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AI basics | OpenAI’s latest AI models report high ‘hallucination’ rate: What does it mean, why is this significant? | Explained News
[ad_1] A technical report released by artificial intelligence (AI) research organisation OpenAI last month found that the company’s latest models — o3 and o4-mini — generate more errors than its older models. Computer scientists call the errors made by chatbots “hallucinations”. The report revealed that o3 — OpenAI’s most powerful ...
ISRO’s 101st satellite launch fails: Recalling the only two other instances when ‘workhorse’ PSLV failed
[ad_1] PSLV-C61 mission failed: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) 101st satellite launch failed in the early hours of Sunday (May 18). The Earth observation satellite EOS-09 was aboard the PSLV-C61 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). While the exact reason for the failure is yet to be determined, ISRO said the ...
Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar passes away What is the Hoyle–Narlikar theory of gravity?
[ad_1] 3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: May 20, 2025 05:00 PM IST Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar Theory Gravity Explained: Eminent Indian astrophysicist, science communicator, and Padma Vibhushan awardee Jayant Narlikar passed away in Pune on Tuesday (May 20) at the age of 87. He was best known for propounding the Hoyle–Narlikar theory ...
How renowned cosmologist Jayant Narlikar helped build the steady-state theory of the universe
[ad_1] Professor Jayant Narlikar, one of India’s most prominent scientists, passed away in Pune on Tuesday morning. An astrophysicist, Narlikar is best known for his work on an alternative model of the universe, separate from the Big Bang, in collaboration with his PhD guide Fred Hoyle, one of the leading ...
Why China’s upcoming Tianwen-2 mission could be significant for finding clues about quasi-satellites | Explained News
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: May 25, 2025 12:02 PM IST China will launch its first mission to survey and sample a near-Earth asteroid this week. Known as the Tianwen-2 mission, the probe will investigate an asteroid called 469219 Kamo‘oalewa, which orbits the Sun at a distance relatively close to ...
Altman, former Apple design head Ive join hands to create new ‘family of devices’: What this means in the age of AI | Explained News
[ad_1] “We have an opportunity here to completely reimagine what it means to use a computer.” This is how OpenAI CEO Sam Altman started the announcement video on May 21 of his company’s acquisition of startup io, which was founded by Apple’s legendary former designer Jony Ive. The nearly $ ...
Explained: In a first, how a customised gene-editing tool was used to treat 9-month-old boy | Explained News
[ad_1] A nine-month-old boy, born with a rare genetic disorder, has become the first (known) person to successfully receive a custom gene-editing treatment, a report published on May 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine said. Kyle “KJ” Muldoon Jr suffers from CPS1 deficiency which causes toxic levels of ...
Why are men taller than women? New study finds a genetic clue | Explained News
[ad_1] Written by: The New York Times 3 min readMay 31, 2025 09:00 AM IST Men are taller than women, by an average of about 5 inches. But why? It’s not a genetic inevitability — there are many species in which females outclass males. A new study published Monday in ...
Remembering Eliza, one of the first chatbots: Lessons, warnings it holds for AI today | Explained News
[ad_1] It ran on a computer that was among the most advanced at MIT at the time — the IBM 7090 — and could be accessed through a typewriter-like terminal. Eliza had different “scripts” — or ways of interacting — and could mimic a math teacher, poetry teacher or a ...
What caused the massive eruption of Italy’s Mount Etna | Explained News
[ad_1] 3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 4, 2025 08:03 PM IST Italy’s Mount Etna, the largest volcano in Europe, produced an explosive eruption on Monday morning, sending a huge cloud of ash, smoke and rock fragments several kilometres into the sky. Although the eruption created a spectacular sight, it resulted ...
