Long looked down upon, skilled trades are booming in the U.S., especially among young adults as AI eats into service-sector jobs
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Data centres emitting more CO2 than thought: study
Data centre emissions could more than double by 2030, leading to an estimated $154 billion in annual climate damages
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‘One-time opportunity’: South Korea bets big on AI boom
South Korea has pledged to triple spending on AI this year, aiming to join the United States and China as one of the world’s top AI powers
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London police to extend use of live facial recognition, drones
Police say AI, drones and live facial recognition are essential to fighting crime, but rights groups warn of growing surveillance powers
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Australia sells advanced radar to Canada in $2.5B deal
Australia’s largest-ever defence export strengthens strategic ties with Canada as Ottawa bolsters Arctic surveillance and early-warning capabilities
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Australia teen social media ban has little impact: research
Ban introduced in December was designed to protect children from online bullying and ‘predatory algorithms’
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First global rules adopted for self-driving cars: UN
The U.N. has approved the first global safety rules for fully autonomous vehicles, with implementation expected in 2027
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AI can outpace cybersecurity norms ‘in months’: spy alliance
Artificial intelligence models improving quickly enough to outsmart prevailing cybersecurity, says Five Eyes
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Does AI make the case for a UBI?
Ottawa has a plan to boost uptake of AI. Does it have a plan for workers if artificial intelligence causes their jobs to disappear?
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Robots pour cocktails and run marathons, but still can’t multitask
Developers are working on making humanoid robots that can multi-task, and to do that many are collecting data on humans