Microsoft lays off ethical team that critically assessed AI tools like ChatGPT

 Microsoft has reportedly laid off the entire “ethics and society” team within the AI organisation as a part of recent layoffs that impacted 10,000 workers globally. According to the Platformer, the move leaves Microsoft without a dedicated team that ensures its AI principles closely tied to product design…

Sri Lanka economic crisis: Schools closed, people work from home to save fuel

Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens on Monday to people queueing for petrol amid a severe fuel shortage in the nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades, while schools shut in Colombo and public employees were asked to work from home. With its foreign exchange reserves at a record low, the island of 22…