TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Jakarta Post
Science & Tech

OpenAI says a million ChatGPT users talk about suicide

In a blog post published on Monday, the AI company estimated that approximately 0.15 percent of users have "conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent."

6 days ago
Science & Tech

AI can help double oil-well productivity: Saudi Aramco

President and CEO Amin Nasser said Aramco, the world's biggest oil exporter, was now realising gains after investing tens of billions of dollars in computing and hiring thousands of data scientists.  ...

6 days ago
Science & Tech

AI not a reliable source of news, EU media study says

The mistakes included confusing news with parody, getting dates wrong or simply inventing events. ...

1 week ago

The Latest

Science & Tech

ChatGPT owner launches 'imperfect' tool to detect AI-generated text

In its public beta mode, OpenAI acknowledges the detection tool is very unreliable on texts under 1,000 characters, and AI-written text can be edited to trick the classifier.

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

Boeing celebrates 747 at final commercial delivery of 'jumbo jet'

Boeing marked its final commercial delivery of the 747, "the Queen of the Skies" on Tuesday at a ceremony commemorating an aircraft that democratized flying and serves US presidents.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy

The beaming face of a cute-looking teddy bear appears to have been carved into the surface of our nearest planetary neighbor, waiting for a passing satellite to discover it.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Asteroid to come 'extraordinarily close' to Earth: NASA

Asteroid 2023 BU, which was recently discovered by an amateur astronomer, will zoom by the southern tip of South America at around 4:27 pm PST on Thursday (0027 GMT Friday), according to NASA.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

IBM to cut 3,900 jobs as it reorganizes business

IBM will slash some 3,900 jobs, slightly more than one percent of its workforce, related to businesses it has divested.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

NASA, Pentagon developing nuclear-powered rocket for Mars voyage

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday that the US space agency will team up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to "develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology as soon as 2027."

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

Earth's inner core may have started spinning other way: study

Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning in the same direction as the rest of the planet and might even be rotating the other way, research suggested on Monday.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT firm OpenAI

In a company blog post tweeted by CEO Satya Nadella, the tech giant announced a "multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs" that would be "broadly shared with the world."

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Elon Musk takes stand in Tesla tweet fraud trial

The multi-billionaire's tweets sent the Tesla share price on a rollercoaster ride and Musk was sued by shareholders who say the tycoon acted recklessly in an effort to squeeze investors who had bet against the company.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Spotify to cut 6% of workforce, some 600 employees: CEO

Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it was cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Bird statue fetches $100,000 as Musk auctions Twitter HQ items

Elon Musk auctioned off furniture, decorations, kitchen equipment and more from the tech firm's downtown San Francisco headquarters.

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

Scientists use laser to guide lightning bolt for first time

Scientists said they have used a laser beam to guide lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Jakarta aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

Both Jakarta’s government and its people join hands to reduce carbon emissions in the city.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

TikTok in talks with Jordan to lift month-long ban

Jordanian authorities on December 16 suspended use of the app in the kingdom, after a senior police officer was killed and others were injured during protests over fuel prices in the country's south.

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

AI, do my homework! How ChatGPT pitted teachers against tech

Alarm among educators has reached fever pitch in recent weeks over ChatGPT, an easy-to-use artificial intelligence tool trained on billions of words and a ton of data from the web.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

'The Last of Us' a new test for video game adaptations

The series has already won a slew of positive reviews, with a score of 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and is on track to be the streaming world's first success of 2023, 10 years after the "The Last of Us" game first debuted on PlayStation. 

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, casts spell on Microsoft

Microsoft has integrated Dall-E 2 into several of its applications and now wants to graft ChatGPT to its Bing search engine to take on Google.

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

Space junk, not meteorites, remains biggest threat to spacecraft

Russian announced on Wednesday a February mission to the International Space Station to pick up crew members left stranded after a strike damaged the capsule that was to take them home.

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

Indonesian artist Diela Maharanie helps keep NFTs in the public spotlight

Indonesian nonfungible token (NFT) artist Diela Maharanie continues to prove that the cryptocurrency driven art form is alive and kicking, in defiance of skeptics, naysayers and pessimists predicting the field’s imminent demise.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Once in 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eye

The comet is called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) after the Zwicky Transient Facility, which first spotted it passing Jupiter in March last year.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

From bees to bullets, CES tech show gives gamers the feels

At the CES tech show, the video game industry is showing off just how lifelike gaming can be made with new vests, head cushions and other simulation products.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

From tracking moods to putting on a show, it's AI-everything at CES

Like hundreds of other exhibitors at CES, the world's biggest tech expo, French engineer Perzo is selling the merits of an object that depends on the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Elon Musk's Twitter lifts ban on political ads

The company tweeted on Tuesday it would relax its advertising policy for "cause-based ads" in the United States and align its ad policy with TV and other media outlets.

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

AI infused everything on show at CES gadget extravaganza

More than ever, cars now come with operating systems so much like a smartphone or laptop computer, Accenture expects that by 2040 about 40 percent of vehicles on the road will need software updated remotely.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

AI-powered technology sees big improvements in UK stroke treatment: Analysis

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has tripled the number of United Kingdom stroke patients recovering to a point where they can perform daily activities, according to new research released on Tuesday.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Planet spiralling into star may offer glimpse into Earth's end

In a new study published this week, a team of mostly US-based researchers said they hope the doomed exoplanet Kepler-1658b can help shed light on how worlds die as their stars get older.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Twitter to ban users from promoting rival social platforms

Twitter announced Sunday it would no longer allow users to promote their accounts on several rival social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

2 years ago
Science & Tech premium

Yearender: 2022’s five exceptional local applications

A list of must-download local apps that answer everybody’s unique needs, from financial management to veterinary services.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Google rivals join forces in online maps

Google rivals on Thursday unveiled a project to make freely available datasets for map features to be built into online offerings.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

Australia takes aim at Apple, Microsoft over child protection online

An Australian regulator, after using new powers to make the tech giants share information about their methods, accused Apple Inc AAPL.O and Microsoft Corp MSFT.O not doing enough to stop child exploitation content on their platforms.

2 years ago
Page: 12

Today's ePost

Wed, November 5, 2025

Your Opinion Matters

Share your experiences, suggestions, and any issues you've encountered on The Jakarta Post. We're here to listen.

Enter at least 30 characters
0 / 30

Thank You

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate your feedback.