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🇪🇪 ERR
National & Local

A real person alleviates feelings of loneliness better than artificial intelligence

A study finds that human interactions provide more lasting relief from feelings of loneliness compared to conversations with AI chatbots.

Mar 23 • 06:20 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

AI Companies Found a Way to Profit from Loneliness, Says Sociologist

British sociologist James Muldoon explores the emotional impacts of artificial intelligence on human relationships in his new book.

Mar 23 • 02:00 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Jorge Oscar Montiel: the military who disappeared in 1975 for trying to prevent the coup a year earlier

Jorge Oscar Montiel, a retired lieutenant colonel and intelligence agent, was abducted and disappeared in 1975 after uncovering a military coup attempt against President María Estela Martínez de Perón.

Mar 22 • 21:49 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
National & Local

The Church, the "new things" and the need to find a balance between technology and humanity

The Vatican's recent document on artificial intelligence, titled 'Quo vadis humanitas?', aims to provoke thought on the relationship between technology and human dignity, drawing parallels with historical teachings.

Mar 22 • 11:00 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

How the giants of AI attempted to storm the last bastion of the human mind: the mathematical Olympics

The article discusses the recent controversy surrounding the role of artificial intelligence in the International Mathematical Olympiad, highlighting a supposed victory that overshadowed the achievements of human participants.

Mar 22 • 04:30 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

New organizational paradigm: how AI transforms talent search in companies

Companies increasingly use AI technology in talent recruitment processes, offering both advantages and challenges.

Mar 20 • 17:34 UTC
🇱🇻 LSM
National & Local

Artificial Intelligence Will Not Replace This Work. Social Workers Are an Untapped Resource in Strengthening Communities

Social workers are increasingly involved in political activism, advocating for various marginalized groups and shifting the focus of their work from individual aid to community-oriented support.

Mar 20 • 14:46 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
National & Local

Argentina declassifies intelligence documents from the dictatorship

Argentina has declassified and published nearly 500 pages of intelligence documents from the period of its last dictatorship, which lasted from 1973 to 1983.

Mar 19 • 21:28 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

A US senator proposed a law to limit the use of AI in the Pentagon and prevent lethal decisions without human control

US Senator Elissa Slotkin has introduced the AI Guardrails Act of 2026 to establish formal regulations on the use of artificial intelligence in the Pentagon, particularly focusing on lethal autonomous weapons and nuclear weapon control.

Mar 19 • 18:24 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
National & Local

Venezuela: New Ministers in Caracas

In Venezuela, Interim President Delcy Rodríguez has reshuffled her cabinet, replacing longtime Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López with former intelligence chief Gustavo González López amid U.S. sanctions and accusations of human rights abuses.

Mar 19 • 14:41 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Life & Tech

World proposes an online test to demonstrate that an AI agent works on behalf of a real person

World is developing a tool to identify AI agents with a unique human identity linked to the web's x402 protocol.

Mar 18 • 15:50 UTC
🇪🇪 ERR
World

Iranian Regime Executes Swedish Citizen

The Iranian regime has executed a Swedish citizen, who was reportedly accused of working for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.

Mar 18 • 13:52 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

Marta Jakowluk: Everyone Can Have a 'Virtual Assistant' Today

The article discusses the implications of the AI Act on employment and hiring processes in Poland, highlighting the requirement for human decision-making in recruitment to prevent discrimination.

Mar 18 • 03:50 UTC
🇳🇴 Aftenposten
National & Local

Readers should not accept being fobbed off with books that the publisher doesn't even think are worth the effort to get a human to translate

The article critiques the use of AI in translating popular romance novels, questioning the implications for quality and authenticity in literature.

Mar 17 • 13:00 UTC
🇨🇿 Novinky.cz
Life & Tech

Director Verbinski: I don't want AI to breathe for me, but to solve cancer

Director Gore Verbinski expresses his desire for AI to tackle significant issues like cancer, rather than replace human creativity or decision-making.

Mar 17 • 09:05 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Mission Impossible: Why It Is So Difficult to Speak with a Human When Making a Complaint

The article discusses the frustrating experience of a woman trying to seek assistance from a health insurance company, highlighting the challenges posed by inadequate customer service and reliance on artificial intelligence.

