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Anthropic bans 'cruel' behavior against its Claude AI
Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious.
Crew splashes down after 8-month mission on International Space Station
An astronaut crew that carried out an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station splashed down as planned Thursday off the coast of California.
Samsung expects 780% quarterly operating profit jump on AI boom
Samsung Electronics forecast Thursday a more than 780 percent leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by high memory chip prices as AI fuels a global supply shortage.
Microsoft pushes AI vision with new, expensive Surface laptop
Microsoft is pushing a "hybrid intelligence" future with a new Surface Ultra laptop that runs on Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips and will cost more than $2,500, the company announced Wednesday.
From 1800s to modern pharma: a Nobel-winning chemistry quest
Wednesday's Nobel chemistry prize crowned a series of advances that started in the 19th century and led to breakthroughs for modern pharmaceutical manufacturing.
HSBC 'consults' over UK unit job cuts amid AI adoption
HSBC said Wednesday consultations were underway, after the Financial Times reported that hundreds of jobs were at risk from the bank's adoption of artificial intelligence.
French-Japanese duo wins chemistry Nobel for solving molecular 'mystery'
France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving the mystery of why only one form of certain molecules appears in nature, a discovery decisive for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over
Physicist Francis Halzen has an impressively long list of academic accolades -- but every October, as the Nobel Prize rolled around, his failure to bag the biggest award of them all left him "miserable," he admits.
Neutrinos: space particles that change our view of universe
Miniscule but packed with energy, neutrinos charge to Earth from outer space, bringing valuable data on the cosmos, according to research that won this year's Nobel physics prize.
Nobel physics prize hails 'ghostly messengers' from space
Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel physics prize for groundbreaking work using Antarctic ice to capture particles originating in the distant cosmos, providing insight into the far reaches of space.
American Nobel laureate in medicine hopes to illuminate the brain
Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent more than two decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.
AI borrowing binge rattles US markets
The world's richest companies can no longer rely on their massive cash piles alone to stay in the artificial intelligence race and have suddenly started borrowing massively in a shift that is sending repercussions across the world.
Grappling with 'homework scams,' US universities shun AI detectors
Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle, biology professor Timothy Paustian devised novel ways to catch students turning in chatbot-generated assignments. But like many US universities, his institution is shunning AI detection software.
ComplianceQuest and Zolon PCS Selected to Modernize U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enterprise Quality Management System
ComplianceQuest's AI-powered Connected Quality, Risk and Compliance (QRC) platform to be delivered across FDA under Zolon PCS's five-year Cloud Quality Management System BPA
Norway eyes partial ban of smart glasses
Norway's government said Monday it wants a temporary ban on the use of smart glasses in certain public places, citing privacy concerns, notably recording images without the knowledge of those filmed.
US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work in the field of optogenetics.
Zuckerberg skewered again on screen in 'The Social Reckoning'
Sixteen years after being portrayed as a power-hungry start-upper in "The Social Network" film, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is set for another damning on-screen depiction, this time as a ruthless Silicon Valley overlord.
Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history
The sun had barely risen, but diving volunteer Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where the ruins of a once-thriving city have lain submerged for centuries.
Research into weight-loss drugs tipped for Nobel as award week opens
Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off.
Spy chief Clayton, the Trump loyalist tech bosses trust on AI
Jay Clayton, Donald Trump's pick for AI czar, is the nation's top spy, and a rare figure trusted by both the president and the tech bosses determined to keep the AI boom roaring.
Not-so-brave new world: virtual taekwondo makes Asian Games debut
Taekwondo dates back more than 2,000 years, but on Friday at the Asian Games the Korean martial art stepped into a not-so-brave future where nobody gets hurt: virtual taekwondo.
Four-member crew docks at International Space Station
Four new crew members for the International Space Station docked Thursday at the orbiting laboratory where they will stay for approximately six months.
Four-member crew blasts off for International Space Station
Four new crew members for the International Space Station blasted off Thursday for the orbital laboratory where they will stay for approximately six months.
Rice work: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands
In a soggy field between Amsterdam and The Hague, farmer Sander Roeleveld ploughs a small white combine harvester into his crops, gathering a grain never before harvested in the Netherlands: rice.
UK fears grow over AI giant Palantir's health service deal
The UK government is facing mounting pressure to end a £330-million contract between the National Health Service and AI giant Palantir, as doctors, lawmakers and campaigners warn of ethical risks.
GA-ASI Demonstrates Disaster Relief Comms System With SoftBank Corp.
Japanese Supplier Working With GA-ASI on Communications Payload for MQ-9B
Google restricts access to new AI model over safety concerns
Google on Wednesday said it would withhold its most powerful artificial intelligence model from the public for now, releasing Gemini 4 Argon only to a vetted group of cybersecurity experts to avoid misuse by hackers.
ChatGPT maker wants to be the App Store for AI as safety concerns grow
OpenAI on Tuesday launched a less expensive artificial intelligence (AI) model and tools that run continuously, as it aims to reposition ChatGPT as an app store for AI.
OpenAI unveils low-cost AI model, a day after shelving Astra upgrade
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI launched a new mid-range artificial intelligence model Tuesday at one-fifth the cost of its flagship offering, one day after scrapping an upgraded version deemed unreliable.
AI driving up innovation investment: UN
Artificial intelligence is fuelling a rebound in investment in innovation, with corporate research and development spending reaching record highs, the United Nations said Tuesday.
OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns
OpenAI will not release its newest artificial intelligence model, known as Astra 6.1, after internal testing by the ChatGPT-maker revealed it did not meet safety standards, the company confirmed Monday.
fiskaltrust launches e-invoicing across Europe
The new product lets merchants and POS vendors issue, send and archive e-invoices in the European market through the fiskaltrust platform.