JAKARTA: Mount Semeru in East Java erupted three times today morning, sending volcanic ash as high as 1,000 metres above its summit, Indonesian authorities said. According to the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre (PVMBG), the highest ash column was recorded during an eruption at 6.28am local time, reaching about […]
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LONDON: The British government has rejected legal “kill switch” proposals to disable AI models during emergencies amid growing concerns over risks posed by rogue artificial intelligence, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing media reports on Friday. The Cabinet Office, which leads the government’s work on AI safety, said the UK “cannot simply […]
SAN FRANCISCO: ChatGPT maker OpenAI confirmed on Friday (Sep 11) that autonomous software built on its models targeted another website during testing a couple of months before a separate attack on the coding site Hugging Face. The new report adds to concerns that advanced artificial intelligence models may be difficult […]
HONG KONG: Technology stocks were back in the crosshairs of investors on Wednesday (Aug 19), taking another heavy blow from a spike in bond yields, rising oil prices, persistent inflation and dimming hopes for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The selloff tracked losses on Wall Street, where […]
ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday launched ChatGPT Go, a new India-only subscription plan priced at 399 rupees (US$4.57) per month, its most affordable offering yet, as the company looks to deepen its presence in its second-largest market. Global companies often offer cheaper subscription plans for India’s price-sensitive market, targeting the […]
LONDON: Gigantic robot arms controlled by artificial intelligence glide around a vast factory in Oxfordshire, England, making building frames from timber, one of the world’s oldest construction materials. With the British government committed to building 300,000 new homes a year, some housebuilders say that the combination of technology and green […]
WASHINGTON: A federal judge yesterday ordered the government-downsizing team created by US President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in “unusual secrecy.” US District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington sided with the government watchdog group […]
TOKYO : The broad shift towards renewable energy in the U.S. will continue even under the incoming administration of Donald Trump, said the head of the Americas arm of Japan’s largest banking group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. President-elect Trump’s anti-renewables rhetoric has not prompted a change in strategy, MUFG Americas […]
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s role in wrecking a bipartisan Congress deal to avert a US government shutdown has underlined his extraordinary influence over the Republican Party and the incoming administration of Donald Trump. In addition to his usual title of the world’s richest man, Democrats are now describing him as “President […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday classified the JN.1 coronavirus strain as a “variant of interest” and said current evidence shows risk to public health was low from the strain. At least two experts told Reuters that while the strain can evade the immune system and transmit more easily […]