Sentient Co-Founder: Decentralized AI Crucial for Achieving Artificial General Intelligence
The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is shifting its focus to artificial general intelligence (AGI), with experts emphasizing the need for decentralized AI to achieve human-level reasoning and task completion. Decentralized AI: Key to AGI’s Future The artificial intelligence (AI) industry, riding a wave of unprecedented growth and innovation…
Climate change and prehistoric human populations: Eastward shift of settlement areas at the end of the last ice age
An archaeological study of human settlement during the Final Palaeolithic revealed that populations in Europe did not decrease homogenously during the last cold phase of the Ice Age. Significant variation in regional population sizes indicate differentiated reactions nested in an overall shift of settlement areas towards the east…
Second batch of emergency humanitarian aid supplies by Chinese gov’t arrives in Myanmar
The second batch of emergency humanitarian aid supplies dispatched by the Chinese government arrives at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, April 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng) YANGON, April 3 (Xinhua) — The second batch of emergency humanitarian aid supplies dispatched by the Chinese government arrived at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar on Thursday…
What the MAHA movement gets wrong about meat
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited West Virginia on March 28 to promote his “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda at an event where he cruelly criticized state Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s weight. Kennedy suggested that he would host a public weigh-in and celebration once Morrisey had shed 30 pounds…
These birds are keeping a record of humanity—one wrapper at a time
An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a world with more plastic.
South Korea’s Constitutional Court removes President Yoon from office
South Korea’s Constitutional Court said that President Yoon Suk-yeol ‘violated’ basic rights by declaring martial law…
‘Soft skills are hot skills’: Forget coding or marketing, LinkedIn highlights must-have skills to get a job quickly
LinkedIn’s “Skills on the Rise 2025” report reveals that human-centric skills, like conflict mitigation and adaptability, are increasingly in demand. These so-called soft skills are vital in a post-Covid workplace, where AI can’t easily replicate them. McCask…
Muturi Fires Back at Ruto Over Cabinet Dismissal, Denies Poor Performance Led to His Sacking
Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has vehemently denied claims that his removal from office was due to poor performance or absenteeism from Cabinet meetings. In a press briefing held on Wednesday, Muturi clarified that his dismissal was directly related to his persistent calls for the government to address serious human rights issues…
Nepali farmers switch crops to reduce human-elephant conflict
A village on Nepal’s border with India has found a way to reduce conflicts with wild Asian elephants in recent years: By switching their crops from rice and maize, which elephants love to eat, to tea and lemon, the farmers of Bahundangi are now seeing fewer elephants devouring their harvest…