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The UN seems to have forgotten what matters to humanity

The UN seems to have forgotten what matters to humanity
Stephen Heins -
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In 2000, the United Nations set eight millennium development goals (MDGs). They were not poetry. They were a short list of mostly efficient, targeted aims: cut extreme poverty in half, get children into school, slash child and maternal deaths, fight the big killer diseases,...
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BIG Wrap

Nvidia extends spending spree with $12.9B deal for Hugging Face

(New York Times) Nvidia said on Thursday that it is buying Hugging Face, a library of open artificial intelligence models, for $12.9 billion, as the...

Why has the Netherlands moved $10 billion of its gold from the U.S.?

(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Netherlands has moved billions of dollars of its gold reserves out of the United States and Canada, and transferred...

BIG Exclusives

AI ethics in practice: real dilemmas, real decisions

AI ethics in practice: real dilemmas, real decisions

Mark Jennings-Bates - 0
Artificial intelligence has no shortage of ethical principles. Fairness, transparency, accountability, privacy, human oversight and explainability now appear in corporate policies, government frameworks, and...
The sum of all fears – choosing an optimistic path amid widespread chaos

The sum of all fears – choosing an optimistic path amid...

Grant Wilde - 0
On “eclipse day”, I found myself compelled to write about a confounding question; how many existential crises does it take? It might sound like...
Reflections on the politics of propaganda in science

Reflections on the politics of propaganda in science

Peter Dorrins - 0
Many published articles and other media content have come to the forefront on mainstream and social media related to so-called anthropogenic global warming (AGW)...
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BIG Chuckle

Pumped-up politicians trade blows in battle of the brains

As a part-time humour writer, I am always looking for ways to tickle readers' funny bones. Sometimes, though, in order to elicit a chuckle, all...

Step aside Donald – I am gunning for the Nobel Peace Prize

With the United States having initiated military conflict with numerous nations in recent months, I think it is safe to say that Donald Trump...
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News media faith in experts continues to lead us astray

Rob Driscoll -
Don't blame Anthony Fauci and other medical officials for all of the lies. Don't blame Al Gore and the other climate alarmists for being wrong...
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From cribbage board to battlefield, AI-generated content is not to be trusted blindly

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Once again today, I find myself defending the work of my editorial team because an armchair quarterback has had an AI chatbot provide analysis...
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The Dunning-Kruger effect – why you are often wrong when it feels so right

Rob Driscoll -
In 2021 and 2022, as a fledgling platform offering an elevated form of news journalism, it was difficult to educate the masses because the...
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