Gaza war: artificial intelligence is changing the speed of targeting and scale of civilian harm in unprecedented ways
by The Conversation
The Conversation— AI is enabling a huge number of decisions about who to target. They are not always the right ones.
Phys.org—Artificial intelligence helps scientists engineer plants to fight climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared that removing carbon from the atmosphere is now essential to fighting climate change and limiting global temperature rise. To support these efforts, Salk Institute scientists are harnessing plants' natural ability to draw carbon dioxide out of the air by optimizing their root systems to store more carbon for a longer period of time.
The Independent—The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II, the UN says. The United Nations says the world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II, and it would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israel’s bombing and ground offensive if the conflict ended today
The Guardian—Middle East crisis live: Rebuilding Gaza will cost $30bn to $40bn, UN says as scale of destruction is ‘huge and unprecedented’ – as it happened. UN agency says reconstruction will require effort on a scale unseen since second world warThe EU has offered Lebanon a financial package of €1bn (£855m / $1.07bn), European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in Beirut on Thursday.The funds would be available from this year until 2027, von der Leyen told a joint news conference with Lebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati and Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides.This continued EU support will strengthen basic services such as...