Untested AI-based tools could harm patients, WHO warns

Untested AI-based tools could harm patients, WHO warns

Cautionary measures normally applied to any new technology are not being exercised consistently with regard to large language model (LLM) tools, which use AI for crunching data, creating content, and answering questions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned. “Precipitous adoption of untested systems could lead to errors by healthcare workers, cause harm to patients, erode…

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Values of UN Charter under threat like never before, warns Guterres

Values of UN Charter under threat like never before, warns Guterres

In response to the assault on the principles behind the United Nations, António Guterres said that the international community needed to raise the alarm, and “reaffirm those values.” ‘Elusive and fragile’ Above all, “we need peace” he told the audience gathered for the prestigious award championing multilateralism in Europe, at the Royal Monastery of Yuste,…

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Geoffrey Hinton warns against artificial intelligence

Geoffrey Hinton warns against artificial intelligence

File photo Geoffrey Hinton, considered to be the godfather of artificial intelligence, left Google after warning of his own technology. In his statement, computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton said that artificial intelligence technology is more dangerous than expected. Geoffrey Hinton, who has worked on artificial intelligence for half a century, apologized for his creation but also…

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Current climate polices ‘a death sentence’ for the world, warns Guterres

Current climate polices ‘a death sentence’ for the world, warns Guterres

Antonio Guterres was addressing via videolink, the fourth meeting of the Major Economies Forum, convened by the United States President Joe Biden, which is designed to galvanize efforts to keep the global temperature rise of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, within reach – in line with the Paris Agreement. Biggest coffers, biggest emitters “You are the…

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Climate change making Earth ‘uninhabitable’ Guterres warns

Climate change making Earth ‘uninhabitable’ Guterres warns

He laid down the challenge to governments worldwide, to make 2023 a year of “transformation, not tinkering” when it comes to seriously addressing climate change, with meaningful climate action. ‘Closer to the brink’ “Every year of insufficient action to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius drives us closer to the brink, increasing systemic risks and…

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Haiti: Amid rising hunger levels, ‘world cannot wait for disaster before it acts’, WFP warns

Haiti: Amid rising hunger levels, ‘world cannot wait for disaster before it acts’, WFP warns

“Haiti can’t wait,” said Jean-Martin Bauer, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director for the country. “We cannot wait for the scale of the problem to be expressed in deaths before the world responds, but that is where we are heading.” Half the population – 4.9 million people – are now struggling to access food, according…

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