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AI in healthcare could exacerbate ethnic and income inequalities, scientists warn

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Scientists fear using AI models such as ChatGPT in healthcare will exacerbate inequalities. The epidemiologists, from the universities of Cambridge and Leicester, warn that large language models (LLMs) could entrench inequities for ethnic minorities and lower-income countries. Their concern stems from systemic data biases. AI models used in healthcare are trained on information from websites […]

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UK bets on 11 key technologies to boost its space sector

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The UK Space Agency has identified 11 critical technology areas to strengthen the country’s position in the space sector and enable further cooperation with international partners such as NASA, the ESA, and Japan’s JAXA. The technologies are listed in the agency’s newly-published Space Exploration Technology Roadmap, which will guide research, development, and future funding decisions

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New VR therapy helps schizophrenia patients rehabilitate

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Researchers at Semmelweis University in Budapest have tapped into VR to help the rehabilitation process of schizophrenia patients. According to WHO, the disease affects approximately 24 million people worldwide and is associated with considerable disability, often impacting all areas of life such as personal, social, and occupational functioning. The scientists have developed the so-called VR-ToMIS

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Stellantis inks €10B in deals to secure chip supply for EVs

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Today’s cars, especially EVs, rely on hundreds of different types of microchips to function. But supply chain shortages of semiconductors during the pandemic forced many automakers to cut down production of certain models, sounding a clear warning to the industry — securing a long-term supply of chips is a matter of business survival.  Stellantis, the

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Eurostar launches world’s first walk-through biometric corridor for rail travel

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The first-ever biometric corridor for train travel opened today at Eurostar’s London terminal.  The system, developed by British tech firm iProov, replaces border checks with a facial verification checkpoint that you just walk straight past.  Before travel, the passenger downloads the app, authenticates their ID, scans their face, and links their ticket. On arrival at

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Moon-made solar station could transmit power from space to Earth

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has been exploring an innovative solution to help us meet our climate targets: transmitting solar power from space to Earth — also known as space-based solar power (SBSP). Harnessing the sun’s power from above our planet comes with two main advantages: access to higher energy intensity and the lack of

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UK extends deadline for Microsoft-Activision $69B merger

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The UK’s Competition and Market Authority (CMA) is extending the deadline for its review of the Microsoft-Activion $69bn merger, in the latest twist of a complex regulatory saga. The cut off date has been moved from July 18 to August 29. “The Inquiry Group has decided to extend [the period] by six weeks… as it

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EU rules on AI must do more to protect human rights, NGOs warn

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A group of 150 NGOs including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Transparency International, and Algorithm Watch has signed a statement addressed to the European Union. In it, they entreat the bloc not only to maintain but enhance human rights protection when adopting the AI Act.  Between the apocalypse-by-algorithm and the cancer-free utopia different camps say

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This robot squad could be the next big thing in lunar exploration

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Solitary lunar rovers have been invaluable to our efforts exploring the Moon. But a group of scientists led by ETH Zurich is now looking at sending an entire squad of robots that collaborate and complement each other instead. To test the idea, the researchers used three ANYmal robots — a type of four-legged, dog-like robot

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Google Bard is now available in the EU

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Google’s Bard AI chatbot is now available across the EU, following the tech giant’s compliance with the bloc’s GDPR regulation. In June, Google was forced to delay Bard’s rollout in the region, after the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) demanded stricter privacy measures to ensure the protection of European citizens. Today, ahead of the release,

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OECD: 60% of finance and manufacturing workers fear AI replacement

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While AI’s impact on the labour market has been limited so far, concerns about job security are heightened, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found. To assess the emerging opinions around artificial intelligence in the workplace, the OECD surveyed over 2,000 employers and 5,300 workers in finance and manufacturing across seven of

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