How AI’s language barrier limits climate disaster responses

[ad_1] A message appears online during heavy flooding: “This rain no be small o, everywhere don red.” Someone unfamiliar with the phrasing might hesitate. But for people in Nigeria, this message is immediate and clear: the flooding is severe and worsening. Moments like this happen all the time on digital platforms. People don’t write in […]

Tiny village could be swamped by 40,000 homes amid major housebuilding push

[ad_1] If the housebuilding goes ahead, Tempsford would become bigger than Cambridge David Sutton, a parish councillor for Tempsford Residents in a tiny village fear they will soon be swamped by Britain’s biggest new town and 40,000 new homes. Many of the 600 residents of Tempsford, just over the Bedfordshire border, are frustrated after the […]

From Killer Apnoea To REM: Five Of The Most-Searched Sleep Questions, Answered

[ad_1] Sleep is one of those things, like wi-fi or anaesthesia, that gets odder the more you think about it. In fact, scientists still don’t know for sure why we spend a third of our lives unable to move or perceive the world around us. So perhaps it’s no wonder it’s a heavily-searched topic. According […]

Gaza schoolgirl shot dead by Israeli forces ‘in front of other students’

[ad_1] Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women […]

OpenAI halts UK stargate project amid regulatory and energy price concerns

[ad_1] OpenAI’s Stargate project in the U.K. is being paused, with the company pointing towards the cost of energy and the country’s regulatory environment. The U.S. AI startup announced plans for the major infrastructure project in September, saying it would deploy up to 8,000 GPUs in partnership with Nscale and Nvidia. Politico first reported on […]