In a significant meeting on January 20, India’s premier blockbuster filmmaker Siddharth Anand met global spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar along with producer Mahaveer Jain. Both Siddharth Anand and Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar have had several conversations before but this meeting was special. It was held in an atmosphere of deep reflection…
From the ballot box in California to the halls of Congress and Wall Street, several new initiatives would require more oversight of how the company protects its passengers.
Several polls show that a majority of Latin Americans who were questioned endorsed the intervention, suggesting a shift, at least for now, from ideology to pragmatism.
January 20, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm AI isn’t conscious—but we may be bringing it to life In rethinking whether AI is sentient, we are asking bigger questions about cognition, human-machine interaction and even our own consciousness By Simon Duan As more people use AI assistants and chatbots for everyday tasks,…
OpenAI says it will minimize water use and pay for energy infrastructure upgrades needed to power its data centers. “We’re being good neighbors,” the company said, directly addressing the growing opposition to AI projects amid rising utility bills. “We commit to paying our own way on energy, so that our operations don’t increase your electricity…
Pact and Equity have returned to the negotiating table on artificial intelligence but the UK actors union has said industrial action remains possible. Equity said Pact has made an “improved offer” after the producer trade body “sent over new wording with improvements in relation to AI protections which had been in dispute.” “Following a meeting yesterday (Tuesday 20…
Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.
A slump in U.S. stocks spilled into markets in Asia and Europe on Wednesday, ending a period of relative calm.
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Off we go on Laver, De Minaur serving in the first game of set three, and he quickly records a love hold. Medjedovic might’ve benefitted from the break because the match, though level, was getting away from him, but having now…
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has seen a number of attacks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine AFP An electrical outage at Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has taken spent fuel cooling systems offline, leading to a potential risk of overheating and the release of dangerous levels of radiation – but due to the age…
