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Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma disqualified from parliamentary election
Former South African President Jacob Zuma was disqualified from running for a seat in Parliament in a national election because of a criminal conviction.NBC News - Top stories -
Croatia gets new government with a far-right party included ahead of European parliamentary vote
Croatian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that marks a tilt to the right in another European Union nation ahead of the 27-nation bloc’s parliamentary election next monthABC News - World -
Researchers build AI-driven sarcasm detector
Being able to detect lowest form of wit could help AI interact with people more naturally, say scientists. Never mind that it can pass the bar exam, ace medical tests and read bedtime stories with emotion, artificial intelligence will never match ...The Guardian - World -
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Rwanda denies entry to senior human rights researcher
Human Rights Watch says Clementine De Montjoye’s case raises fresh questions about UK’s asylum seeker scheme. The Rwandan government has barred a senior human rights researcher from entering the country, prompting accusations that officials are ...The Guardian - World -
Water investors have withdrawn billions, says research
A report suggests shareholders have taken billons but failed to invest as water bills look set to rise.BBC News - Top stories -
Researchers studying 'doomsday glacier' make worrying discovery
Antarctica's "doomsday glacier," referred to as such for its potential to dramatically raise global sea levels, is melting faster than we thought thanks to warmer sea water passing below it, according to a new study.The Hill - Politics -
Wegovy Can Keep Weight Off for at Least 4 Years, Research Shows
Users receiving weekly injections saw their weight fall, plateau, and stabilize over the course of a four-year trial—but it’s still unclear how long these effects last after stopping taking the drug.Wired - Tech -
New research could solve the mystery behind the construction of Egypt's pyramids
More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests.NBC News - Top stories -
OpenAI put ‘shiny products’ over safety, departing top researcher says
Jan Leike’s exit from ChatGPT maker is the latest sign of internal divisions over technology’s developmentFinancial Times - Business -
OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher
Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o. A former senior employee at OpenAI has said the company behind ChatGPT is prioritising “shiny products” over safety, revealing that ...The Guardian - World -
AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers
All five systems tested were found to be ‘highly vulnerable’ to attempts to elicit harmful responses. Guardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with ...The Guardian - World - United Kingdom -
Sea otters use tools to open hard-shelled prey, saving their teeth, research reveals
The behavior, documented in footage from researcher Chris Law, is most seen in females and sheds light on the threatened species. Floating on its back in the waters of California’s Monterey Bay, a sea otter takes a shelled animal and strikes it ...The Guardian - World -
Citron Research’s Andrew Left says he is shorting GameStop again after his 2021 short flopped
The short seller said he has started betting against GameStop this week after its share price surged on excitement over social media posts by Roaring KittyMarketWatch - Business -
New blood test for strokes could help tackle a $2 trillion problem, researchers say
A new blood test can quickly detect a particularly severe type of stroke, according to new research published Friday, dramatically improving patients’ odds of getting lifesaving treatment before it’s too late.MarketWatch - Business -
Can pink noise enhance sleep and memory? Early research drives a color noise buzz
White noise is frequently used to mask background sounds and it now has competition in a rainbow of colorsABC News - Health -
UCLA to lead first federal research center focused on building heat-resilient communities
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will be establishing the first federal research center focused on bolstering community resilience to local heat impacts, the institution announced Monday. The Center of Excellence for Heat Resilient ...The Hill - Politics -
Turbulence-related deaths are rare, but climate change is making for bumpier air travel
One passenger died and 30 others were injured aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that was hit by "severe turbulence," officials said Tuesday, but experts say such deaths are rare even as researchers warn climate change may be causing more extreme ...NBC News - Top stories - Climate