding programs and policies to preserve and expand...
OpenAI’s content deal with the FT is an attempt to avoid more legal challenges
May 09, 2024 06:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
OpenAIs new strategic partnership and licensing agreement with the Financial Times (FT) follows similar deals between the US tech company and publishers such as Associated Press, German media giant Axel Springer and French...
May 09, 2024 05:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Its been seven years since the launch of Replika, an artificially intelligent chatbot designed to be a friend to human users. Despite early warnings about the dangers of such AI friends, interest in friendships and even...
Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready
May 09, 2024 05:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Nature
Australias vital agriculture sector will be hit hard by steadily rising global temperatures. Our climate is already prone to droughts and floods. Climate change is expected to supercharge this, causing sudden flash...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects