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Security agencies issue blunt 'act swiftly' warning on AI
The Five Eyes agencies warn leaders must “act swiftly” to address the imminent threat as AI increases the “speed, scale and sophistication of cyber threats”. Source link
The hidden dynamic that could undermine global stocks
As we plough on through the fourth consecutive year of global stock records and huge annual advances, it’s not surprising that many pundits have begun to question just how much longer this boom can continue. Source link
Inspired by volcanoes, this new technology could affect billions of people
Private companies want to reflect the Sun to cool the planet. But scientists fear the geoengineering technology could disrupt monsoon rains, on which a billion people depend. Source link
This artist 'stole' the Rosetta Stone from the UK and took it home to Egypt
The Rosetta Stone changed the way we understood Ancient Egypt. It sits in the British Museum but this artist wanted to return it home. To pull it off he needed some legal advice, a digital scanner and the courage to take on the way we look at history. Source link
‘Fusogenic’ neurosurgery let paralysed pigs walk again – are we next?
Researchers say a surgery that let pigs with completely severed spinal cords walk again may lead to human trials, and then perhaps even full head or brain transplants. Columnist Helen Thomson is intrigued but sceptical of whether the technique can be successful in humans Source link
Iran to allow nuclear inspections, JD Vance says
The US vice president says that progress has been made in talks with Iran, with Tehran agreeing to allow nuclear inspectors and a mechanism to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Source link
You won't see Hugh Jackman the same after The Death of Robin Hood
Plus Toy Story 5 trots out the same old games, Australian horror scores another winner and Colony uses zombies to ring the warning bell about AI. Source link
People training new AI models admit they just get chatbots to do it
The next generation of AI models are meant to be trained by people paid to have conversations with them, but several of these workers have admitted to New Scientist that they simply get chatbots to do it instead. This “AI inbreeding” may reduce the power and usefulness of future models, warn experts Source link
Japan to increase entry visa fees by more than five times current amount
Japan will quintuple entry visa fees starting from July 1, but most Australians will not be affected. Source link
Sir Keir Starmer's landslide win left him with shaky foundations
Sir Keir Starmer, the former prosecutor who styled himself as a safe, even boring, pair of hands became the first Labour PM in 14 years to win in a landslide. It was not enough to keep him in the job. Source link