The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the disaster, according to meteorological data reconstructed and analysed
The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the disaster, according to meteorological data reconstructed and analysed
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In mid-2023, an experiment within OpenAI’s “RLSlow” research project produced results that changed the way its researchers viewed the trajectory of artificial intelligence. Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s chief scientist, recalls that he and
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A concert, a demonstration or a football match may appear to be an ordinary gathering of people. But as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in facial-recognition systems, such events can also become
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On a cloudless night in August, a lawn chair offered a simple vantage point for watching the sky. It was the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, when as many as 100
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A Chinese-German research team has developed an ultra-sensitive magnetic sensor capable of detecting signals a billion times fainter than Earth’s magnetic field, creating a potential new tool for the search for elusive
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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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India’s space programme is entering a new phase, but a difficult question is emerging alongside its ambitions: can the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) be expected to concentrate on the country’s most
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A Chinese humanoid robot has run 100 metres in 9.39 seconds, beating the men’s world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt, in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot
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China’s first national rules governing emotionally engaging AI seek to prevent chatbots from replacing human relationships, as millions of users increasingly turn to artificial companions for intimacy, reassurance and companionship. For Yuan
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For much of Dario Amodei’s rise to the summit of artificial intelligence, almost nothing was publicly known about his private life. Even his marital status remained a mystery until only a few
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