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Opinion: Make the Robot Your Colleague, Not Overlord
There's the Terminator school of perceiving artificial intelligence risks, in which we'll all be killed by our robot overlords.
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Elon Musk's Chatbot Can Be 'Non-Woke' Or Truthful, Not Both
Much like removing books on racism from a school library, "correcting" Grok's output requires an ugly intervention.
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Opinion | Why China's Fighter Jets Should Worry The US And Taiwan: Karishma Vaswani
The recent aerial clash between Pakistan and India offers a glimpse of how China is narrowing the gap in military airpower with the US. It's a warning not just for Washington, but for Taipei, too.
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Opinion| Apple Desperately Needs The AI Help It's Seeking
If you read Bloomberg Businessweek's deep dive into Apple's blundering work with artificial intelligence, a consistent theme is the lack of any clear idea within the company as to what good AI on an Apple device should actually do.
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Opinion: US-China Deal Is A Lesson for the Global South
The US-China temporary trade agreement is a blunt reminder: Washington's foreign policy under President Donald Trump is transactional. Deals matter, values don't.
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Opinion | India-UK Trade Deal Shows Globalisation Is Ticking Along
President Donald Trump may say "tariffs" are his favorite word, but the rest of the world doesn't have to agree. With or without America, trade deals continue to be signed.
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Opinion: Spain's Huge Power Blackout Is A Wake-Up Call For India
Politicians in New Delhi have correctly noted that solar and wind power meet three requirements they view as crucial.
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Opinion: Trump And Biden Find Common Ground In Abusing Their Pardon Powers
If it wasn't already clear - after nearly 250 years - that the pardon power is a standing invitation to abuse and corruption, two presidents confirmed it on the same day this week.
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AI Can Debunk Conspiracy Theories Better Than Humans
The researchers had instructed the LLM to try to persuade people to reconsider their beliefs. To their surprise, it was actually pretty effective.
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Trump's Latest Problem? Republicans For Harris: Patricia Lopez
Michael Brodkorb, former deputy chair of Minnesota Republican Party, is part of a growing wave that could affect the outcome of the November election: lifelong Republicans who have broken with Donald Trump to support Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Opinion: Netanyahu's Strategy Is War, War and More War
At least it's now clear: Benjamin Netanyahu has a strategy for the war in Gaza, and it commits his country to indefinite conflict.
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Opinion: Why The Kate Middleton Mess Should Scare Brands On Social Media
What turned the most casual royal watchers into crazed professional internet sleuths is the now-infamous photo that was posted by the Prince and Princess of Wales's handle on X.
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Opinion: An $18 Big Mac Meal Is Bad For America
The American burger owes its iconic status, above all, to being inexpensive.
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Paytm Fiasco Shows the RBI Doesn't Understand Payments
The RBI could have handled the crisis at Paytm better. In barring the company from onboarding new customers from February 29, it has triggered a crisis of confidence among crores of users
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Opinion: Electric Aircraft May Have More Potential Than We Thought
Batteries are doing such a great job replacing petroleum in car engines that it's natural to think they might do the same in the skies.
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Opinion: The Year's Worst Climate News You Haven't Heard About
It was a year when the world experienced its hottest 12 months on record.
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Opinion: Saudi Is Wrong Partner For IPL - The Price Is Too High
This year, Saudi Arabia's expansion into global sports has disrupted professional golf, upended the soccer business and garnered the kingdom the 2034 World Cup. Now it's turning to cricket.
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Opinion: Disney's Sales To Reliance Will Follow Rupert Murdoch's Logic
A new class of competition is disrupting legacy media in the world's most-populous nation, leading to a second change in the ownership of a popular franchise in four years. Rupert Murdoch was the first to see the threat. Now it's Bob Iger's turn.
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Opinion: What Nawaz Sharif Missed In His Comeback Speech In Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif, who in the past has served as prime minister three times, returned home Saturday after living in London in self-imposed exile for nearly four years.
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Opinion: For Oil, Its Not 1973 Again But It Could Still Turn Ugly
History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the world's first oil crisis, the parallels between October 2023 and October 1973 are easy to draw: A surprise attack on Israel and oil prices rising.
