The latest large language models appear to question, display emotion, convey preference, possess independent thought, and even offer wisdom. Is this still algorithms, or something deeper?
The coronavirus pandemic has, and continues to affect almost every industry worldwide, including the publishing industry where widespread impacts have left publishers, writers, and readers wondering…
The day before President Joe Biden’s inauguration,the United Statescrossed a tragic milestone, marking 400,000 deaths from COVID-19. Biden has since cautioned that half a million American lives could…
Even in a year of horrendous suffering, what is unfolding inBrazilstands out. In the rainforest city ofManaus, home to 2 million people, bodies are reportedly being dropped into mass gravesas quickly…
BGI Group, the world's largest genomics company, has worked with China's military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reuters review of research,…
In an interview with Foreign Policy, the famed political scientist Francis Fukuyama revisits his view of liberal democracy as the end of ideological progression. He reveals that “the end of history…
The Middle East is pinning its hopes on the vaccine rollouts for an imminent economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic hit a region already battered by conflicts and economic turmoil.
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Once again, the COVID-19 health message is getting muddled. Even as officials and scientists urge the public to get vaccinated, they warn that after vaccination, we’ll still have to go on isolating…
President Joe Biden was absolutely correct when he said “the world is watching all of us today,” as he delivered his inaugural address Wednesday from the very spot where a mob stormed the Capitol two…
Egypt launched a vaccination campaign against the coronavirus on January 24 with the first shots given to healthcare workers at hospitals designated to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients across the…
The world is on the brink of failing a critical test: the one measuring whether the international community is willing or able to end a global pandemic without leaving anyone behind. Wealthy…
The White House moved quickly to distance itself from the attack on a key ally in the region, but it's unclear whether the trust can ever be repaired, which bodes badly for hopes of a Gaza ceasefire
A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza
While the US public has long been supportive of Israel, its genocide in Gaza appears to have had a big effect, with most young Americans now outright hostile towards it