GIVING AI DIRECT CONTROL OVER ANYTHING IS A BAD IDEA – HERE’S HOW IT COULD DO US REAL HARM

Tue 22 August 2023: The release of the advanced chatbot ChatGPT in 2022 got everyone talking about artificial intelligence (AI). Its sophisticated capabilities amplified concerns about AI becoming so advanced that soon we would not be able to control it. This even led some experts and industry leaders to warn that the technology could lead to human extinction. […]

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WORLD ON RED ALERT: MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACE RECORD TEMPERATURES

Wed 19 July 2023: Ongoing forest fires in Canada have recently claimed the life of a 9-year-old child who had suffered an asthma attack during the crisis. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre’s website, there are more than 900 wildfires raging across the country at the moment. Italy’s regional meteorological agency reported that […]

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RICH-POOR SPLIT COULD TIGHTEN ‘GRIP OF POVERTY’: WORLD BANK CHIEF

Tue 18 July 2023: The new head of the World Bank said Tuesday that growing divides between rich and poor nations risked deepening poverty in the developing world, at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in India. Many countries are still recovering from the double blow of the coronavirus pandemic and fallout from Russia’s war […]

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EVERY DAY 2 CHILDREN DROWN CROSSING CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN DUE TO ‘ABSENCE OF SAFE, LEGAL ROUTES’: UNICEF

Sat 15 July 2023: Two children are drown on average per day while trying to cross Central Mediterranean due to the “absence of safe and legal routes,” the UN Children’s Agency, UNICEF, said on Friday. The number of children that have lost their lives while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe has doubled […]

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THE IRONY OF ‘WORLD REFUGEE DAY’: ‘CELEBRATING’, THEN BLAMING THE VICTIMS

  A photo shows the boat carrying migrants before it sank, in Kalamata, Greece on June 15, 2023 [Greek Coast Guard – Anadolu Agency] Tue 20 June 2023: Fadi, a Syrian teenager, with curly hair and an acne-covered face, has miraculously survived one of the greatest migrant boat disasters in the modern history of the […]

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CALL FOR PEACE IS MADE AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL BY THE POPE AND GRAND IMAM

Fri 16 June 2023: In New York, the United Nations Security Council heard pleas for peace from Pope Francis and a prominent Sunni imam. The topic of “human fraternity” was discussed. The pope, who is resting in the hospital from abdominal surgery, sent a statement to the UN gathering on Wednesday in which he said […]

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CHINA, OTHER STATES, FORTIFY NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARSENALS: REPORT

  China’s DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles on display to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Tue 13 June 2023: Think tank SIPRI says China had 17 percent more nuclear warheads in January 2023 compared with the year before. The world’s nine nuclear-armed states are continuing to modernise […]

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UN CHIEF URGES SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRITY TO CURB MISINFORMATION

Tue 13 June 2023: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday called on member states to address the “grave global harm” caused by the proliferation of hate and lies online, as he launched a key report designed to shore up information integrity on digital platforms. Alarm over the potential threat posed by the rapid development of generative […]

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MORE THAN 1 IN 5 CHILDREN ARE ENGAGED IN CHILD LABOR IN THE WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES

Mon 12 June 2023: Globally, nearly 1 in 10 children works as a “child laborer,” while in the least developed countries, this ratio corresponds to more than one in five children. According to information compiled by Anadolu from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and UNICEF on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labor to be marked on June 12, approximately 160 […]

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