Elon Musk’s Grok-3: A New Era of AI-Driven Social Media

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Carbon Neutral Regulation in AI Training

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Elon Musk’s xAI has introduced Grok-3, a next-generation AI chatbot designed to change the way people interact on social media. Integrated directly into X (formerly Twitter), Grok-3 is built to provide more intelligent, personalized, and engaging conversations, making it a powerful tool for both users and businesses. Launched on February 18, 2025, Grok-3 is faster, […]

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The conversation around Generative AI in banking often focuses on efficiency and job displacement, with reports predicting up to 200,000 job cuts in the industry due to AI. While the focus is often on AI’s potential to replace routine tasks, a key question is: What’s the right solution for now, and where should humans remain […]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s forthcoming special report on climate change and cities has more women than men on its authorship team, for the first time in the organisation’s history, Carbon Brief analysis shows. The IPCC released a list earlier this month of the 97 authors (pdf) who will write the cities report – […]

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Brazil’s oil ‘evolution’ OIL BE FRIENDS: Brazil’s government has approved an invitation to join OPEC+, a group representing the interests of oil-exporting nations, just months ahead of hosting the COP30 climate summit, the Associated Press reported. The […]

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Although the deepfaking of private individuals has become a growing public concern and is increasingly being outlawed in various regions, actually proving that a user-created model – such as one enabling revenge porn – was specifically trained on a particular person’s images remains extremely challenging. To put the problem in context: a key element of […]

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Event planners are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to streamline the planning of conferences, trade shows, and corporate gatherings. Below, we highlight some of the best AI-powered tools for event planning, each offering unique capabilities to enhance efficiency and attendee experience. These tools range from specialized event management platforms to general AI assistants that can […]

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All biological function is dependent on how different proteins interact with each other. Protein-protein interactions facilitate everything from transcribing DNA and controlling cell division to higher-level functions in complex organisms. Much remains unclear, however, about how these functions are orchestrated on the molecular level, and how proteins interact with each other — either with other […]

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With its cute whale logo, the recent release of DeepSeek could have amounted to nothing more than yet another ChatGPT knockoff. What made it so newsworthy – and what sent competitors’ stocks into a tailspin – was how little it cost to create. It effectively threw a monkey wrench into the U.S.’s notion of the […]

Digital sequence information, or “DSI”, refers to the genetic information derived from biodiversity. Public and private databases – headquartered mainly in the global north – often source this genetic information from plants, animals, bacteria and fungi found in biodiversity-rich, global-south countries. Companies then use the information in these databases to develop drugs, cosmetics and supplements, […]

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Shikhil Sharma is the Founder of Astra Security – a continuous pentesting platform. At the very onset of his career, Shikhil consulted a number of businesses, startups & banks on cyber security. After helping some top businesses secure their websites & apps, Shikhil noted how in-effective traditional pentesting was, and founded Astra Security as an […]

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In a move that has caught the attention of many, Perplexity AI has released a new version of a popular open-source language model that strips away built-in Chinese censorship. This modified model, dubbed R1 1776 (a name evoking the spirit of independence), is based on the Chinese-developed DeepSeek R1. The original DeepSeek R1 made waves […]

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Key developments China fails to submit 2035 climate pledge MISSED DEADLINE: China, along with 181 other countries, missed the deadline to submit its next “nationally determined contribution” (NDC), […]

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In the field of biomedical research, transforming a hypothesis into a tangible discovery is often a lengthy and expensive process. On average, developing a new drug can take over a decade and cost billions of dollars. To address these challenges, Google has introduced the AI Co-Scientist, an innovative tool designed to assist researchers in generating […]

China’s solar and windfarms would no longer be guaranteed sales at a fixed price linked to coal benchmarks, under a new policy released by the central government. The policy asks local governments to shift new wind and solar projects to a more market-based pricing system by the end of 2025. Said local governments will determine […]

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Image credit: Kaniaw Marof. A mortar made from recycled plastic and silica aerogel improves insulation and finds a use for plastic waste. The team behind this new building material – from Newcastle University – hope it could reduce heating and cooling bills while being environmentally friendly. They developed the cement mortar mix by replacing sand […]

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Lord Bamford pictured with JCB’s hydrogen combustion engine.. JCB has seemingly cleared significant hurdles in its development of the world’s first hydrogen combustion engine after securing rulings from licensing authorities allowing it to be used commercially in machines, the company announced in January. JCB says it is the first construction equipment company to develop a […]

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Schools, universities, and other educational institutions around the world are facing a crisis. There simply aren’t enough teachers to meet the educational needs of a growing student population. UNESCO’s recent global report on teachers reveals that 44 million additional teachers are needed globally to provide sufficient primary and secondary education by 2030. In England, for […]