New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for ‘billions’
US news organisation the New York Times is suing ChatGPT-owner OpenAI over claims its copyright was infringed to train the system. Read more
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College pays fired conservative professor $185,000 to avoid free speech lawsuit
A political science professor and former police officer effectively fired by St. Philip’s College earlier this year after allowing debate on topics such as gender ideology and police brutality has received a $185,000 settlement. Read more
Amazon drought: ‘We’ve never seen anything like this’
The Amazon rainforest experienced its worst drought on record in 2023. Many villages became unreachable by river, wildfires raged and wildlife died. Some scientists worry events like these are a sign that the world's biggest forest is fast approaching a point of no return. Read more
Academy reveals top 10 engineering achievements
The Chinese Academy of Engineering has named the top 10 cutting-edge engineering breakthroughs with global significance in the past five years, including China's space station, the Harmony operating system developed by Chinese technology giant Huawei and ChatGPT. Read more
We did it together’: New York mother and daughter graduate college on same day
Tanisha, 36, and Barbara Wiggins, received degrees in human services together from Onondaga Community College in Syracuse Read more
Catholic women’s college reverses course, won’t admit men ‘who identify as women’
A Catholic women’s college in Indiana will drop its plan to admit men “who identify as women,” following significant backlash. Read more
Five new soft-furred hedgehog species discovered
Scientists have discovered five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from South East Asia. Read more
China to increase curbs on video gaming industry
China is to bring in new rules that will limit the amount of money and time that people can spend on video games. Read more
Harvard finds more instances of ‘duplicative language’ in president’s work
Harvard University, in the face of mounting questions over possible plagiarism in the scholarly work of its president, Claudine Gay, said on Wednesday that it had found two additional instances of insufficient citation in her work. Read more
AI ‘lab partner’ designs and executes its own experiments
New system can help democratise science and speed pace of discovery, says study Read more
