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‘Forever chemicals’ found in more than half of food and drink samples, testing shows | UK News
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The government should ban 25 pesticides which contain so-called “forever chemicals”, campaigners have said, as the potentially harmful toxins were found in more than half of the tested food and drinks available to Britons. PFA chemicals, toxins which take centuries to break down in the environment, were found in more than 3,300 samples tested by…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing chess | Science & Tech News
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The first patient to receive a brain chip from Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has appeared to play online chess. Neuralink released a nine-minute video in which the patient, who is paralysed below his shoulders, appears to move a cursor across a laptop screen with nothing but his thoughts. The video shows him playing chess and…
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ChatGPT shows ‘significant and systemic’ left-wing bias, study finds | Science & Tech News
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ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence chatbot, shows a significant and systemic left-wing bias, UK researchers have found. According to the new study by the University of East Anglia, this includes favouring the Labour Party and President Joe Biden‘s Democrats in the US. Concerns about an inbuilt political bias in ChatGPT have been raised before, notably…
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Cerberus heatwave: European data shows land temperatures are scorching – and it’s about to get much worse | World News
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The heatwave affecting southern Europe has been building for months. And it’s about to get much worse. Temperatures have been consistently above 40C since mid-April in many areas. Europe heatwave – latest: Continent could have hottest day ever But on the Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Sardinia they’re expected to climb to 48C in the…
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Earth moves closer to Anthropocene epoch as surface shows indelible impact of human activity | Science & Tech News
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Scientists are a step closer to officially declaring a new geological time period that marks the start of humanity’s irreversible impact on the planet. How to define the start of the Anthropocene epoch, which would need to be visible in layers of rock in millions of years’ time, has proved controversial. Although humans began to…
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Secret Invasion: Marvel criticised for using AI to make new show’s credits artwork | Ents & Arts News
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Marvel has been criticised for using AI to generate the artwork during the opening credits of its new series. Secret Invasion, the latest entry in the company’s cinematic universe, premiered on Disney+ on Wednesday. As is custom with many of the franchise’s shows, episodes open with the names of the cast and production crew against…
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TikToker fakes his own death to find out who cares and then shows up at the funeral | World News
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A Belgian TikToker faked his own death to find out who cared and then turned up to his own funeral. David Baerten, 45, and his wife and children decided to prank friends and family members to find out what they really thought him. To spread the news of Mr Baerten’s death, one of his children…
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AI could make actors in TV shows and blockbusters unnecessary, experts fear | Ents & Arts News
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The use of artificial intelligence in TV and film production could potentially render actors unnecessary, according to industry experts. Actors – including motion capture master Andy Serkis – have spoken to Sky News about their concerns for the impact of AI, with the acting union Equity insisting the government’s pro-innovation stance isn’t thinking about the…
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ChatGPT will make marking coursework ‘virtually impossible’ and shows exams ‘more important than ever’ | Science & Tech News
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Marking coursework will become “a virtually impossible task” in the age of ChatGPT and make exams more vital than ever, education experts have said. OpenAI’s chatbot has taken the internet by storm since launching late last year, amassing more than 100 million monthly active users and attracting a multibillion-dollar investment from Microsoft. It is a…
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‘Life changing’ Tourette’s wrist device shows significant reduction in symptoms | Science & Tech News
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A wrist device for people with Tourette’s syndrome has been described as “life-changing”. The Neupulse aims to reduce the symptoms by delivering electrical stimulation directly into nerves in the wrist. Singer Lewis Capaldi was among the 121 people who trialled the device, developed at the University of Nottingham, after recently sharing his own Tourette’s diagnosis.…