AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem
Apr 19, 2024 06:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated images of people of color instead of white people in historical settings that featured white people. Adobe Fireflys image creation tool saw...
An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons programme is unlikely – here’s why
Apr 19, 2024 06:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Israels prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to retaliate against Iran for the unprecedented aerial assault on April 13. He has made it clear that we will make our own decisions, and the state of Israel will do...
How India’s economy has fared under ten years of Narendra Modi
Apr 19, 2024 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
More than 960 million Indians will head to the polls in the worlds biggest election between April 19 and early June. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is seeking a third...
Low pay and few contracts make freelance journalism a bleak prospect in 2024
Apr 19, 2024 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Over the past two decades in the news industry, weve witnessed shrinking newsrooms, mass redundancies and the steady decline of regional news on a global scale. With fewer opportunities for steady employment in this...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India
Apr 19, 2024 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Since 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis popularity has grown exponentially and so has the formidable organisational machine of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These two factors will be key to delivering the BJP...
Why the government’s haste in changing the health system could come back to haunt it
Apr 19, 2024 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Since coming into power, the coalition government has adopted a simple but shrewd see-how-fast-we-can-move political strategy. However, in the health sector this need for speed entails policy risks that could come back...
Apr 19, 2024 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Politics
What comes to mind when you read the slogan I love Canadian Oil and Gas? Energy independence? Royalties for government coffers? Good jobs for Canadian workers? Canadas oil and gas sector is in the throes of profound...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects