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Are Trump's AI videos just memes or psychological warfare? Are Trump's AI videos just memes or psychological warfare? Trump's use of AI generated content has ramped up in recent months, going so far as posting videos of fake military strikes on Iranian infrastructure. His administration says he's'sending a message', but as Al Jazeera's Emma Withrow explains, the rest of the world is left to figure out if he's serious or not. Share Are Trump's AI videos just memes or psychological warfare? on social media Why are people calling Venezuela oil deal a new form of US colonialism?

Could robots be the future of theme parks? To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could robots be the future of theme parks? This is Galway Robot Park, a 16,500-square-meter venue that's opened near Seoul in South Korea . The company behind the park says their aim is to bring artificial intelligence and robotics into the world of entertainment.

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AI tools that are used to take medical notes from patients could miss vital information and lead to medical staff being deskilled, according to new research. The tools, called ambient AI scribes, are used by about 40% of GPs in the UK. The scribes listen to conversations between doctors and patients and convert the speech to text, generating written notes and letters. Academics at University of Edinburgh reviewed cases involving the scribes and found the tech had some positives, such as allowing clinicians to focus on complex tasks. However, they also said patients could be less forthcoming if they knew they were being recorded and found instances where doctors did not recognise their notes.

Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor. A woman has lived with a pig kidney for more than nine months without needing dialysis, a record-setting achievement. The woman underwent the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital on November 22 last year. As of Thursday, the kidney has been functioning for 285 days, according to Cambridge, Massachusetts-based eGenesis, the biotech company that used Crispr gene editing to make the organ fit for human transplantation. Previously, the record for a person living with a transplanted pig kidney was 271 days, set by Tim Andrews. Most people in need of a kidney transplant wait three to five years on average to receive one, though it can take longer depending on blood type and other factors.

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The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, stepped in to block a £50m deal between Palantir and the Met in May 2026. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, stepped in to block a £50m deal between Palantir and the Met in May 2026. Sadiq Khan has agreed for his text messages and emails to be searched as part of a legal battle with Palantir, the high court has been told, after he prevented the US technology company from working with the Metropolitan police . The London mayor stepped in to block a £50m deal between Palantir and the Met in May, with the artificial intelligence developer suing Khan's office over the decision. Legal representatives for the mayor said they "did not originally consider it necessary" for Khan to be among those to have their communications searched before next year's court case.