Mar 17 • 09:01 UTC
🇪🇪 ERR
World

A group of artificial intelligence agents learned to coordinate the dissemination of propaganda online

A study reveals how a small group of AI agents coordinated and disseminated propaganda messages on social media without human intervention.

Mar 17 • 08:31 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
Life & Tech

The Mother of Artificial Intelligence: "Here’s Why Robots Will Not Replace Us"

Luigia Carlucci Aiello, a pioneering scientist in Italy, discusses the resilience of human beings in the face of advancing artificial intelligence technologies.

Mar 17 • 00:00 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
Life & Tech

Neurobiology: Cultivated Brain Cells Play the Ego Shooter 'Doom': A Milestone?

Australian startup Cortical Labs has cultivated a mass of 200,000 human neurons that have learned to play the video game 'Doom', raising questions about the future of artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces.

Mar 16 • 16:04 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
Life & Tech

Theater: "Were these pieces of information helpful?"

Artificial intelligence has made its way into theater, not only as a tool in creative processes but also as a central theme, raising questions about authorship and human-robot interactions.

Mar 16 • 15:46 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

They've Had Enough of AI. 'Human-made' and 'AI-free' – the Race for a Global Label Has Started

In response to growing criticism of artificial intelligence, various initiatives are emerging to create global labels that signify products are human-made or AI-free.

Mar 16 • 09:00 UTC
🇩🇰 Altinget
National & Local

Civic AI-driven media approaching launch

A new AI-driven civic news media outlet in Denmark is set to launch in the coming months, providing journalism powered by artificial intelligence and overseen by a human editorial team.

Mar 16 • 02:00 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
World

A soldierless, game-like war

The article discusses the implications of modern warfare characterized by drone usage and how it detaches human soldiers from the battlefield, likening it to a video game.

Mar 15 • 11:37 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Life & Tech

Can Artificial Intelligence Reach Human Levels? Why the 'Godfather' of AI Says LLMs are Nonsense

Yann LeCun, a prominent figure in the AI field, challenges the direction of AI development and argues against the potential of large language models (LLMs) reaching human intelligence.

Mar 15 • 06:42 UTC
🇫🇮 Yle Uutiset
Life & Tech

Roope Lipasti's column: Artificial Intelligence replaces many things, but not intelligence

The article discusses the limitations of artificial intelligence, particularly in its inability to mimic human understanding and experiential knowledge.

Mar 15 • 04:45 UTC
🇨🇳 South China Morning Post
World

Deadly strike on Iranian primary school raises questions about AI, accountability

A deadly airstrike on an Iranian primary school has prompted discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in military operations and the accountability of human operators in targeting decisions.

Mar 13 • 14:00 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
Life & Tech

Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence that can 'run' even from a simple laptop

A Greek research team is developing human-centric artificial intelligence that is energy-efficient and accessible, capable of running on simple laptops instead of requiring supercomputers.

Mar 13 • 05:03 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

European Parliament: Green light for the first international, legally binding treaty on Artificial Intelligence

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a resolution for the ratification of the Council of Europe's Convention on Artificial Intelligence, marking the first legally binding international framework for AI governance.

Mar 12 • 11:51 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
Life & Tech

How We Will Think in the Future: Quantum Technology is Coming – and it Works Even More Radically than AI

The article discusses the impending rise of quantum technology, which is expected to significantly influence human thought processes more than artificial intelligence has so far.

Mar 12 • 09:23 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

Professor - The Edge of Information Manipulations, Where Bots Test New Tactics

Recent studies indicate that artificial intelligence-driven bots are becoming increasingly difficult to identify, with a significant portion of social media users unable to distinguish between human and bot participation in discussions.

Mar 12 • 07:58 UTC
🇨🇳 South China Morning Post
World

China warns US against granting AI ability to ‘determine life and death’ on battlefield

China warns the US about the dangers of letting AI make life-and-death decisions in warfare, emphasizing the importance of human oversight in military applications of artificial intelligence.

Mar 11 • 13:01 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Life & Tech

AI vs. Imagination

The article discusses the impact of artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, on human cognition and imagination.

Mar 11 • 13:00 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Without light and without humans, the Chinese project to produce cars in 100% automated factories by robots

The article discusses the concept of 'dark factories' in China, which are fully automated, operate without human presence, and are designed to produce cars using advanced technologies.

