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
A groundbreaking international study has revealed that individuals with psychiatric disorders are significantly more likely to marry someone with the same condition than to partner with someone without it, a trend that
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When Sunita Chauhan wed brothers Pradeep and Kapil Negi in July, videos of the wedding in Shillai, a remote village in India’s Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, quickly went viral. The ceremony,
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Salt workers in India’s Rann of Kutch, one of the world’s largest salt pans, are suffering severe health consequences from the grueling labor that underpins both the country’s domestic consumption and its
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Editorial Note: This article is adapted from The Conversation, where it was originally published. It highlights the existential threats that small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives, and the Marshall
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Protests erupted across multiple Indonesian cities overnight, far beyond the capital, Jakarta, as demonstrators ignored President Prabowo Subianto’s call for calm, Bloomberg reports. The unrest was particularly severe in the eastern city
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Editor’s Note: The following essay is adapted from CounterPunch and examines a little-known chapter of early twentieth-century American history in Grays Harbor, Washington. It explores the entanglement of business elites, far-right movements,
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As the Vatican prepares to welcome a series of events organized by the LGBTQ community during the 2025 Roman Catholic Jubilee, a Sri Lankan cardinal has sharply criticized efforts to expand rights
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“Don’t worry, I will control the situation”, former president Ranil Wickremesinghe told reporters and supporters as he arrived at court in a van stuffed full of lawyers and legal aides on 22
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In recent days, a Track-II academic dialogue meditated so-called Towards Unity and Trust has become the centre of a brouhaha with former U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad misunderstanding the scholarly exercise as a
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto condemned police conduct during violent protests in Jakarta after the death of a motorcycle taxi driver struck by an armored vehicle, as demonstrations against lawmakers’ pay hikes intensified
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