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Abu Dhabi Environment Agency completes long-term survey to map oyster beds
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (396+ words) The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi has completed a multiyear survey mapping oyster beds across the emirate's waters, creating what it described as the most comprehensive record of habitat distribution to date. The project was conceived in 2022, with fieldwork carried out…...
AI poses greatest security challenge of next decade, UK's Cooper warns
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (514+ words) The world must urgently develop guardrails to contain the threat posed by artificial intelligence, Britain's foreign secretary is set to warn. Yvette Cooper will say that AI may become the "greatest security challenge of the next decade," calling for international…...
G42 and Microsoft deepen partnership to keep sensitive AI data inside the UAE
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (424+ words) Abu Dhabi artificial intelligence company G42, through its sovereign agentic AI company Inception42, and Microsoft are strengthening their AI partnership to enable governments and businesses to use AI assistants more easily and securely while keeping sensitive data inside the UAE. The partnership…...
They couldn't find a therapist, so they built one
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1256+ words) Karin Andrea Stephan has a simple explanation for why she spent years building an AI-driven mental health companion. Growing up she had always wished to have something to help her through difficult moments, she says. "I didn't have that," says…...
Strengthening El Nino increases likelihood of months of extreme weather
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (849+ words) The El Nino weather system is forecast to intensify in the next three months, increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts and heavy rainfall, the World Meteorological Organisation has warned. The WMO is stepping up its…...
AI models must complement, not cannibalise, knowledge creation
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (432+ words) Large language models, or LLMs, like Chat GPT are effective because they are trained on high-quality human-generated content. However, there is a concern that they also undermine the incentives humans have to create original material, meaning that they might inadvertently…...
Whats App's username change is more than an update
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (273+ words) When a service's name becomes a verb, it has crossed the line from being a mere utility to having become an integral part of people's daily lives. So it is with Whats App, the online messaging service with an estimated…...
AI models provide assistance to terror attacks
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (659+ words) A new benchmark for assessing how the largest artificial intelligence models could be used for terrorist attacks has found the industry has already facilitated deadly attacks. Tech Against Terrorism conducted a series of tests across 27 leading AI systems to demonstrate…...
Europeans are now on the frontlines of a climate emergency
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (829+ words) With France experiencing record-breaking temperatures this month, I prepare for the daily onslaught of heat in Paris the way I prepare to report in war zones. Every day, I rise at 5am before the sky lightens and close the shutters and…...
US Energy Secretary says 'there's nothing wrong' with data centre critics
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (577+ words) With polling showing an increasing number of US citizens concerned about data centres, artificial intelligence and electricity costs, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is urging proponents to "respect their concerns. He made the comments at the Amazon Web Services (AWS)…...