With the tremendous toll and trauma that the pandemic inflicted worldwide still fresh, global readiness for future pandemic threats remains a top concern. Countries around the world are deep into negotiating two intergovernmental legal agreements to improve global preparedness and response to health emergencies. One process is being led by Member States through the Intergovernmental Negotiating…
At least 21 Israeli soldiers are dead following a blast in Gaza Military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday the soldiers were killed as they were attempting to demolish two buildings in central Gaza, close to the Israeli border. Rear Admiral Hagari said an RPG was fired at a “tank securing the forces,…
The new Thomas Reuters ‘AI skills factory’ enables subject-matter experts without coding skills to experiment with building AI tools. The platform aims to simplify the complexities of AI engineering, addressing the talent shortage in generative AI. Thomson Reuters has launched a generative AI platform that allows subject-matter experts without coding skills to build AI tools….
As it races to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google has retired its Bard chatbot and released a more powerful app. First, there were talking digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant. Then there were online chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Bard. Now, the two are merging. On Thursday, Google introduced Gemini, a smartphone app that behaves…
Members of England’s Lionesses squad and former cricketer Stuart Broad are among the sporting figures recognised in the New Year Honours. Millie Bright, England’s captain at the World Cup, is appointed an OBE, while Mary Earps and Lauren Hemp become MBEs. Broad, who retired after the Ashes in July, has been appointed a CBE. Former…