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Microsoft claims it has a new capability that detects and corrects false or misleading statements from AI. ADVERTISEMENTMicrosoft unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature this week that it says will help to correct models’ false statements.The new “Correction” capability will identify AI output inaccuracies and fix them, according to the technology giant.So-called AI hallucinations will be corrected in real-time “before users of generative AI applications encounter them,” Microsoft said, with a spokesperson calling it a “new first-of-its-kind capability”.The feature works by scanning and highlighting the inaccurate part of a response. It can then generate a response about why the…

Video. Housing activists, environmental groups and unions mobilised in the wake of souring housing costs.

Russia launched a third day of strikes on the southeastern city as it continues to try and stretch Ukraine’s air defences.

Heavy rains have caused thousands to evacuate in Central Europe, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Anti-Iran protests in Sweden have spiked in recent years, and the Islamic Republic is being blamed for instigating an international backlash. ADVERTISEMENTSwedish authorities have accused Iran of being responsible for text messages sent to thousands of people calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book.Officials in Stockholm claimed that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard carried out “a data breach” and managed to send “some 15,000 text messages in Swedish” over the string of public burnings of the Quran, which sparked major protests in Sweden and beyond.Senior prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said that a preliminary investigation by Sweden’s domestic security agency,…

The call comes after Brussels blocked billions in funds to Poland and Hungary due to concerns over judicial reforms and democratic backsliding.

Many of those hurt in the attack suffered injuries to their hands, face and eyes because the devices received messages just before they detonated, so they were looking at the devices as they exploded.

Video. Among those wounded by the glide bombs include an eight-year-old and two 17-year-olds, according to Kharkiv’s mayor Ihor Terekhov.

A rescue effort is underway as 18 miners are believed to be trapped in the mine’s tunnels at a depth of 700 metres below the surface. ADVERTISEMENTAn explosion at an Iranian coal mine triggered by a methane leak has killed at least 32 people and injured 17 others, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. Another 18 miners are believed to be trapped inside the site. The report said the explosion occurred at a coal mine in Tabas, 540 kilometres southeast of the capital, Tehran.Authorities were sending emergency personnel to the area after the blast late on Saturday, it said. Around…

Native prickly pear and lava cactus have a very narrow distribution on the Galápagos, making their recovery vital.