16+ hour, 37+ min ago   (783+ words) Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has appointed Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis to a new strategic leadership role as the company intensifies its focus on the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). According to an announcement by Alphabet and Google CEO…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (450+ words) Greece’s Development Ministry will launch a new €150 million funding program aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses integrate artificial intelligence into their operations, Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos announced on Friday. The initiative, expected to be introduced in September under the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (692+ words) In recent days, the world has watched with growing concern the unfolding hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius — a case that has revived memories of the dark early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak on the vessel,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (481+ words) Artificial intelligence is expected to play a defining role in the future of fundamental physics research and in unlocking some of the universe’s deepest mysteries, according to the incoming director-general of CERN. British physicist Professor Mark Thomson, who took over…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (331+ words) It is often described as a failure of engineering. That is only partly true. The reactor design had known flaws, but these alone do not explain the sequence of decisions that led to the disaster. What Chernobyl ultimately revealed was…...