The French version of King Arthur’s legendary Excalibur sword has vanished from a rock into which legend says it was plunged 1,300 years ago. Durandal was the sword of Roland, a legendary paladin, or knight, and officer of Charlemagne in French epic literature, and was said to be indestructible.
AI giant OpenAI has revealed its newest creation, an AI system named Sora that can generate realistic videos from text descriptions. As AI-generated deepfake videos already cause problems online ranging from fake porn to realistic scam calls, the advent of easy to create video comes with the potential for trouble.
The higher a person’s level of education, the lower their risk of premature death, claims a new global study published Jan. 23 in The Lancet Public Health journal.