Sun 17 August 2025: US-based OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT’s lack of ethical safeguards poses serious risks to young people, a new report has found, as concerns mount over the safety of AI-powered chatbots. The British-American watchdog Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said in an Aug. 6 report that ChatGPT gave harmful information […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Saudi Arabia has rolled out new guidelines that allow travelers to obtain online clearance permits for prescribed medications. The system is designed to support patients and enhance travel efficiency, while maintaining safety standards, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) stated as it released procedures to obtain clearance permit. The SFDA […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: Imagine a busy train station. Cameras monitor everything, from how clean the platforms are to whether a docking bay is empty or occupied. These cameras feed into an AI system that helps manage station operations and sends signals to incoming trains, letting them know when they can enter the station. The […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: South Korea’s military shrank by 20% in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely due to a sharp drop in the population of males of enlistment age for mandatory service in the country with the world’s lowest birthrate, a report said on Sunday. The dramatic decline in the pool of […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: The challenge brought on by the trade group alleges that the age verification law is a violation of free speech The United States Supreme Court has declined to put on hold a Mississippi law requiring that users of social media platforms verify their age and that minors have parental consent. The […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: Police in England and Wales will be encouraged to disclose the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile or sensitive cases UK police forces could start disclosing the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile or sensitive cases under new guidance from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). According to […]
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Fri 15 August 2025: Japan will use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to teach the Japanese language to children with foreign roots. The move comes amid a shortage of teachers who can speak languages such as Portuguese, Chinese, and Spanish, Kyodo News reported on Thursday. Guidelines are expected to be prepared to use AI to adopt […]
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Fri 15 August 2025: Air Canada will begin cancelling its flights on Thursday ahead of flight attendants’ potential strike, aiming to ensure an orderly shutdown of operations, the airline announced. The first cancelled flight will be on Thursday, the airline confirmed, adding that as of Friday, the flight cancellations will increase, leading to a full […]
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Fri 15 August 2025: As the UN meets to negotiate an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, many favour carbon credit-like offsetting. Each year, the world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste – more than the combined weight of all the people on Earth. Just 9 percent of it is recycled, and one study predicts […]
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Fri 15 August 2025: The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the most popular party in the country, according to a striking new poll published Tuesday. If a national election were now held, 26 percent of Germans would vote for the AfD, according to a poll carried out by the Forsa Institute for Social […]
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