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Pope to Release Major Artificial Intelligence Manifesto
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (1456+ words) Pope Leo XIV will release on Monday his long-awaited manifesto on artificial intelligence (AI), a bid to address ethical and social challenges as the technology rapidly develops worldwide. The US pope will attend the presentation of the "Magnifica Humanitas" (Magnificent…...
Disney's New "Star Wars' Film Opens with an Estimated $165 Million Worldwide
15+ hour, 30+ min ago (1787+ words) New "Star Wars" film "The Mandalorian and Grogu" is expected to end the US Memorial Day weekend with roughly $165 million in worldwide ticket sales, distributor Walt Disney said "on Sunday. About $102 "million of that "total "will come from "the United…...
Norway-Set Drama About Political Polarization "Fjord" Wins Palme "Or at Cannes
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1804+ words) Cristian Mungiu's Norway-set drama about political polarization, "Fjord," has won the Palme d'Or, handing the Cannes Film Festival 's top honor for the second time to Mungiu, the Romanian director of "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days." At a 79th Cannes Film Festival…...
AI Will Help Make a Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery Within a Year
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1677+ words) An AI system will work with humans to make a Nobel prize-winning discovery within 12 months and tradespeople will be helped by bipedal robots in two years, according to the co-founder of Anthropic. Jack Clark described a "vertiginous sense of progress…...
China Set for Latest Space Launch, with Hong Kong Astronaut Aboard
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1764+ words) A Hong Kong astronaut will join a Chinese space mission for the first time as part of a three-person crew launching on Sunday, as Beijing edges closer to its goal of landing people on the Moon. The Tiangong space station…...
Rescue Dog Yuri Steals Cannes Spotlight with Palm Dog's Top Prize
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1756+ words) Cannes may be best known for its A-list stars, but Yuri the rescue dog stole the spotlight on Friday, winning the most anticipated unofficial award of the festival, the Palm Dog, for her performance in Chilean drama "La Perra." Judges…...
Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip in Push for Domestic Alternatives
5+ day, 58+ min ago (1644+ words) Alibaba Group on Wednesday unveiled a new AI chip, the Zhenwu M890, as the Chinese technology giant intensifies efforts to build domestic alternatives to Nvidia processors amid tightening US export curbs. The chip, developed by Alibaba's semiconductor design subsidiary T-Head, delivers…...
Two Dead after Drone Attack on Syzran in Russia's Samara Region
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (813+ words) Elsewhere "in Russia, three people were injured in a drone attack in and around the town of Shebekino in Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, authorities said on Telegram. In Ukraine, two were killed after Russia hit the Chernihiv region "on…...
Actor Jon Voight Met with Trump to Advocate for Hollywood Tax Incentives
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1447+ words) Actor Jon Voight met with President Donald Trump earlier this year to advocate for a federal tax credit intended to help boost film and TV production in the United States, representatives of the actor said on Monday. The previously undisclosed…...
Beijing Says China, US Should Work Together to Promote AI Governance
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1753+ words) China and the United States "should work together to promote the development and governance of AI", Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday. Cooperation on artificial intelligence was discussed by US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping…...