The alleged group rape of a Cornell University student has become one of the most serious scandals in the 161-year history of the elite New York institution, while also exposing a legal
In January this year, South Korean researcher Byeongjun Park opened an e-mail that would draw him into one of the most heated debates in modern science. Two computer scientists in India told
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In 1970, the average woman in Mexico could expect to have seven children. By 2014, that figure had dropped to around two. Today, it stands at just 1.6 — a number far
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OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman has cautioned that the United States may be underestimating both the scale and complexity of China’s progress in artificial intelligence (AI), while expressing skepticism about Washington’s
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Japan’s SoftBank has agreed to invest $2 billion in Intel, the troubled US chipmaker, as the Trump administration considers taking its own stake in the company, the Financial Times reports. Under the
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The United Kingdom has stepped back from its controversial demand that Apple provide a “back door” to encrypted customer data after pressure from the Trump administration, Financial Times sources report, effectively ending
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into Meta and AI start-up Character.ai over concerns that their artificial intelligence chatbots are being marketed as therapists and mental health support tools
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A team of Chinese surgeons has successfully saved the life of a man whose head was nearly severed in a freak accident involving a robotic arm. The rare and complex operation was
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A Chinese technology company is racing to create what could become the world’s first humanoid robot capable of full-term pregnancy. Kaiwa Technology, based in Guangzhou, announced plans to integrate an artificial womb
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The rise of artificial intelligence is transforming human resources departments across major companies, as executives weigh productivity gains against potential job losses, according to a report in the Financial Times. At RingCentral,
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The UK’s national AI institute, the Alan Turing Institute, is facing a growing crisis, with insiders citing infighting, accusations of a toxic culture, and claims that its leadership has failed to deliver
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Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has pledged to make jobs for citizens the government’s top priority, as the trade-dependent city-state confronts mounting risks from rising global protectionism and the disruptive potential of
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After months of anticipation, OpenAI unveiled its latest chatbot system, GPT-5, on August 7 — but the release has left the technology industry divided over whether it marks a transformative leap forward
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Scientists are making striking progress in applying gene-editing technology to one of medicine’s toughest frontiers: the human brain. According to a recent report in Nature, breakthroughs in mice suggest that CRISPR-based tools
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking on a new role in one of science’s most ambitious pursuits: quantum computing. As reported in Nature, researchers in China have used an AI system to rapidly
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A new brain–computer interface (BCI) can decode people’s silent thoughts — but only if they choose to unlock it with a preset password. The breakthrough, reported in Nature and published in Cell
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