• The Telegraph

    Row over Spectator writer’s trip to massage parlour after watching lecture

    When The Spectator’s sketch writer sat in on a lecture at the University of Cambridge about Immanuel Kant, his thoughts began to wander from the theories of the philosopher.

  • Reuters

    Google consolidates its DeepMind and Research teams amid AI push

    Alphabet-owned Google said on Thursday it would consolidate teams that focus on building artificial intelligence models across its Research and DeepMind divisions in its latest push to develop its AI portfolio. Google will relocate its Responsible AI teams - which focuses on safe AI development - from Research to DeepMind so that they are closer to where AI models are built and scaled, the company said in a blog post. The DeepMind team helped develop Google's most advanced artificial intelligence model, Gemini, which was unveiled late last year and can crunch different forms of information such as video, audio and text.

  • Reuters

    UPDATE 1-At UN, Iran warns Israel against further military action

    Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that Israel "must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our interests" as the U.N. secretary-general warned that the Middle East was in a "moment of maximum peril." "In case of any use of force by the Israeli regime and violating our sovereignty, the Islamic Republic of Iran will not hesitate a bit to assert its inherent rights to give a decisive and proper response to it to make the regime regret its actions," said Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.