Artificial intelligence (AI) going rogue has been the stuff of dystopic science fiction. Could fiction be giving way to fact, with several AI models reportedly disobeying explicit instructions to shut down when a third-party tester asked them to? On a recent test done by Palisade Research, the most glaring refusenik belonged to OpenAI, with some…
Fast forward to 1989: the Berlin Wall crumbled and brought the Iron Curtain crashing down with it. America, it appeared, had emerged as the winner of the Cold War together with capitalism and liberal democracy. Communism as a political ideology was debunked and disparaged. Pieces of the Wall went on sale at huge prices in…
Geopolitical observers have had their jaws drop repeatedly in recent weeks by what looks like an extraordinary cosiness between Cold War arch-rivals Russia and the US. Also Read: The Russian invasion and the demise of the post-cold war dream On Monday, the US displayed another tilt away from Europe in favour of Russia at the…
It all started at the annual Munich Security Conference, which is usually a quiet affair and dominated by defence ministers, diplomats, security analysts and policy wonks as they engage in dialogue to peacefully resolve conflicts around the world. Itâs been like this for 60 years, restricted initially to members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde‘s âdo not take me lightlyâ remark made on Friday amid ongoing rumoured unease between him and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has raised eyebrows. Shinde made the remark while replying to a recent death threat made by an unknown individual through a mail to detonate a bomb in Shinde’s…
The next five countries combined in defence spendingâRussia, India, Saudi Arabia, the UK, and Germanyâspend about half of what the US does annually. Of course, defence spending alone does not count towards becoming a âpole.â Also Read: China may have to slow down in the superpower race and tackle domestic problems In strategic terms, a…
