The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
China is stepping up its effort to become a global leader in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), approving a series of brain-technology products this year as domestic start-ups seek to compete with overseas companies
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OpenAI is preparing to release Astra, a forthcoming artificial intelligence model that the company says is the first large language model to meet its “critical cybersecurity threshold” after demonstrating an ability to
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Anthropic has released Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, twin versions of what the company describes as its most advanced AI model, combining performance improvements with changes designed to reduce token costs and
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The United Nations Environment Programme has acknowledged that the world is on course to exceed the 1.5°C limit established as a key ambition of the Paris climate accord, with the planet now
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Scientists have systematically mutated nearly every nucleotide in the genome of the bacteriophage ΦX174, or phi X, revealing both unexpected effects on the virus and significant limitations in the ability of leading
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping digital infrastructure across Asia and the Pacific, but persistent gaps in network speed, reliability and computing power could deepen existing inequalities, according to a newly released report
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Anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder are usually treated as distinct psychiatric conditions, each with its own symptoms, diagnostic category and specialised therapy. But David Barlow, one of the most influential psychologists of
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The Pentagon has launched customised versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok, giving roughly 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative artificial intelligence tools designed around what the Department of
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Apple has escalated its legal battle with OpenAI, presenting what it describes as “shocking evidence” to support allegations that former employees stole trade secrets for the artificial intelligence company’s benefit. The latest
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The next stage of the technological transformation may not be about making machines more intelligent, but about making them appear more human. From humanoid robots with increasingly realistic faces and movements to
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