The creepiness of conversational AI has been put on full display
Conversational AI software, which is trained on enormous amounts of data, are able to carry on realistic conversations with humans. ...
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Ford’s $3.5 billion investment to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in Michigan
Ford announced this week it would build a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan that the company expects...
Two Idaho lawmakers introduce legislation to criminalize giving out certain COVID-19 vaccines
A pair of Republican lawmakers in the Idaho state legislature have introduced a bill that would make the administering of...
Pfizer pulls 50% of people from phase 3 Lyme disease study for GCP violations
Pfizer and Valneva’s phase 3 Lyme disease vaccine clinical trial has gone badly wrong. After discovering good clinical practice (GCP)...
Western Leaders Pledge Support for Ukraine ‘as Long as Necessary’
Western Leaders Pledge Support for Ukraine ‘as Long as Necessary’ Nearly one year into the brutal and costly war in...
A new Android malware targeting South Korean journalists has been discovered
The malicious functionalities include the "ability to read and leak target's contact list, SMS, voice call content, location and others...
Homicides in Mexico have steadily risen this century
Since 2015, the national homicide rate in Mexico has increased by 76.3 percent, with the total number of homicides over...
China Sanctions Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Over Taiwan Arms Sales
China on Thursday put Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon Technologies on an "unreliable entities list" over arms sales...
Microsoft is reportedly already planning to bring ads to Bing’s AI chatbot
The ad agency talks are still said to be in the early stages. Only a small number of users have...
Chinese hackers pose a “growing threat” senior FBI official warned
A senior FBI official warned secretaries of state from across the US Thursday that Chinese hackers pose a “growing threat”...
