China’s Ernie AI chatbot, developed by Baidu, may be better than ChatGPT as Baidu has announced that Ernie has surpassed ChatGPT in multiple key metrics. Baidu, the leading search engine provider in China, announced that its latest version of the Ernie AI model, Ernie 3.5, has surpassed the widely popular
A new book titled ‘On the Scent: Unlocking the Mysteries of Smell and How its Loss Can Change Your World’ by Paola Totaro and Robert Wainwright suggests that human beings can actually ‘smell’ fear. While most olfactory scientists are students of the human brain, nose and smell-driven behaviours, Professor Jonathan
Taking Disney as an example, some argue that woke Hollywood has sunk into irrelevance after multiple box office failures. The formula for box office success these days seems rather simple – Produce a solid story with relatable and likable characters, and tell that story in a setting that makes sense
There are multiple groups and agencies already focused on countering disinformation, but the question remains whether they are effective and efficient or a waste of taxpayer dollars. Some argue that it is time to get rid of federal ‘disinformation’ bureaus. Recently, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines announced the creation
330 CAF members have launched a $500 million lawsuit against the military for COVID vaccine mandates, targeting Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Lieutenant-General Frances Allen, and others. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary
Using data from the Soufan Center, Statista has created an infographic showing Wagner Group’s global footprint. In an event that was as shocking in the speed of its escalation as it was in the abruptness of its ending, Wagner’s mutiny, or ‘march for justice’ as it was described as by
In response to a Bloomberg News Freedom of Information Act request, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) stated that the agency accidentally released an unredacted bailout list. Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California When federal regulators stepped in to backstop all of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits, they saved
According to The Guardian, Norway’s wealth tax is backfiring as more than 30 Norwegian billionaires and multimillionaires left the country in 2022. In 2022 Norway’s third richest man, Kjell Inge Røkke, announced in an open letter to shareholders he was moving to Lugano, Switzerland. “My capital will continue working in
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a nearly 12-minute audio recording, broke his silence after his disappearance and stated that he acted to protect his fighters and not to topple Vladimir Putin. The mercenary chief whose rebels seized a Russian city and marched toward Moscow over the weekend says he acted to protect his
