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Four astronauts evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS) have landed back on Earth, after their stay in space was cut short by a month due to a “serious” medical issue. The astronauts arrived on the ISS on 1 August expecting to complete a standard six and a half month stay. But last week, a scheduled spacewalk was called off at the last minute. Hours later, Nasa revealed a crew member had become ill. It is the first time astronauts have been evacuated due to a health issue since the station was put into Earth’s orbit in 1998. BBC science…
Moroccan fans celebrated through the night as their beloved Atlas Lions beat Nigeria to make it to the Afcon final.
OpenAI plans to start testing ads inside of ChatGPT “in the coming weeks.” In a blog post published Friday, the company said adult users in the US of its free and Go tiers (more on the latter in a moment) would start seeing sponsored products and services appear below their conversations with its chatbot. “Ads will be clearly labeled and separated from the organic answer,” OpenAI said, adding any sponsored spots would not influence the answers ChatGPT generates. “Answers are optimized based on what’s most helpful to you.”OpenAI says people won’t see ads appear when they’re talking to ChatGPT about…
New World: Aeternum will be taken offline in roughly one year, Amazon Games has announced. The MMO was delisted from stores yesterday, January 15, but existing owners can still play the game until it’s shut down for good.In a blog post on New World’s official website, the developer explains that New World: Aeternum’s official shutdown date will be January 31, 2027. An FAQ states that although the game has been removed from sale, owners can still install the game from their library. In October, Amazon Games announced the game would stop receiving new content, but it will continue to monitor…
BBC Europe editor Katya Adler is in Greenland where troops and ships from several European states are gathering.The limited deployment involves Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK.US President Donald Trump says the US needs to “own” Greenland to prevent Russia and China from doing so.Greenland’s Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said this week that the territory was in the midst of a geopolitical crisis, and that if his people were asked to make a choice they would choose Denmark over the US.More on this story.
When Daidai realised her father was too old to slaughter two pigs for a traditional community feast in the run-up to Chinese New Year, she turned to social media.She didn’t want him to feel bad.”Can anyone help me?” she asked on Douyin, China’s version of Tiktok, at the end of last week. “My father is old. I am worried that he can’t handle these pigs.”Daidai, who’s in her 20s, promised that those who came to their village, Qingfu, to assist would be treated to a pork banquet.In rural Sichuan and Chongqing, large community meals are an important part of culture,…
Image: Monster Ztudio/Adobe For chief information officers, the last two years have been an exercise in separating AI hype from AI reality while managing the infrastructure to support it. Many CIOs have deployed copilot assistants, integrated generative AI across departments, and watched their organizations become more productive at individual tasks. As CIOs look to connect more of their technology strategies to companywide productivity and revenue growth, a new shift toward autonomous AI agents is underway, transforming how CIOs and their teams deploy AI capabilities. From AI copilots to autonomous AI agents Today’s AI copilots have proven their value. They can…
Although X removed Grok’s ability to create nonconsensual digitally undressed images on the social platform, the standalone Grok app is another story. It reportedly continues to produce “nudified” deepfakes of real people. And now, Ashley St. Clair, a conservative political strategist and mother of one of Elon Musk’s 14 children, has sued xAI for nonconsensual sexualized images of her that Grok allegedly produced.In the court filing, St. Clair accused xAI’s Grok chatbot of creating and disseminating deepfakes of her “as a child stripped down to a string bikini, and as an adult in sexually explicit poses, covered in semen, or…
Mark Poynting,Climate researcherandErwan Rivault,Senior data designerGetty ImagesUntil now, a lot of what lay beneath Antarctica’s icy surface had remained a mysteryA new map has unmasked the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice in unprecedented detail, something scientists say could greatly enhance our understanding of the frozen white continent.Researchers used satellite data and the physics of how Antarctica’s glaciers move to work out what the continent might look like beneath the ice.They found evidence of thousands of previously undiscovered hills and ridges, and say their maps of some of Antarctica’s hidden mountain ranges are clearer than ever before.While the maps are subject to…
Alex McIntyreWest MidlandsWest Midlands PoliceCraig Guildford blamed the “political and media frenzy” for his decision to resignThe chief constable of West Midlands Police has retired after damning criticism of a decision to ban Israeli fans from a match against Aston Villa.Craig Guildford’s retirement was confirmed on Friday after both Downing Street and the home secretary said this week they had lost confidence in his leadership.He faced numerous calls to resign after apologising for providing incorrect evidence to MPs, which included the denial that AI was used in a report which led to the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans…