SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near "human level robustness and accuracy." Assistant professor of information science Allison Koenecke, an author of a recent study that found hallucinations in a...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A bus tipped over in central Mexico after colliding with a trailer that detached from a truck transporting corn, killing 24 people and injuring five, Mexican authorities said Saturday. The crash happened at midnight Friday when the bus was leaving Tepic in the western...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped, but reflected the pope's aims for a church that at least listens more to its followers. Pope Francis, background...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michelle Obama challenged men to support Kamala Harris ' bid to be America's first female president, warning at a rally in Michigan on Saturday that women's lives would be at risk if Donald Trump returned to the White House. Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks as...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel delivered its long-expected response to Iranian missile attacks early Saturday by carrying out a series of airstrikes against the Islamic Republic. IRANIAN CAPITAL – A view of the Tehran, the capital of Iran, is seen early Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP) Here's...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential candidate's phone is hacked. A fake video falsely shows ballots burned in Pennsylvania. National security officials warn that U.S. adversaries may incite violent protests after Election Day. Signs direct voters to a ballot drop-off location Friday, Oct. 25,...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The first time the electricity went off at night, Linda Vidal went into panic mode. For more than a year, the 52-year-old Ecuadorian woman suffering from Hodgkin lymphoma and a chronic respiratory disease has relied on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – More than 600 million women and girls are now affected by war, a 50 percent increase from a decade ago, and they fear the world has forgotten them amid an escalating backlash against women’s rights and gender equality, top UN officials say. GUTERRES (AP) UN...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Israel attacked Iran with a series of pre-dawn airstrikes Saturday in what it said was a response to the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier in the month. The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted facilities that Iran...
The local government of Manila said that around 1,646 families were recorded as displaced by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in the city as of October 24 and 25. Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan visits evacuees affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine at various evacuation sites to check on them....
Aside from rescue teams and equipment initially deployed to Batangas and Bicol to assist in the provinces' search and rescue operations, the Makati city government has also deployed its Mobile Kitchen to Cuenca, Batangas on Friday, October 25, following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm...
Around 150 cancer and dialysis patients living in Manila were given financial aid courtesy of the Manila local government on Friday, October 25, as part of its "People's Day" celebration. (Photo from Manila PIO) Held at the city hall, Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and Vice Mayor Yul Servo Nieto...
