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The Trump administration has also threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status.

This version includes the April 2025 security patches, which address two critical zero-day vulnerabilities and other important issues.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the world is three to five years away from “artificial general intelligence” that will be equal to, if not better, than any human thinkers or creators today.It’s a prediction that, if true, could have tremendous consequences for music and other creative industries.“Within three to five years we’ll have what is called [artificial] general intelligence, AGI, which can be defined as a system that is as smart as the smartest mathematician, physicist, artist, writer, thinker, politician… you get the idea,” Schmidt said during a panel discussion with Jeanne Meserve, host of the NatSec Tech podcast for the Special Competitive Studies Project.Schmidt said this will be possible because of a process called “recursive self-improvement,” in which AI algorithms are able to learn on their own and increase their capabilities – and he says this is already happening.

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms.This is the second, and more promising, time chemicals associated with life have been detected in the planet's atmosphere by Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).But the team and independent astronomers stress that more data is needed to confirm these results.The lead researcher, Prof Nikku Madhusudhan, told me at his lab at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy that he hopes to obtain the clinching evidence soon."This is the strongest evidence yet there is possibly life out there. I can realistically say that we can confirm this signal within one to two years."

Russia expects Europe and Ukraine to eventually pursue a peaceful resolution to the conflict, but for now, European nations remain focused on continuing the war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov noted that the US continues to work with both European partners and Ukraine in this regard.“Of course, we would like to see a shift toward peace-oriented efforts from both Europe and Ukraine,” he said. “Unfortunately, what we currently observe is a continued emphasis from Europe on prolonging the conflict.”Commenting on the visit of a Ukrainian delegation to Paris, Peskov said it will likely involve discussions with representatives from the US and the so-called Coalition of the Willing on various aspects of a potential settlement.“Clearly, there will be conversations surrounding the Ukrainian settlement,” he added while responding to a question from the press.

Holidaymakers face fines of up to £5,000 if they bring back meat or dairy products as the government seeks to prevent spread of foot and mouth.

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"Europe is still a peace project. We don't have bros or oligarchs making the rules. We don't invade our neighbours, and we don't punish them," Ursula von der Leyen said in a wide-ranging interview with the Zeit newspaper.

Ben Lamm's startup, Colossal Biosciences, has raised $200 million, valuing the company at $10.2 billion. This funding round, led by TWG Global, will be used to advance genetic engineering, expand the company's software and hardware solutions, and potentially de-extinct the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, and dodo bird