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UK Keir Starmer has decided not to attend the AI Action Summit held in Paris from 10-11 February 2025. The global event features world leaders such as France’s Emmanuel Macron, India’s PM Narendra Modi and US Vice President JD Vance. The Prime Minister has been widely criticized for not taking part in the event that the BBC described on February 6th by Global Powers as a platform to measure AI capabilities. What does it mean to be a world leader who has neglected to attend a global summit? Many of the important transactions that occur at global events like these…
LAGOS, Nigeria — Sodiktaiu looks out of the window in his Lagos bedroom and watches the kids play and play vickers in his backyard. One of their favorite games is “The Police and the Thief,” where the heroes chase after criminals and utter “Pew Pugh” as if shooting down a cheating person. Taiwan laughs sarcastically while waiting online for Grand Theft Auto V (GTA). This is an extension of the game franchise that allows players to role-play as criminals and ends the installation on your computer. That day, the 29-year-old digital marketer, tech content creator and gamer was on Uber…
Sarah Duterte has been bounced off for suspicious crimes, including threatening the president’s life and violating the constitution and corruption.Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte is measuring his run for the presidency as he prepares to fight each. In her first public comment since the country’s House of Representatives approved the blast each this week, the 46-year-old said on Friday that the case was in her lawyer’s hands, and her father, the 79-year-old ex. The president added lawyer Rodrigo Duterte, who is welcome to join her defense team “if he wants.” “The legal team is still preparing for defense and (we’re…
The Animal Health, Nutrition and Technology Innovation Europe (Ahnti EU) event is set to return to London in 2025, marking its 10th anniversary as the cornerstone of the industry. Over 800 industry leaders will gather at Intercontinental London from February 10th to 12th. This discusses groundbreaking advancements and the future of animal health, nutrition and technology. Ten years of advances in animal health For the past decade, the Ahnti EU has been a driving force behind promoting innovation, tackling challenges and seizing opportunities across the animal health value chain. This year, the event will not only reflect sector progress, but…
Meta said it will work with UNESCO to launch a new program, collecting speech recordings and transcriptions, and helping to develop openly available AI in the future. The Language Technology Partner program, the Program, is looking for collaborators who can contribute over 10 hours of audio recordings, including transcriptions, large amounts of written text, and a set of translated sentences, in “various languages.” According to META, the partners will work with the company’s AI team to integrate these languages into AI’s speech recognition and translation models. So far, partners include the Nunavut government, a densely populated territory in northern Canada.…
Finland aims to become the European semiconductor leader in the Tampere region, the heart of this effort, through its Finland’s Chip Competence Centre, SIPFAB Pilot Line and the EU design platform. Finland has decided to adopt the EU chips law and has created a strong national collaboration network to promote the semiconductor industry. This strategy brings together university, corporate experts and public stakeholders to create a growth platform for the semiconductor business. Within this framework, the Tampere region plays an important role. Petri Räsänen, chip director of Business Tampere’s Tampere program, sees the key factors and national cooperation that enable…
Trump ordered the property to be frozen and ordered travel bans on ICC officials, employees and their families.President Donald Trump slapped sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and accused Israel and the United States of abusing them. The US leader signed an executive order late Thursday, setting financial and visa restrictions on ICC staff and those who support ICC investigations against the US and its allies. The order condemns the ICC “an illegal and unfounded action targeting the US and our allies, Israel,” the White House said. The move coincided with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the…
The frigid winds blew away our tents in the Gaza Strip. There, hundreds of thousands of people remain homeless in a two-week-old ceasefire. The Palestinians on the territory are enduring the second cold, damp winter since Israel’s war with Gaza began in October 2023. Strong winds and rains have made the people suffer, and thousands of families live in worn-out tents after the bombings destroyed their homes. Since the ceasefire took effect last month, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza and suspended Israel’s 15-month attack. However, most people have found their homes to be destroyed or…
According to a multinational team of researchers, 2025 could be a year when marine conservation efforts will increase. In the new study, a team led by Octavio Abrut of the Scripps Marine Facilities in San Diego, California, has presented a comprehensive framework for the Marine Prosperity Region or MPPA. This science-based effort focuses on prosperity and aligns this science-based effort with human well-being and the restoration of designated marine and coastal environments. A holistic approach to marine conservation Marine Prosperity Regions present a more holistic approach to marine conservation in a framework that seeks to enhance human prosperity during periods…
Sprinklr, a US company that provides a customer experience management platform for global brands, has fired about 15% of its employees (approximately 500 employees) because business performance doesn’t meet expectations. The new layoffs came less than a year after the company cut around 3% of its workforce in May and previously cut its employee count by 4% in 2023. The New York-based company, which counts Microsoft, P&G and Samsung among more than 1,800 global customers, has begun notifying affected employees about this week’s cut, TechCrunch learned and confirmed at the company . “We will refocus and rebalance investments, talent and…