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
The artificial intelligence revolution may represent a more profound transformation than the industrial revolution because, according to Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, it is not merely producing new tools but creating new
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China is using an artificial intelligence-driven fish identification system to monitor species travelling through a fishway on a hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet’s largest river. The technology has replaced
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The human condition today is better than it’s ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. — Tom Clancy The Issue The near collision involving an Iberia Airbus A321
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On a warm May night, as a spring tide pushes the waters of Delaware Bay far up the beach, Atlantic horseshoe crabs emerge from the sea in their thousands. Under the new
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When people hear the word “psychopath”, the image that often comes to mind is that of a serial killer or violent criminal, shaped as much by Hollywood as by psychology. Hannibal Lecter,
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According to Der Spiegel, the extraordinary rise of Jason Arday, until recently a professor at the University of Cambridge, has become the centre of a scandal extending far beyond one academic career.
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OpenAI has partially halted the internal development of its new artificial intelligence model Astra after preliminary evaluations raised concerns that the system could possess “critical” cyber security capabilities. The US company said
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China’s race to develop next-generation artificial intelligence is entering a new phase as a shortage of high-quality training data emerges as a potentially critical constraint on its technological ambitions. While US restrictions
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A discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has left a newly formed crater on the Moon after crashing into the lunar surface, with South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter providing
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OpenAI has asked a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple accusing the artificial intelligence company and two former Apple employees of misappropriating the iPhone maker’s trade secrets to advance
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