Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for optogenetics work
US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the prize for their work that helps researchers understand how specific cell types contribute to behaviors like learning, fear, addiction and movement.
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology.
The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will happen” in an interview that sparked an instant backlash from critics of the major AI companies. His comments came after one of his company’s safety experts resigned, saying at the weekend that its “culture is broken”. Continue reading...
Schoolboy, 15, loses hand after picking up police stun grenade during French school protests
Prime minister orders ministers to tackle students’ five major demands, including organising replacement teachers and school repairs
Hundreds of schools in France remained fully or partially closed on Monday as teenagers continued to blockade buildings and the government struggled to contain the biggest youth protest movement in years.
A 15-year-old protesting against what the demonstrators say are France’s dilapidated and understaffed schools had his hand blown off on Monday in the northern town of Lens, the local prefect François-Xavier Lauch said. Continue reading...
Adidas sues Australian label White Fox over ‘deceptively similar’ four-stripe clothing
Sports clothing brand bought allegedly trademark-contravening clothes and copies of ubiquitous White Fox bus ads to present in court
Adidas has sued White Fox Boutique over its omnipresent advertisements and sales of clothes with four stripes, alleging breach of its three-stripe trademark.
The German-headquartered sports clothing brand accused White Fox of rejecting its repeated requests to stop selling the clothes in filings in the federal court of Australia. Continue reading...
French school protests expected to grow on ‘day of mobilisation’ – Europe live
Thousands of trade unionists, teachers, public sector workers and parents’ groups are expected to join in marches nationwide
In Germany, newly elected state lawmakers in Saxony-Anhalt will gather for the first time in the parliament building in the state capital Magdeburg to elect a speaker, with the AfD’s candidate Tobias Rausch expected to win.
It would be the first time a far-right party has held such a position in postwar German history, AFP noted. Continue reading...
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