Meta’s Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang has admitted that the company’s open-source AI playbook no longer fits its frontier models, with Muse Spark kept proprietary after early training flagged bio risk and other safety concerns. Wang says rival AI labs are seeing the same risks scale up. Meanwhile, Meta is testing subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook,…
Karuppu, featuring Suriya and Trisha Krishnan, continued its impressive performance in theatres on its fifth day. The film collected an estimated Rs 12.75 crore net in India on Tuesday, according to trade tracker Sacnilk.This represents a 10.8 percent decline from Monday’s Rs 14.30 crore net. India Net nears Rs 100 crore mark for ‘Karuppu’ With…
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over shortages of two critical cancer medicines, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has approved a 50% hike in the ceiling prices of Carboplatin and Cisplatin injections, citing escalating raw material costs and supply concerns. The regulator has also revised prices of anti-tetanus immunoglobulin and three key childhood vaccines to ensure…
NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio, in the presence of minister of external affairs S Jaishankar, launched a scathing attack on Iran, calling it “the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism“.“Look what they are doing now. They are holding hostage civilian vessels, including ships that have now been stuck in the Persian Gulf,” said…
For most people, rabbits are harmless creatures associated with gardens, pets and children’s stories. But on Australia’s remote Macquarie Island, they became one of the most destructive invasive species ever introduced. The animals were deliberately released in 1878 to provide a reliable food source for sealers and sailors visiting the isolated subantarctic island. What seemed…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said externally aided projects (EAPs) should not be seen merely as financing tools but as instruments to help local products from the Northeast access global markets, strengthen livelihoods and turn the region’s geographical challenges into economic opportunities.Chairing a conference on “Leveraging externally aided projects in the northeastern states”,…
Kuwait on Wednesday said that its air defence systems had intercepted incoming missiles and drones after loud explosions were heard in several parts of the country amid rising tensions in the Gulf.In a statement, the Kuwaiti Army’s General Staff said the sounds reported by residents were linked to operations carried out by air defence units…
Donald Trump and Mojtaba Khamenei (R) US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that the United States and Iran have “largely negotiated” a broader agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and potentially bring an end to the months-long conflict launched under “Operation Epic Fury.”However, Iran does not appear to align with the MAGA…
NEW DELHI: Citizens will now be able to check the prices of medicines and lodge complaints related to drug pricing through a single government platform, following the integration of two key portals operated by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).In an office memorandum issued on Tuesday, the NPPA announced the integration of the Pharma Jan…
CHENNAI: TVK president C Joseph Vijay’s electoral debut was shaped by a tightly controlled campaign run by a close-knit core team, a targeted political strategy against the governing DMK, and a rapid expansion of support among minorities, Dalits and section of women voters.Key members of his circle, including N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, K A Sengottaiyan,…