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OpenClaw creator says AI agent future is coming
Peter Steinberger’s artificial intelligence agent tool OpenClaw has taken the tech world by storm with its ability to execute real-life tasks such as checking him in for his flight to Tokyo. AI is not yet a ubiquitous personal assistant for ordinary people, but “you’ll see much more of that this year because this is the […]
Dubious AI detectors drive ‘pay-to-humanise’ scam
Feed an Iranian news dispatch or a literary classic into some text detectors, and they return the same verdict: AI-generated. Then comes the pitch: pay to “humanise” the writing, a pattern experts say bears the hallmarks of a scam. As AI falsehoods explode across social media, often outpacing the capacity of professional fact-checkers, bogus detectors […]
Iran war: What is happening on day 32 of US-Israel attacks?
As the war on Iran enters day 32, US and Israeli air strikes continue across Iran, with powerful explosions reported in Tehran and Isfahan. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said communication between Tehran and Washington is ongoing, mostly through intermediaries, adding US war objectives would be […]
Iran war wipes $120bn off Dubai, Abu Dhabi stock markets
The United Arab Emirates’ stock markets in Dubai and Abu Dhabi have lost around $120bn in value since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, placing them among the hardest-hit financial markets worldwide. Dubai and Abu Dhabi’s benchmark indexes have plunged about 16 percent and 9 percent, respectively, since the United States and Israel […]