Science & Technology

Microsoft forecasts a radical workplace transformation where every employee becomes a manager of AI agents, The Guardian reported. In its annual Work Trend Index report, the tech giant introduced the concept of “frontier firms” – businesses structured around autonomous AI…

Cornell University researchers have developed RHyME, an AI system that allows robots to learn multi-step tasks by watching just one human demonstration—even if human and robot movements differ, Earth.com reported. Traditional methods required thousands of controlled demonstrations, but RHyME uses…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that being polite to ChatGPT, such as saying “please” and “thank you,” contributes to millions of dollars in operational costs, Yahoo reported. Responding to a user query on X (formerly Twitter), Altman noted that these…

Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov has threatened to withdraw the app from France if authorities force the company to provide backdoor access to encrypted messages, Anadolu Agency reported. Durov stated on Monday that Telegram would prefer to leave the French market…

Recent research and expert analysis highlight increasing worries that widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, may be contributing to a decline in human intelligence and critical thinking skills, The Guardian reported in a…

Microsoft is facing increasing internal unrest as employees protest the company’s involvement in providing AI and cloud computing services used by Israel in its ongoing military operations in Gaza, The Guardian reported. Over recent months, multiple protests have disrupted high-level…

The European Commission has banned AI-powered virtual assistants from participating in its online meetings, marking its first formal restriction on the emerging technology, Politico reported. The rule, introduced during a digital policy meeting earlier this month, explicitly states “No AI…

Scientists have developed a revolutionary system that converts falling raindrops into usable electricity, offering a potential new source of clean energy, SciTech Daily reported. Researchers from the American Chemical Society achieved this by channeling water droplets through a narrow vertical…

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are building data centers in water-scarce regions, raising concerns about resource depletion, The Guardian reported. Amazon’s three proposed data centers in Spain’s Aragon region are licensed to use 755,720 cubic meters of water annually—enough to irrigate…

The U.N. Trade and Development agency (UNCTAD) has released a report projecting that artificial intelligence (AI) could reach a market value of $4.8 trillion by 2033, roughly equivalent to Germany’s economy, CNBC reported. However, the report raises alarms about the…