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- Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots based on large language models are known to occasionally make things up, including scientific and legal citations. It turns out that measuring how accurate an AI model’s citations are is a good way of assessing the model’s reasoning abilities. An AI model “reasons” by breaking down a… Read more » - Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history
Gravity pulls us to Earth, a lesson you learn viscerally the first time you fall. Isaac Newton described gravity as a universal attractive force, one that holds the Moon in orbit around the Earth, the planets in orbit around the Sun, and the Sun in orbit around the centre of… Read more » - What2Watch: The Last of UsThe first season of HBO’s The Last of Us is one of those rare exceptions to the rule that all videogame adaptations… suck. Credit where it’s due. Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic IP didn’t need much coaxing out of its shell to the small screen. All it was missing was a stellar cast and… Read more »
- Amplifying delusions: How social media can negatively impact our mental well-beingImagine a tribe of uncontacted hunter-gatherers in the deepest Amazon rainforest. Anthropologists airdrop dozens of smartphones loaded with social media apps, with solar chargers, simple instructions in their native language and Wi-Fi just within the tribe. What would happen to their culture and their mental health? Such an experiment appears… Read more »
- LG wants AI to keep an eye on your mood to sell you more personal ads
The TV, once a humble cornerstone of your home, will now keep a trained eye on your habits, emotions, and personal beliefs – all to serve ads that are more personalised. That’s only if you own an LG TV, however, which recently partnered with Zenapse to build that very functionality… Read more » - FNB expands eBucks with new travel features ahead of the long weekend
To celebrate the extra-long weekend and minimise the stress a weekend getaway can bring, FNB has introduced new ways for eBucks customers to interact with and spend their saved-up points. Whether it’s this weekend or another, certain customers can now book local accommodation and even their travel through the FNB… Read more » - Honor Magic 7 Pro review – Formidable flagship
The Honor Magic 7 Pro is the brand’s latest smartphone to launch in South Africa, only a few months after it debuted in China. It succeeds the well-received Magic 6 Pro and ticks every box for a flagship device in 2025. That includes Qualcomm’s current best chip, an imposing rear… Read more » - DJI’s Zenmuse V1 is a speaker for drones that lets users yell at distant people
You know that dystopian vision of deserted streets with drones blaring out messages warning you to stay in your home? DJI’s new Zenmuse V1 speaker accessory for drones has made it a purchasable-at-retail possibility. Not that you’re likely to buy one of these, unless you’ve got a DJI Matrice 350… Read more » - We need to stop pretending AI is intelligent – here’s how
We are constantly fed a version of AI that looks, sounds and acts suspiciously like us. It speaks in polished sentences, mimics emotions, expresses curiosity, claims to feel compassion, even dabbles in what it calls creativity. But here’s the truth: it possesses none of those qualities. It is not human.… Read more » - Samsung finally debuts its latest Galaxy A Series in South Africa, starting at R5,000
Samsung Mobile South Africa believes the time is finally ripe to “launch” the decisively budget and mid-range Galaxy A Series in South Africa, despite the devices hitting shelves in March. Officially unveiled at a launch event in Johannesburg this evening, Samsung offered attendees a closer look at the three devices… Read more »
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