“ChatGPT just lost its job to AI” Just a week ago Donald Trump gathered some of his young new tech friends to announce the hubristically named Stargate: a colossal government-backed plan to spend $500 billion on AI and associated infrastructure. This, Trump confidently announced, was “the largest AI infrastructure project by far in history”, the purpose of which was to keep ”the future of technology” in the US.
Mpox: nothing learned from COVID-19 A new strain of Mpox is tearing through Central Africa. Since the start of the year, 13 African countries have reported more than 22,800 Mpox cases and 622 deaths, which represents a 160 percent increase compared with the same period in 2023. This is likely only a fraction of the real number. What is clear is that, four years on, nothing has been learned from COVID-19.
Telegram founder arrested: freedom of communication under attack! On 24 August, Pavel Durov, the Russian billionaire owner of encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested by French police. Interrogated for four days, he was yesterday transported to a court and charged on all counts. Now, awaiting trial, he has been released on a €5 million bail, must visit the French police twice a week, and has been prevented from leaving France. A warrant is also out for the arrest of his brother, the co-founder of Telegram.
