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'Emotional intimacy' from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia's digital duty of care laws
Communications minister Anika Wells says content that promotes misogyny, terrorism, suicide, self-harm and eating disorders would be captured under digital duty of care laws. Communications minister Anika Wells says content that promotes misogyny, terrorism, suicide, self-harm and eating disorders would be captured under digital duty of care laws. 'Emotional intimacy' from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia's digital duty of care laws The federal government wants to ban AI chatbots which seek to create "emotional intimacy" after prime minister Anthony Albanese raised the alarm in a heartfelt speech about children treating these agents as their "best friend". But Labor is coming under increasing pressure to empower the telecommunications ombudsman to become a watchdog for social media and AI to give Australians an external complaints mechanism and allow the "naming and shaming" of big tech. The digital duty of care bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday and will be debated by the Senate in coming weeks.
Why this new Fitbit feature takes us one step closer to non-invasive glucose tracking
Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Insulin resistance and blood pressure trends are now available on two new Fitbit devices. Nina Raemont is ZDNET's Health and Wearables Editor based in New York City. Insulin resistance and blood pressure trends are coming to the Fitbit Air and Fitbit Edge. These new features are available for Google Health Premium users only.
The Download: Anthropic's IPO, smarter power grids, and exercise pills
Plus: Anthropic's listing could determine the future of the AI investment boom. Will the real Anthropic please stand up? After weeks of frenzied speculation, Anthropic has filed its IPO prospectus. The 335-page document (100 pages or so are focused on risks) lays out the company's unique view of the technology it is building and how it believes it will change the world. But Anthropic has been honing its storytelling skills for years. Its public messaging is a master class in narrative capture, presenting it as different things to different people: an AI safety organization, a profit-driven megacorp, and a group hell-bent on creating superhuman technology.
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See the early universe like NEVER before: Incredible simulation reveals exactly what happened in the first 2 billion years of our history
This means that galaxies had to be closer to each other in the past. In 1964, Wilson and Penzias discovered the cosmic background radiation, which is a like a fossil of radiation emitted during the beginning of the universe, when it was hot and dense. The cosmic background radiation is observable everywhere in the universe. The composition of the universe - that is, the the number of atoms of different elements - is consistent with the Big Bang Theory. So far, this theory is the only one that can explain why we observe an abundance of primordial elements in the universe.
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Nigeria's first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say
Nigeria's first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say Share Nigeria's first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say on social media Nigerian health officials say test results have confirmed the country's first case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which is behind a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the disease's first spread to West Africa in the current outbreak. The case involves a woman who travelled from Uganda to the capital, Abuja, on October 3, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said. Officials confirmed the positive result on Tuesday. "We did three levels of tests, but all molecular. The strain was Bundibugyo," Olajumoke Babatunde, director of the public health laboratory service at the NCDC, said on Wednesday.
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Exercise in a pill
In unraveling the pathways by which movement helps the body, we could develop medicines that offer some of the same benefits, without the workout. We all know exercise is good for us. It builds muscle, strengthens bones, lowers blood pressure, and boosts mood. By deciphering how movement benefits the body, researchers hope to develop medicines that can offer some of the same perks--without the workout. The idea isn't to replace exercise but to bring its upsides to people who struggle with frailty, disability, or chronic illness. It will take a lot of experimentation to untangle the myriad pathways by which exercise promotes health.