OpenAI vows safety policy changes after Tumbler Ridge shooting

In its letter to Canadian officials on Thursday, penned by OpenAI's vice-president of global policy and shared with media outlets, the company said it had implemented a series of changes in recent months, including enlisting the help of "mental health and behavioural experts" to assess cases and making the criteria for referral to police "more flexible". Source link

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Why are Afghanistan and Pakistan fighting?

It was a night that saw a serious escalation in violence between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Pakistan launching airstrikes in Afghanistan - including its capital city, Kabul. Other places struck were in Paktia and Kandahar provinces, the latter a stronghold and the birthplace of the Taliban movement. Source link

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Spain opposition seeks disgraced ex-monarch’s return from exile

In August 2020, he left the country to live in the United Arab Emirates, where he has resided ever since. His son and heir, King Felipe, endorsed the move which has kept him out of the public eye, with the exception of occasional visits he has made to Spain for sailing regattas and other social events. Source link

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Pakistan defence minister says country in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after strikes

In response to the strikes, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Afghan Taliban spokesman, published - then subsequently deleted - a post on X that the group had launched strikes early on Friday on Pakistani military positions in Kandahar and Helmand, two provinces in Afghanistan. Source link

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels drive aid groups to the brink

Last October, the group's leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said in a speech that his group had arrested what he described as "well trained spy cells operating under a humanitarian cover", from organisations including the WFP and Unicef, the UN's childrens agency. The UN has rejected the allegations. Source link

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