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‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI.
The first artificial intelligence agents may start working for organisations this year, wrote Sam Altman, as AI firms push for uses that generate returns on substantial investment in the technology.
Microsoft, …
Climate crisis ‘wreaking havoc’ on Earth’s water cycle, report finds
The climate crisis is “wreaking havoc” on the planet’s water cycle, with ferocious floods and crippling droughts affecting billions of people, a report has found.
Water is people’s most vital natural resource but global heating is changing the way water moves around the Earth. The analysis of water disasters in …
A vision of sport in 2050: robot leagues, chips in brains and players in their 50s | Sean Ingle
Can you solve it? Interview questions for aspiring billionaires
The most famous of this troupe - Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks – are now as well known for …
Starwatch: Venus will be exceptionally bright in gathering twilight
Often referred to as the evening star, Venus is absolutely radiant in the gathering twilight this week. It reaches a configuration known as the greatest eastern elongation on 10 January, when it will be at its maximum angular distance east from the sun, about 47 degrees. This means that it …
Amazon aims to branch into UK internet market with satellite broadband plan
Amazon is hoping to offer a satellite broadband service in the UK within the next two years as it prepares to launch a constellation of spacecraft that could ultimately deliver a mobile signal even to the most remote areas.
The tech company, founded by Jeff Bezos, said it would seek …
Ripe for the picking? Irish wine on the up – but ‘nobody will retire rich’
Heard the one about Irish wine? Like its English counterpart, it is no longer a joke, with more than a dozen vineyards now producing bottles to emulate those of the terroirs of France, Spain and Italy.
At about €60 (£50) a bottle and produced in small quantities, it is far …
The Rastafarians opening up Caribbean cannabis farms to build a flourishing medical industry
On Golba Hill on the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), just below a cluster of colourfully decorated homes, there are rows and rows of premium marijuana plants. Gleaming like green gold in the Caribbean sun, they lead up to a crudely constructed hut where cannabis farmer …
Why Elon Musk’s Starship rocket is beating Nasa in the space race
Covid and flu rates rise across the US, according to the CDC
The amount of acute respiratory illness causing Americans to seek healthcare is at a high level, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
issued on Friday, the CDC announced that in addition to Covid-19 activity increasing from low levels in most …