JULY 9, 2022
An artificial intelligence algorithm called GPT-3 wrote an academic thesis on itself in two hours.
The researcher who prompted the AI to write the paper submitted it to a journal with the algorithm's consent.
"We just hope we didn't open a Pandora's box," the researcher wrote in Scientific American.
A researcher from Sweden gave an AI algorithm...
JULY 9, 2022
Senior Tories accused Boris Johnson of trying to torpedo Rishi Sunak’s bid to succeed him as prime minister – and of refusing to leave No 10 with good grace – as the leadership race descended into bitter infighting.
As a trio of cabinet ministers entered the contest last night, senior MPs said the battle now risked inflicting even...
JULY 9, 2022
Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya on Saturday joined thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka`s commercial capital and demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid the worst economic crisis in the island nation.
Thousands of protesters in Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed President Rajapaksa`s official residence in one of the largest anti-government marches in the crisis-hit country...
JULY 9, 2022
“A new way of life,” said the mail from TVS as they invited us to Goa to ride their latest motorcycle - the Ronin. What’s also new is the idea of a test ride in Goa in July, because it’s usually raining cats and dogs making testing and shooting quite a challenging affair. It has its charm...
JULY 9, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday dismissed Kyiv’s ambassador to India, Germany, Norway, Czech Republic and Hungary, according to the presidential website.
However, no reason was immediately given for the move. It was also not immediately known if the ambassadors would be handed new responsibilities.
Zelensky has urged his diplomats to cobble up international support and military aid for...
JULY 9, 2022
India 170 for 8 (Jadeja 46*, Rohit 31, Jordan 4-27, Gleeson 3-15) beat England 121 (Moeen 35, Willey 33*, Bhuvneshwar 3-15, Bumrah 2-10, Chahal 2-10) by 49 runs
Ravindra Jadeja marked his T20I return with an unbeaten 46 off 29 balls © Getty Images
Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up a three-wicket haul, and Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal chipped in...
JULY 8, 2022
A star getting too close to our solar system could cause chaos (Picture: PA)
Researchers have found that if a star flying past our solar system moved Neptune’s orbit by just 0.1 per cent, it would result in pandemonium.
A minor shift in the outer planet’s orbit could eventually cause the other planets to smash into one another or...
JULY 8, 2022
It’s on. Elon Musk has officially filed to kill his own Twitter acquisition, and Twitter is calling his bluff. They’ll see Musk in court. And while it’s only going to get messier from here, one important verdict has already been rendered by Elon Musk himself: he doesn’t have what it takes to run Twitter. And that’s a...
JULY 8, 2022
NEW DELHI: India’s export of arms and defence technologies touched a record Rs 13,000 crore in the financial year 2021-22, with 70% contribution coming from the private sector and the remaining 30% from the public sector.
The defence exports, which witnessed a substantial increase over the preceding fiscal, were mainly to the US, the Philippines and other countries...
JULY 8, 2022
Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. - Susan Walsh/AP Photo
Elon Musk officially terminated a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on Friday, a move that would appear to dash the hopes of former President Donald Trump and his staunch supporters that the dominant social media platform would loosen...
