Ideal conditions to see peak of Lyrid meteor shower in UK
The Lyrid meteor shower is the oldest recorded and Wednesday brings near perfect weather conditions to see them as they peak. Simon King explains.
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Florida Launches Criminal Investigation Into ChatGPT Over School Shooting
Florida’s attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over allegations that the accused gunman in a shooting at Florida State University last year used ChatGPT to help plan the attack. OpenAI says the chatbot is “not responsible for this terrible crime” and only provided factual information available from public sources. NPR reports: The Republican attorney general, James...
Bird flu vaccine trial against potential pandemic strain begins
The jab targets the H5N1 flu strain which has caused devastating infections in bird populations worldwide, but has yet to spread between humans.
UK gaming icon Peter Molyneux on AI, his final creation and a changing industry
The creator of iconic series such as Fable says Masters of Albion will be the last game he makes.
Meta to track workers’ clicks and keystrokes to train AI
The firm will take data from the way employees work for its artificial intelligence models.
SpaceX Strikes Deal With Cursor for $60 Billion
The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.
Why police are seeking to arrest billionaire K-pop mogul behind BTS
Bang Si-hyuk, who created the supergroup, denies defrauding investors before his $7.3bn company went public.
‘Indefensible’ and ‘unacceptable’ – furious Rosenior questions Chelsea’s desire
Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior strongly criticised his players after they suffered a fifth loss in a row without scoring for first time since 1912.
Hotpot, bubble tea and sportswear: China’s new exports take on the world
Made in China used to mean cheap, mass-produced goods but a new wave of Chinese brands is emerging.
Watch the goals and celebrations as St Johnstone clinch title
St Johnstone win 2-0 at Dunfermline Athletic to wrap up the Scottish Championship title with two games to spare.
Mozilla Uses Anthropic’s Mythos To Fix 271 Bugs In Firefox
BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla says it used an early version of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview to comb through Firefox’s code, and the results were hard to ignore. In Firefox 150, the team fixed 271 vulnerabilities identified during this effort, a number that would have been unthinkable not long ago. Instead of relying only on fuzzing tools or human review, the AI was able to reason through...
SPECIAL REPORT: How top Social Development officials used late Minister’s name to falsify CVs
A Daily Maverick investigation has established that the former chief of staff and the current special adviser to Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe fraudulently claimed work experience involving late Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize.
AI hacking tools like Mythos can be ‘net positive’ says top cyber official
The head of the National Cyber Security Centre says frontier AI tools can be a force for good – if kept out of the wrong hands.
Things need to change after ‘unacceptable’ defeat – Rosenior
Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior says his side’s 3-0 defeat away at Brighton was “unacceptable” from everyone involved and that things need to change.
‘People can say whatever stupid things they want’ – Guardiola on celebrations
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his players can “celebrate however you want” in response to criticism from some pundits for his side’s reaction to beating Arsenal on Sunday.
Players can celebrate how they want – Guardiola
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his players can “celebrate however you want” in response to criticism for their reaction to beating Arsenal.
Brighton beat Chelsea to heap more pressure on Rosenior
Brighton heap more pressure on Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior as they ease to a comfortable 3-0 win thanks to goals from Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck.