Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough? | AP News

Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough? | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Chatbots like ChatGPT wowed the world with their ability to write speeches, plan vacations or hold a conversation as good as or arguably even better than humans do, thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems. Now, frontier AI has become the latest buzzword as concerns grow that the emerging technology has capabilities that

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Hong Kong leader defends new election rules even though biggest pro-democracy party can’t join race | AP News

Hong Kong leader defends new election rules even though biggest pro-democracy party can’t join race | AP News

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader defended the rules for upcoming local elections as open and fair Tuesday after an electoral overhaul effectively barred the city’s remaining pro-democracy activists from joining the race. The city’s largest pro-democracy party, the Democratic Party, will be absent in December’s district council election for the first time since

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Putujući bioskop u mestima širom Кosova i Metohije

Putujući bioskop u mestima širom Кosova i Metohije

Dom kulture “Gračanica” organizovaće Putujući bioskop u mestima širom Kosova i Metohije.Ideja je da se Srbima i u najizolovanijim krajevima prikažu najnovija filmska ostvarenja, promoviše sedma umetnost, urbani duh i ideja da ljudi u izolovanim zajednicama nisu zaboravljeni.U okviru Putujućeg bioskopa će za najmlađe posetioce biti prikazan film “Dnevnik Pauline P”, dok će za stariju

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Pharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions | AP News

Pharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions | AP News

Drugstore workers around the country started calling in sick Monday to highlight a lack of support from their employers, protest organizers said.The extent and impact of the demonstration, which is planned until Wednesday, were not clear as of Monday afternoon. Pharmacists and technicians for dozens of drugstores had called in sick as of midday, said

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Panama’s leader calls for referendum on mining concession, seeking to calm protests over the deal | AP News

Panama’s leader calls for referendum on mining concession, seeking to calm protests over the deal | AP News

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Protests extended into a second week Monday over a long-term copper mining concession for a Canadian company, as Panama’s government sought to calm anger by promising to let Panamanians decide in a referendum whether to scrap the deal.A broad cross-section of society has joined in demonstrations across the country for more

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Google CEO defends paying Apple to make Google default search engine on devices in landmark antitrust case | AP News

Google CEO defends paying Apple to make Google default search engine on devices in landmark antitrust case | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “seamless and easy.’’The Department of Justice contends

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Online antisemitic threats unnerve Jewish students and spark condemnation at Cornell University | AP News

Online antisemitic threats unnerve Jewish students and spark condemnation at Cornell University | AP News

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Threatening statements about Jews on an internet discussion board have unnerved students at Cornell University and prompted officials to send police to guard a Jewish center and kosher dining hall.The menacing, anonymous messages, posted over the weekend in an online forum about fraternities and sororities, came amid a torrent of antisemitic

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