Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books

Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
Bangkok Post

Ex-Bhumjaithai MP to file iris‑scan complaint

Supachai Jaisamut, party-list MP candidate and key Bhumjaithai Party figure, said he will file complaints with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and the National Anti-Corruption Commission ...
Townsville Bulletin

World-first scanner to detect breast cancer signs years before the disease develops

The magnetic resonance spectroscopy scanner will be able to spot tiny chemical warning signs in breast tissue years before cancer develops. The Australian Cancer Research Foundation centre for ...
Wired

Has Your Pledge to Go Paperless Perished? Try This

You promised yourself you’d digitize every last receipt, document, and paper record. But the trick to getting rid of paper is to not worry about being perfect. Wanting to get rid of paper in your life ...
Edmonton Journal

Policing properties, not people: How Alberta’s SCAN program shuts down drug houses

For most of its life, Alberta’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods program — better known as SCAN — has operated in a space that sits just beside traditional law enforcement. It isn’t quite policing ...
Hindustan Times

Pvt edu institutes under scanner: 2 months on, Unnao yet to file report

After CM Yogi Adityanath's directive, several districts are reviewing private colleges' course approvals, with varying report statuses and findings. It has been nearly two months now since chief ...