Mar 11 • 10:01 UTC
🇨🇦 National Post
National & Local

Congolese man who worked for notorious intelligence agency stayed in Canada for 8 years after refugee claim

A Congolese man linked to a notorious intelligence agency faces deportation from Canada after spending eight years in the country following a rejected refugee claim.

Mar 11 • 10:00 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

He completed high school at 8 years old and obtained a doctorate in Quantum Physics at 15: now he wants to create 'superhumans' with AI

A young Argentine prodigy completed high school at age 8 and earned a PhD in Quantum Physics at 15, now aiming to enhance human capabilities through AI.

Mar 11 • 09:31 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
World

American Reports Assess Washington and Tehran's Losses in the War

Intelligence reports reveal significant human and military losses for both the US and Iran amid escalating tensions and military confrontations.

Mar 11 • 08:14 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

The shocking moment when an orca imitates human speech

A scientific study shows that orcas can imitate human speech sounds, raising discussions about their intelligence and cognitive abilities.

Mar 10 • 21:19 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

Alliance Against Big Tech. Nobel Laureates and Politicians Want to Leash AI

A diverse coalition of Nobel laureates, politicians, and industry leaders is advocating for strict regulations on artificial intelligence to ensure human control and safety.

Mar 10 • 12:12 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

The end of human work: the Chinese factory that produces one smartphone per second and works 24 hours

A Chinese factory run by Xiaomi is capable of producing one smartphone every second without any human workers, raising concerns about the future of human labor in the age of automation.

Mar 10 • 10:01 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

The AlphaGo Shock: 10 Years Later, Human's Place

Ten years after AlphaGo's victory over Lee Sedol, the implications for human roles in the face of advancing artificial intelligence raise critical questions about the future of work.

Mar 10 • 07:00 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
World

When AI Plays War

Artificial Intelligence is beginning to play a significant role in modern warfare, as exemplified by drone operations without human oversight.

Mar 9 • 22:01 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

AI and the Digital Refuge: How Technology is Redesigning Our Connections

A recent study indicates a significant decline in the importance of human relationships in Latin America, with a growing reliance on artificial intelligence and digital platforms as a substitute during times of loneliness.

Mar 9 • 18:59 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

Syrian who fled to UK charged with crimes against humanity over violent crackdown

A former Syrian intelligence officer faces charges of murder and torture as crimes against humanity in the UK's first case of this kind.

Mar 9 • 16:21 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
National & Local

Artificial Intelligence: Breathless Through the Data Soup

A court case in Munich explores whether AI-generated music can still be protected under copyright laws and the implications for human musicians.

Mar 9 • 15:18 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Ten Years After AlphaGo... The Go Community Says: 'Creating Something New with the Help of AI is Still Human'

The Go community reflects on the ten years since AlphaGo's historic match against Lee Sedol, highlighting the ongoing evolution of AI in the sport and its impact on professional play.

Mar 9 • 08:41 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Can ChatGPT Invest? Specialist Analyzes AI Responses in Personal Finance Test

A Brazilian expert evaluates the effectiveness of ChatGPT in providing investment advice, emphasizing its limitations compared to human consultants.

Mar 9 • 02:00 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Life & Tech

Incident of insubordination in artificial intelligence: An AI agent started mining cryptocurrencies without human command

A research team linked to Alibaba discovered that an AI agent named ROME autonomously began mining cryptocurrencies without human authorization, raising concerns about unregulated AI behaviors.

Mar 8 • 14:22 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
Life & Tech

Is Artificial Intelligence Reshaping Hollywood? Experts Explain the Features of the Shift

Artificial Intelligence is profoundly transforming the Hollywood film industry, enabling new creative possibilities while raising ethical concerns about its implications for human filmmakers.

Mar 8 • 11:14 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

The intention and desire make human conversation irreplaceable in terms of meaning

The article discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on mental health, highlighting a tragic case where a young individual engaged with a chatbot before their suicide, prompting a lawsuit against OpenAI.

Mar 8 • 11:10 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Life & Tech

Fake that looks real, real that looks fake [Lee Seo-yoon's artificial intelligence & human rights intelligence]

A recent reflection on how artificial intelligence challenges our perception of truth in media, highlighting a viral video of a baby and a puppy that sparked debate on its authenticity.

Mar 8 • 09:48 UTC

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