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
An open letter to Dr. Siri Walt, Swiss Ambassador to Sri Lanka, has sharply criticised Switzerland’s failure to address human rights concerns, particularly its neglect of women’s rights, before championing asset recovery
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For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing. ~ Simon Wiesenthal The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust falls each year on
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Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are streaming into northern Gaza, many returning for the first time in over a year since being forced to flee the region during the early stages of
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The United States and Colombia have resolved a growing trade dispute stemming from Colombia’s refusal to accept two military flights carrying deported Colombian migrants. Following tense negotiations, the Colombian government has agreed
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Chinese regulators are probing the quality of domestically produced generic drugs following public outcry over their effectiveness and safety. The investigation highlights tensions in China’s cost-cutting healthcare reforms, which prioritize domestic medications
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We don’t have the option of ignoring the Jewish assailants who are attacking Palestinians in the West Bank – or blurring its effects, risks and threat to the character and values of
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Some elements of the Israeli media seem utterly incapable of tolerating the sight of returning hostages looking anything less than emaciated, shattered, or broken. The idea that
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by Luxman Aravind One could only chuckle, if it weren’t such an exquisite tragedy, at the state of the Sri Lankan government, which continues to gallivant through a delusional haze, unburdened by
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The gruesome spectacle of a dog being hanged in Oddusuddan, Mullaitivu, is not merely an isolated incident—it is a grotesque symptom of a society mired in the psychosis of cruelty, retribution, and
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The discussion surrounding the potential adoption of nuclear energy by Sri Lanka has gained traction in recent months. The current National People’s Power (NPP) government in Sri Lanka has expressed support for
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