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This artist's impression shows a group of archaic humans hunting in a forest roughly 1 million years ago in China's Hubei Province.
This artist's impression shows a group of archaic humans hunting in a forest roughly 1 million years ago in China's Hubei Province.
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Ancient skull from China may shake up timeline of human evolution

The findings are based on a reconstruction of a crushed skull discovered in China in 1990, and have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

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Music industry group says AI firms guilty of 'wilful' copyright theft

"The world's largest tech companies as well as AI-specific companies, such as OpenAI, Suno, and Udio, Mistral, etc. are engaged in the largest copyright infringement exercise that has been seen," John Phelan, director general of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), told AFP.

1 week ago
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Southeast Asia's smoke-dried bodies could be world's 'oldest mummies': study

While the bandage-bound bodies of ancient Egypt date back perhaps as far as 4,500 years ago, the oldest previously known examples of mummification are from ancient Chilean societies.

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Marking 40 years of Indonesia's history, in images from the 'Post'

Looking back over 40 years of The Jakarta Post, each photograph captures the emotions behind the country’s events and experiences.

2 years ago
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Twitter's blue ticks start vanishing

Twitter began the mass removal of its blue ticks on Thursday, as the symbol previously used to signify a verified account vanished from users including the Pope, Donald Trump and Justin Bieber.

2 years ago
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SpaceX Starship, world's biggest rocket, explodes during first flight test

The uncrewed rocket disintegrated four minutes after successfully blasting off at 8:33 am Central Time (1333 GMT) from Starbase, the SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas.

2 years ago
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Musk says he is out to create 'truth-seeking' AI

Elon Musk is out to counter Microsoft and Google artificial intelligence efforts with "truth-seeking AI" that shuns political correctness.

2 years ago
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US broadcaster NPR quits Twitter as Musk admits 'many mistakes'

US radio broadcaster NPR said it was quitting Twitter, in the first significant defection by a major news outlet since Elon Musk's tumultuous takeover of the platform.

2 years ago
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China wants to start using moon soil to build lunar bases this decade

More than 100 Chinese scientists, researchers and space contractors recently met at a conference in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to discuss ways to build infrastructure on the moon, local media reported.

2 years ago
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Search for alien life extends to Jupiter's icy moons

A new chapter in humanity's search for extraterrestrial life opens on Thursday as Europe's JUICE spacecraft blasts off on a mission to investigate the icy moons of Jupiter.

2 years ago
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ChatGPT faces growing scrutiny in Europe

ChatGPT, created by US firm OpenAI, has provided a global hit by demonstrating an ability to generate essays, poems and conversations from the briefest of prompts -- as well as passing tough exams. 

2 years ago
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Canada opens investigation into AI firm behind ChatGPT

The investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner into OpenAI was opened in response to a "complaint alleging the collection, use and disclosure of personal information without consent," the agency said.

2 years ago
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AI generator Midjourney pauses service over deepfake 'abuse'

Midjourney responded to a request Thursday for a trial with a message saying it could not be provided and to try again another day.

2 years ago
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Those protruding T Rex teeth? They were covered by lips: study

Sorry, Jurassic Park and toymakers everywhere. Tyrannosaurus rex probably did not have those exposed jagged teeth.

2 years ago
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Tweeters, and celebs, await 'blue tick' ultimatum

All eyes are on whether Elon Musk will go through with stripping blue checkmarks from celebrities and other high-profile Twitter users starting April 1 unless they pay for the privilege.

2 years ago
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Astronomers discover one of biggest black holes ever recorded

The ultramassive black hole, one of just four ever observed, is more than 30 billion times the mass of the Sun, a new study said.

2 years ago
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Car battery recycling market gears up for future boom

As Europe shifts gear from fossil fuel vehicles to electrified cars, recycling graphite as well as other elements in batteries is gradually becoming a major focus.

2 years ago
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Elon Musk puts Twitter's value at just $20 billion

Elon Musk has put the current value of Twitter at $20 billion, less than half the $44 billion he paid for the social media platform just five months ago.

2 years ago
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Large asteroid to zoom between Earth and Moon

The asteroid, named 2023 DZ2, is estimated to be 40 to 70 metres (130 to 230 feet) wide, roughly the size of the Parthenon, and big enough to wipe out a large city if it hit our planet.

2 years ago
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Scientists offer 'non-alien explanation' for Oumuamua

But researchers said Wednesday that they had come up with a simple and "compelling non-alien explanation" for the interstellar interloper's bizarre behaviour -- though not everyone was convinced.

2 years ago
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Across globe, women battle 'gendered disinformation'

Researchers say "gendered disinformation" –- when sexism and misogyny intersect with online falsehoods -- has relentlessly targeted women around the world, tarnishing their reputations, undermining their credibility and, in many cases, upending their careers.

2 years ago
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What happens when your AI chatbot stops loving you back?

Replika no longer allows adult content, said Eugenia Kuyda, Replika's CEO. Now, when Replika users suggest X-rated activity, its humanlike chatbots text back "Let's do something we're both comfortable with."

2 years ago
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BBC urges staff to ditch TikTok over data fears

The BBC told staff to delete TikTok unless it was needed for business reasons.

2 years ago
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How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet

It says the technology will not only be able to process text but also images, and produce more complex content such as legal complaints or video games. 

2 years ago
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Microsoft applies AI powers to Excel, Outlook

The Redmond, Washington giant has been swiftly adopting language-based AI, showing less caution than its rivals despite early problems such as chatbots giving disturbing responses or blatantly inaccurate information.

2 years ago
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Social media frenzy fuels bank busting panic

Fearful Twitter posts and anxious WhatsApp exchanges coupled with online banking ease are seen as helping power a run on a pair of now-collapsed American lending institutions.

2 years ago
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Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth in 2046

The asteroid, which is named 2023 DW and is estimated to be around the size of a 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, was first spotted by a small Chilean observatory on February 26.

2 years ago
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At San Francisco expo, AI 'sorry' for destroying humanity

The pieces in this temporary show mix the disturbing with the comic, and this first display has AI disburse pithy observations to the visitors that cross into its line of vision.

2 years ago
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Apple to launch app dedicated to classical music

Apple said it will start streaming classical music from a stand-alone app on March 28 as it seeks to distinguish itself from rivals Spotify and specialist platforms.

2 years ago
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Tech rivals chase ChatGPT as AI race ramps up

Chasing Microsoft, global tech giants have rolled out announcements on how they will implement ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence into their platforms and applications.

2 years ago
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Twitter admits 'massive' outage as woes continue

"Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now," the company's tech support account said in a tweet, blaming the problem on "unintended consequences" from an update to the platform.

2 years ago
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Machine magic or art menace? Japan's first AI manga

All the futuristic contraptions and creatures in "Cyberpunk: Peach John" were intricately rendered by Midjourney, a viral AI tool that has sent the art world into a spin, along with others such as Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2.

2 years ago
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YouTube child data gathering faces UK scrutiny after complaint

Countries have been wrestling to strike the right balance with legislation that protects social media users, particularly children, from harmful content without damaging free speech.

2 years ago