South Korea’s Kospi index jumps more than 16%
BANGKOK (AP) — South Korea’s Kospi index jumped more than 16% on Friday, tracking Wall Street gains, as…
UKZN student to represent South Africa at international entrepreneurship competition
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) student Chwayita Momoza has been selected to represent South Africa at the Middle East,…
Hundreds of economists say ‘we must act now’ on AI’s economic impact
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of economists say in an open letter that institutions “must act now” to…
Massive AI buildout poses latest inflation threat as consumers pay more for laptops and electricity
WASHINGTON — American consumers — and the Federal Reserve — are being hit with another high-cost headache .…
Utah now lets AI refill prescriptions but doctors are wary
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off…
Disparate privacy risks from medical AI
Medical artificial intelligence (AI) has immense potential to improve health outcomes, particularly in regions in which specialized medical…
UN chief calls on companies to disclose energy and environmental impact of AI use
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon…
AI and data centers leave goliath-sized environmental footprints globally
WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according…
SuperARC: a test for artificial superintelligence based on compressed modelling, recursive prediction and problem complexity
Assessing the capabilities of frontier LLM models Since the inception of LLMs, these systems have been associated with…
China’s factory activity slows in May, raising questions over its economy
BEIJING (AP) — China’s factory activity was flat in May, according to an official survey released Sunday, raising…
Data reveals the fatal flaw in Finland’s upcoming gambling reform in 2027
Finland’s gambling market opens to private operators on 1 July 2027. H2 Gambling Capital reports total GGR of…
quantum-computing breakthroughs pose imminent risks to cybersecurity
Cloudflare is one of several cybersecurity companies now reassessing their timelines to provide protection against quantum hacking.Credit: Richard…