The predicted dystopia that the invention of Artificial Intelligence appears to have arrived sooner than later as OpenAI revealed last week that an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup, all by itself in an “unprecedented incident”.
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Nigeria’s Dangote mega-refinery said it has secured $2.5 billion in investment from private investors to fund its expansion plans, as it widens its refining business to east Africa.
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A Florida pastor has sued ChatGPT, claiming the AI bot gave him dangerous medical advice that discouraged him from seeking treatment for weeks, almost killing him.
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Two siblings have been left facing a £59,000 bill following a family dispute which saw their mother’s dead body lying unburied for four years.
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Thousands of protesters gathered in the heart of the Indian capital on Monday, demanding the Education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and wider examination reforms, in a show of force by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) online movement.
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Aubrie Greene, the CEO of Breezzy’s Lemonade, was fatally shot while driving, just weeks after his high school graduation.
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After years of debate, French MPs have voted to adopt a bill to establish a right to assisted dying for some adults suffering from an incurable condition under strict rules.
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The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo “continues to outpace the response efforts,” the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said on Tuesday after returning from a trip to Bunia, in Ituri province, which is one of the worst hit areas.
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A Kenyan court refused to grant Rastafarians the right to smoke weed on religious grounds in a ruling Wednesday.
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A Roman Catholic priest from Nigeria who’d been preparing to leave the United States over his visa issue was found dead in what is thought could be suicide, according to church officials in Massachusetts, where he’d been serving as a hospital chaplain for several years.
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