People are increasingly turning to AI for advice on life, seeing it as sentient. (Graphic created by GenAI) As artificial intelligence (AI) heavyweights concede the technology may one day develop consciousness, academics warn that humans are already treating bots as sentient beings – a trend that is not only scientifically inaccurate but potentially dangerous. Celeste…
Mooketsi Mocumi, strategic communications and corporate affairs adviser. South Africa now has something the telecommunications sector has long called for: a costed, structured roadmap to achieve universal, meaningful connectivity. The proposed investment of roughly R142 billion to deliver 100Mbps broadband to all households by 2035 is ambitious, necessary and overdue. But the most important question…
This is the online version of From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Ahead of this evening’s State of the Union address, Peter Nicholas dives into the economic dilemma President Donald Trump is…
Ukraine’s desire to join NATO was a “key question” discussed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior American officials during talks in Moscow, the Kremlin says. Putin’s top aide, Yury Ushakov, made the comment on Wednesday, the day after an almost five-hour meeting between Putin and Washington officials Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner failed to…
When we think about what sets humans apart from other animals, language often comes to mind. Language is more than words – it also relies on the ability to build shared understanding through conversation. At the heart of conversation is turn-taking: the ability to coordinate interaction in time. This means alternating speaking roles, where one…
