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Comment on this storyComment The Federal Trade Commission has opened an expansive investigation into OpenAI, probing whether the maker of the popular ChatGPT bot has run afoul of consumer protection laws by putting personal reputations and data at risk. The agency this week sent the San Francisco company a 20-page demand for records about how it addresses risks related to …

The problem is that 85 of the 194 countries surveyed by the WHO technical advisory group that came up with the new estimates don’t have good enough death registries for this to be a viable approach. Forty-one of those countries are in sub-Saharan Africa. For these countries, a team led by Jonathan Wakefield, a statistician at the University of Washington …

The anthropomorphic gecko, Gex, is returning to PC and modern consoles, with the entire original trilogy being rebuilt in Limited Run Games’ Carbon Engine. The Gex Trilogy, which consists of Gex (1995), Gex: Enter the Gecko (1998), and Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (1999), has been announced for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch with the help …

Season 2 of Hulu’s hit comedy collection Solely Murders within the Constructing racked up 11 Emmy Award nominations on Wednesday together with Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy for Martin Quick, Excellent Visitor Actor Nathan Lane and Excellent Comedy Collection—all 3 have been nominated in the identical class in 2022. John Hoffman, who co-created the collection with Steve Martin, has …

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR The first public beta of iOS 17 has been released, and it includes new features that weren’t disclosed in the main iOS 17 keynote announcement. It finally adds in features like full-page screenshots and bilingual Siri, which have been available on competitor platforms for a while. Other new features include better dual-SIM support, expanded …

Several different efforts are underway to end the Sudan conflict, which could destabilise its neighbours.

Lying Daughters Letting the operative sites arrive at themselves within the mechanisms of reprint, imprint, reproduction and reading out the code in a non-identity is a marked and forced emptying of the name. Produced by Johannes Porsch. It is a desire to become function, not out of the impulse of over-adjustment, but to be able to switch back and forth …

Thu, 13 July 2023 at 12:57 am Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge are enjoying a night out. The newlyweds held hands as they headed out to their car after dinner at Olivetta on Wednesday night (July 12) in West Hollywood, Calif. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Sofia Richie For their night out, Sofia, 24, sported an all-black outfit …

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: UNESCO calls for regulation of AI-based neurotechnology; research shows private investments in Neuralink and others reached $7.3B in 2020, up ~20x since 2010  —  Manipulation of brain signals advancing so fast it threatens human rights, warns UN body  —  Neurotechnology is advancing so fast …

Ukraine’s counteroffensive may be progressing more slowly than hoped, but Russia’s forces have also been stymied — one of several signals that Britain’s defense minister on Wednesday said showed that “Russia is not as strong as you think it is.” Defense Minister Ben Wallace described how Russia’s troops have retreated in some places along the front line in Ukraine, with …