JEFF PACHOUD / AFP Illustrative photo taken at Sciences Po Lyon, May 2, 2024. JEFF PACHOUD / AFP Illustrative photo taken at Sciences Po Lyon, May 2, 2024. POLITICS – For the second time in less than ten days, this Friday, May 3, the police intervened at Sciences Po Paris evict several dozen pro-Palestinian students … Read more
Per Le Figaro with AFP Published 5 hours ago, Update 5 hours ago Noami Osaka defeated Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva (6-2/7-6) in the Billie Jean King Cup. YUICHI YAMAZAKI / AFP Former world number one Naomi Osaka announced during the Billie Jean King Cup that she wants to participate in the Paris Games this summer. “I … Read more
A dog capable of remembering the names of 100, 200, or even 300 toys is as rare as it is impressive. Animal behaviorist Claudia Fugazza knows a thing or two about this. She studies learned dogs. In 2020, this ethologist starts A genius dog challenge, a social media campaign. Goal? Recruit intelligent, highly intelligent dogs. … Read more
The recent launch of the large language model Claude 3 has reignited discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) consciousness. This is partly because Claude seemed to be philosophizing about his own consciousness viral posts (New window) and that the company that created it, Anthropic, asserted (New window) that Claude exhibits “quasi-human” degrees of understanding and fluency. … Read more
CHRONICLE – Faced with the spectacular acceleration of the development of artificial intelligence, Europe is marginalized in innovation, but nevertheless tries to impose itself in terms of regulation. Technology is the key to the 21st centurye century, and artificial intelligence (AI) constitutes its new frontier. It represents a disruptive innovation par excellence because it disrupts … Read more
Vietnam wants to cooperate more with UNESCO in natural sciences Vietnam has always considered science and technology as the main national policy and an important driver of its rapid and sustainable development, said Ambassador Nguyên Thi Van Anh, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for Exact and Natural Sciences, Lidia Arthur … Read more
Museum Science East in Fredericton, New Brunswick, announces a temporary closure to the public but not to schools, citing financial and operational “considerations.” The Board of Directors made this difficult decision due to the reality of fundingexplains the latter in the publication on Facebook. As an organization that relies heavily on government and private funders, … Read more
Per Le Figaro with AFP Published 2 hours ago, Update 2 hours ago A Pakistani woman votes in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 8, 2024 FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP Mobile internet services have been suspended across the board Pakistan for election day on Thursday, the decision was rejected as “fundamentally undemocratic” by an Internet governance watchdog. … Read more
While the Manitoba Legislature is on recess, thirty young people are taking over this weekend for the Franco-Manitoban Youth Parliament (PJFM), which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Gathered in the Manitoba Legislative Building, they examine various fictional or actual laws related to environmental protection, French language reform, and the integration of artificial intelligence … Read more
Per LENA Published 7 hours ago, Update 6 hours ago Tagged #TrueCrime or even #TrueHistory, videos featuring the deceased abound on TikTok or YouTube. DR SEEN FROM THE SECOND PART – AI made short work of the biggest challenge: generating digital twins of the deceased, from de Gaulle to little Grégory. But also missing loved … Read more