NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive, said a new lab run by former OpenAI leaders would set “a new pace for innovation.”
Microsoft, the technology giant that ranks as one of the world’s most valuable companies, was shaken by the upheaval at OpenAI, the small but influential artificial intelligence start-up that developed the ChatGPT chatbot, before it found a...
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the team of the ICC ODI World Cup, with six Indians making it to the XI. Two players from Australia, and one each from Sri Lanka, South Africa, and New Zealand complete the team.
Team India skipper Rohit Sharma, who had a brilliant World Cup campaign, has been picked as an...
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has been diagnosed with dementia.
Tributes to former first lady Rosalynn Carter poured in after the Carter Center, the global nonprofit she and former President Jimmy Carter founded in the 1980s, confirmed that the former first lady died surrounded by family and friends in her home in Plains, Georgia.
Carter was a life-long champion...
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Elon Musk. - Chesnot via Getty Images
OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman on Friday.
Elon Musk said that OpenAI should explain why it fired Altman, citing AI's potential dangers.
Musk previously said he left the OpenAI board in 2018 over safety concerns.
Elon Musk said that the potential danger of AI is so great that OpenAI, the...
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Rohit Sharma looked like he was trying to hold back tears. Mohammed Siraj couldn't. Jasprit Bumrah, who doesn't let results sway his emotions, consoled him. KL Rahul sank to his knees. Virat Kohli hid his face in his cap. Mohammed Shami walked back dejected. The spirit had left them.
It hurts. The ones who will not play another...
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Brief Scorecard: Australia 241 for 4 (Head 137, Labuschagne 58*, Bumrah 2-43) beat India 240 (Rahul 66, Kohli 54, Starc 3-55, Cummins 2-34, Hazlewood 2-60) by six wickets
'Not good enough': India captain Rohit Sharma gestures during the match. - Sajjad HUSSAIN
India captain Rohit Sharma admitted his team were "not good enough" after slumping to a six-wicket loss...
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Kids these days.
For as long as there have been generations, there have been older generations griping about younger ones — often about their seemingly weaker work ethic.
But a new analysis shows there may actually be some truth to that old adage, at least when it comes to young adults in Generation Z.
Jean Twenge, a psychologist who studies...
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Former chief executive of OpenAI. - Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP
The news on Friday that Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, had been abruptly sacked by the company’s board came as a shock to the tech industry.
“Mr. Altman’s departure,” said the ponderous announcement, “follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently...
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
All schools in Chennai and Thiruvallur districts have been shut over incessant rainfall in the coastal state over the past few days. The meteorological department has sounded alert for 6 other districts that are likely to get more rain today. On the other hand, the air quality situation in the north has further depleted. Two days after...
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Ex-British PM David Cameron.
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has been appointed as the country’s new Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the UK Prime Minister’s Office announced on Monday. Cameron previously served as the British PM from 2010 to 2016. He was also the Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016.
“The...
