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Florida investigating ChatGPT role in mass shooting

The decision to launch an investigation came after prosecutors reviewed exchanges between OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT and the suspected gunman, who opened fire at Florida State University last year, according to state Attorney General James Uthmeier.

23 hours ago
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Humans far behind as robot breaks record at Beijing half marathon

Spectators lined the roads in Yizhuang in the capital's south to watch the machines and their human rivals race, each group in a separate lane to avoid accidents or collisions. ...

3 days ago
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China humanoid robot half-marathon to showcase technical leaps

Almost 40 percent of the robot participants will navigate the course autonomously in a high-profile demonstration of the industry's growing capabilities, according to the race organizers. ...

4 days ago

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Twitter fate in doubt as employees defy Musk ultimatum

Musk, also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has come under fire for radical changes at the California-based firm, which he bought less than a month ago for $44 billion.

3 years ago
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As recession looms, Airbnb CEO wants your home to make money

After years of trying to expand into other sectors, the CEO of holiday home-giant Airbnb wants to get back to the basics: Helping people make money.

3 years ago
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Billion youth risk hearing loss from headphones, venues: study

The World Health Organization-led study called on young people to be more careful about their listening habits, and urged governments and manufacturers to do more to protect future hearing.

3 years ago
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Earliest proof of cooking shows our ancestors liked well-done fish

Early human ancestors living 780,000 years ago liked their fish well-done, Israeli researchers revealed on Monday, in what they said was the earliest evidence of fire being used to cook.

3 years ago
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Elizabeth Holmes seeks to avoid prison for Theranos fraud

Elizabeth Holmes urged a United States judge not to send her to prison, as the founder of Theranos Inc. prepares to be sentenced this week for defrauding investors in the blood-testing start-up.

3 years ago
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‘Like the Moon’: Astronauts flock to Spanish isle to train

Kneeling on the edge of a deep crater, astronaut Alexander Gerst uses a chisel to collect a sample of volcanic rock which he carefully puts inside a white plastic bag.

3 years ago
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Fact Check: How to spot impostor Twitter accounts

The rollout of Twitter's subscription service has prompted a string of accounts impersonating public figures, sparking concerns about the potential for scams and disinformation.

3 years ago
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Elon Musk 'kills' new Twitter label, hours after launch

The social media platform unveiled its long-awaited Twitter Blue subscription service, which allows users to pay $7.99 per month for a coveted blue tick, as well as a separate gray "official" badge for some high-profile accounts.

3 years ago
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Science confirms: to light up the dance floor, turn up the bass

Researchers have taken a closer look at the relationship between bass frequencies and dancing, thanks to an experiment conducted during a real-life electronic music concert.

3 years ago
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Apple says iPhone production hit by China COVID-19 lockdown

Apple said COVID-19 restrictions have "temporarily impacted" production at the world's largest iPhone factory in central China, warning that customers will now face longer wait times ahead of the holiday season.

3 years ago
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Twitter impersonators will be suspended permanently, Musk says

In a separate tweet, Musk said Twitter previously issued a warning before suspension, but as Twitter is rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning as well as "no exceptions."

3 years ago
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More advertising woes for Musk's Twitter as brands hit pause

Top global companies, including General Mills and Volkswagen, suspended their advertising on Twitter on Thursday as pressure builds on Elon Musk to turn his platform into a successful business.

3 years ago
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Chaos, confusion reign ahead of Twitter layoffs

Managers have been forbidden from calling team meetings or communicating directly with staff, one senior Twitter employee said, adding that they were being monitored.

3 years ago
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Controversial monkey study reignites animal testing debate

The paper, "Triggers for mother love" was authored by neuroscientist Margaret Livingstone and appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in September to little fanfare or media coverage.

3 years ago
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Google wants AI in one thousand languages

Google on Wednesday said it wanted to develop artificial intelligence using the world's one thousand most spoken languages.

3 years ago
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How dubious 'local news' sites are feeding US misinformation

When Elon Musk amplified a conspiracy theory about the hammer attack on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, he joined the growing ranks of Americans routinely sharing misinformation from dubious "local news" outlets.

3 years ago
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Elon Musk announces $8 monthly charge for verified Twitter accounts

The announcement comes only days after the world's wealthiest man took sole control of the social media giant in a contentious $44 billion deal.

3 years ago
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Final module docks at China's Tiangong space station

Tiangong is one of the crown jewels in Beijing's well-funded programme -- which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made the country only the third to put humans in orbit -- as it looks to catch up with major spacefaring powers like the United States and Russia.

3 years ago
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Elon Musk, who runs four other companies, will now be Twitter CEO

Musk, who also runs rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring Company, fired Twitter's previous chief, Parag Agrawal, and other top company officials last week.

3 years ago
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New potentially hazardous asteroid discovered

The 1.5 kilometer- (0.9 mile-) wide asteroid, named 2022 AP7, was discovered in area notoriously difficult to spot objects due to the glare from the Sun.

3 years ago
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‘Earth is in our hands’: Astronaut Pesquet’s plea for the planet

From his unique viewpoint hundreds of kilometers above Earth, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP he felt helpless watching fires rage across the planet below, calling for more to be done to protect this fragile "island of life".

3 years ago
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Instagram experiences overnight outage, accounts suspended and locked

Millions of users found themselves unable to access the social media platform for hours.

3 years ago
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German eco activists glue themselves to dinosaur exhibit

Two environmental activists glued themselves to an exhibition of a dinosaur skeleton at Berlin's Natural History Museum on Sunday to protest the German government's climate policies.

3 years ago
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Meteorite that smashed into Mars shook planet, NASA says

On December 24, 2021, a meteorite hit Mars' surface, triggering magnitude 4 tremors, which were detected by NASA's InSight spacecraft  -- which landed on the planet four years ago -- some 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) away. 

3 years ago
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T-rex in Singapore as experts decry ‘harmful’ auctions

Dinosaur fans got a glimpse of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton as it went on display in Singapore on Friday before an auction next month, as experts slammed the big-money bone trade as "harmful to science".

3 years ago
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NASA's InSight lander reveals details on outermost layer of Mars

Researchers found the stationary lander detected seismic waves along the planet’s surface, caused by two space rocks.

3 years ago
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'Overpaying' Musk on deadline to close Twitter deal

Elon Musk looks set to meet a Friday deadline to seal his on-again, off-again deal to buy Twitter, avoiding a trial over the $44 billion contract that he admits is overpriced.

3 years ago
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Humor greets WhatsApp outage in Indonesia

Some users were thankful for the outage, which gave them temporary relief from nonstop work notifications.

3 years ago
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Literature finds unlikely social media partner in TikTok

Best-selling German author Sarah Sprinz's series of young adult books has received a boost from an unlikely quarter: A community of literary enthusiasts on social media platform TikTok.

3 years ago
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Record measurement of universe suggests 'something is fishy'

The comprehensive new study published in The Astrophysical Journal further confirmed that there is a significant discrepancy between two different ways to estimate the speed at which the universe is expanding. 

3 years ago
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