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'AI doctor' better at predicting patient outcomes, including death
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - Artificial intelligence has proven itself useful in reading medical imaging and even shown it can pass doctors' licensing exams.
AI could replace 80% of jobs 'in next few years': expert
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming years -- but that's a good thing, says US-Brazilian researcher Ben Goertzel, a leading AI guru.
Russians 'pushed away from Kharkiv' as Washington warns of long war
AFP, Published on 11/05/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: Russian troops were being pushed away from Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, but sounded a note of caution as Washington said Vladimir Putin would not stop with the east and was ready for a long war.
No charges in police shooting of African American Jacob Blake
AFP, Published on 06/01/2021
» KENOSHA (UNITED STATES) - No police will be charged in the shooting of African American Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed in an incident which sparked unrest in the US city of Kenosha in August, the prosecutor announced Tuesday.
Bolsonaro under fire over Brazil's troubled vaccine roll-out
AFP, Published on 19/12/2020
» BRASíLIA - Brazil prides itself on its world-leading immunization experts, medical institutions and vaccine research, but President Jair Bolsonaro's government has been accused of having a chaotic plan to inoculate against Covid-19.
Cyberpunk 2077 video game debuts to acclaim despite bugs
AFP, Published on 10/12/2020
» WARSAW - Cyberpunk 2077, a video game reported to be one of the most expensive ever made, launched worldwide on Thursday after a publicity blitz worthy of a Hollywood film.
French judge reopens rape inquiry against Depardieu
AFP, Published on 28/10/2020
» PARIS - Star actor Gerard Depardieu will face a new rape investigation in France after prosecutors reopened a case into allegations he assaulted a woman during casting tryouts at his Paris mansion, sources close to the case told AFP on Wednesday.
Mighty little global star: Netflix's Indian superhero toddler
AFP, Published on 08/10/2020
» MUMBAI - It was a quest worthy of a superhero. Animator Rajiv Chilaka spent years flogging his pitch about a superhuman Indian child to Western executives, to no avail.
Trump tries to out-macho Covid and signs of election defeat
AFP, Published on 06/10/2020
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on the macho image his fans adore after declaring himself cured of Covid-19 and scoffing at disastrous opinion polls only four weeks before election day against Democrat Joe Biden.
Struggle, fear and heartbreak for medical staff on virus frontline
AFP, Published on 15/04/2020
» ROME - Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers have become the unwitting heroes of the coronavirus pandemic, winning applause from balconies and streets around the world.