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ChatGPT – OpenAI’s human-like AI chatbot – can already help generate better ideas, reply to your emails faster, and come up with a birthday message to write in your colleagues card that’s much funnier than anything you, or your “Happy Birthday, I hope you have a lovely day!” coworkers could have thought of. But although
Artificial Intelligence (AI) could help advance health, education, scientific research and conservation, but its direction raises urgent questions about who benefits, who decides and what kind of world we leave behind. This article argues that universities must do more than teach people to use AI: they must strengthen independent judgement, democratic participation and responsibility for
Today’s ESG Updates Midterms Spell Rough Climate for AI Data Centres: Politicians on both sides of the aisle use anti-data centre sticking points to boost election chances. Indonesia’s Plans to Become Solar-Powered: Indonesia begins to phase out diesel power plants in favour of a planned 100 GW solar energy network by 2029. Nevada Sues Trump
The European Commission has warned 17 EU member states for not transposing the Corporate Sustainability Directive or CSRD reporting rules into their national law. This letter is a clear reminder that time is of great importance. It is running out to get ready for the new sustainability framework that will change the game for companies
This summer, as if out of nowhere, what seemed a sure path to a Democratic win in November’s presidential election has suddenly been undermined by the entire liberal media – TV pundits, pollsters, and even moderate newspapers like the New York Times and The Washington Post- challenging Joe Biden’s candidacy because of one poor debate
After the Covid-19 pandemic, interest in the wellness industry soared. Wellness became a hot topic in print media and on television and social media because the pandemic had, by way of contrast, highlighted the value of physical and emotional health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the first year of the pandemic, global
On October 17, Elon Musk’s X, previously Twitter, started charging a $1 annual fee for new users in New Zealand and the Philippines as part of a subscription trial, the company announced on the same day. The strategy, X says, aims to “defend against bots and spammers who attempt to manipulate the platform and disrupt
The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) says 441 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean in January, February, and March this year. That’s the deadliest for this period since 2017. The IOM says that failings in state-led rescues have been costing lives. This is likely an undercount of the true number of lives lost
Language is the prism through which we see the world. It tells what we value and what we don’t; it informs how we perceive others and shapes the way we interact with them. In doing so, language, in its innumerable, diverse varieties, defines what makes a person. However, language is also vulnerable. Of an estimated
A recent report published by the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) has concluded that democracy is “under both literal and figurative assault around the world.” This is in large part the result of declining public faith in the value of democracy, as elected leaders struggle to address the unprecedented challenges of
The midterm elections in America are held halfway through the four years of a President’s term, and, since 1945, have resulted in his party often losing seats in both the Congress and the Senate – there have been only three occasions when the President’s party did not lose seats and even gained some (Roosevelt in
In July, the European Parliament backed the Union’s rules labeling investments in nuclear energy and natural gas as “green.” Environmentalists were quick to call the move an attempt at “greenwashing”, submitting legal challenges in September to contest the decision. “This fake green label is incompatible with EU environment and climate laws,” said Greenpeace EU sustainable