OpenAI announces ‘dots’ agent after scrapping launch of new AI model over safety concerns

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The need for independent regulation grows more obvious by the day. We must keep this tech in check before it’s too late. OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in…

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OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…

Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer. Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently”…

Minister tells Guardian of trade-offs Kyiv facing as it tries to keep normal life moving amid Russian strikes. Missile alerts are costing Ukraine an estimated $45m (£34m) for…

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Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…

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A man and a woman who swore affidavits on behalf of Conor McGregor ahead of his appeal against a sexual assault finding have been charged with perjury

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