Uganda sends “70 delegates” to United Nations general assembly
The Ugandan government has denied that it sent over 70 officials to United Nations General Assembly. The confusion surrounding the delegation’s size, according to the minister, stemmed from the simultaneous occurrence of three distinct meetings in the same location, each requiring separate delegations. The government recently faced public scrutiny for reportedly spending close to USD
ethnic Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh
More than three-quarters of ethnic Armenians have now fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh for neighboring Armenia. The rapid exodus comes after the region’s separatist government said it would dissolve itself, and the unrecognized republic inside Azerbaijan would cease to exist by the end of this year. Moscow says the future of any “peacekeeping” mission
EU Meeting over Migrant crisis across the Mediterranean
The continuous arrival of boats has put political pressure on the group, which includes Malta, France, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. But even among the nine countries, there are disagreements on how to deal with the crisis.The leaders from nine Mediterranean and southern European countries met Friday in Malta to discuss migration
AI Chatbots Employees
AI offers a glimpse into government-wide efforts in recent years to boost the use of new technologies within the civil service, but also raises questions over how they could be used to shape policy. The latest generation of chatbots, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), can quickly analyse reams of information, including images, to answer questions
Epic Games to reduce its workforce
Epic has offices around the world, including in the UK. It is not yet known where the job cuts will fall. Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, one of the world’s most successful video games, is cutting 870 jobs around 16% of its workforce. Epic is also known for its gaming engine, Unreal Engine, which powers
Apple for hire more employees as it invests in AI technology
Generative AI – artificial intelligence which can create media based on text prompts – continues to be a target of investment for big firms despite widespread concerns over its impact of copyright, or ownership. That is because the software “learns” by analysing a massive amount of data often sourced online and people are concerned it
Integration of the of Ukraine’s annexed regions into Russian federation
The votes in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions all partly under Russia’s control following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year were denounced by Kyiv as illegal. Russia said a year ago that it was annexing the four regions, in an act condemned as unlawful by most countries at the United Nations. President
AI brain surgery
Brain surgery is precise and painstaking – straying a millimetre the wrong way could kill a patient instantly. Avoiding damaging the pituitary gland, the size of a grape, at the centre of the brain, is critical. It controls all the body’s hormones and any problems with it can cause blindness. Brain surgery using artificial intelligence
ChatGPT up to date with information
The artificial intelligence-powered system was previously trained only using data up to September 2021 and There were a number of reasons why ChatGPT did not search the internet until now: computing cost for one thing. It is often said that every single query costs OpenAI a few cents. OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed creator of ChatGPT, has
Personality AI chatbots on Meta
Several celebrities have also signed up to lend their personalities to different types of chatbots, including Snoop Dogg and Kendall Jenner. The idea is to create chatbots that are not just designed to answer questions. Meta has announced a series of new chatbots to be used in its Messenger service. The chatbots will have “personality”