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'Upending the world': Swiss teachers take on ChatGPT

"It is dizzying," Eric Vanoncini acknowledged to the classroom full of anxious teachers as reams of text generated by the ChatGPT bot unfurled on the large screen behind him.. - Like the Tour de France - Standing in the darkened, crowded classroom, Vanoncini showed off the tool, asking ChatGPT to write his introduction... about ChatGPT. The result, emerging on screen within seconds, was a succinct, well-written text "with no spelling mistakes", he pointed out, acknowledging: "It is quite astonishing."

Mon, Feb 6, 2023 3 mins read

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Renault, Nissan boards approve 'rebalanced' alliance

The boards of French automaker Renault and Japanese partner Nissan have approved a major overhaul of their rocky 24-year alliance following months of negotiations, the companies said on Monday.. The Renault board approved the deal on Sunday while Nissan signed off on it on Monday, a week after the agreement was announced.

Mon, Feb 6, 2023 2 mins read

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New pensions showdown for Macron as reform hits parliament

French President Emmanuel Macron's government faces a crunch week of defending its contested pension reform, with fireworks expected in parliament and mass strikes and demonstrations planned on the streets.. Macron's plan to raise the age of retirement is a flagship policy of his second term in office, which he has defended as "essential" given forecasts for deficits in the coming years.

Mon, Feb 6, 2023 3 mins read

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Former military ruler Musharraf's body to be flown to Pakistan

The body of Pakistan's exiled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who became a key US ally during the "war on terror", is expected to be repatriated on Monday.. Senior officials who asked not to be named said his body would be repatriated on Monday, with a burial expected later in the day.

Mon, Feb 6, 2023 1 mins read

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US looks for Chinese balloon debris

US navy personnel worked to recover on Sunday the debris of a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down after it floated over North America for days.. - The Pentagon said on Friday a second  Chinese spy balloon had been seen across Latin America.

Mon, Feb 6, 2023 3 mins read

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At least 50 dead in Syria after earthquake

At least 50 people have been killed across Syria as buildings collapsed after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that had its epicentre in southeastern Turkey, state media and a local hospital said.. Forty-two people were killed in government-controlled parts of Syria, state media said, while a local hospital told AFP that eight others were killed in northern areas controlled by pro-Turkish factions.

Sun, Feb 5, 2023 1 mins read

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Major quake kills dozens across Turkey, Syria

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing dozens, levelling buildings while people were still in their sleep, and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus.. The earthquake levelled dozens of buildings across major cities of southern Turkey as well as neighbouring Syria, a country gripped by more than a decade of violence that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions of people.

Sun, Feb 5, 2023 2 mins read

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On Ukraine frontline troops plead for more tanks, munitions

In the frozen fields of the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine, a T-64 tank emerges ominously from its hiding place under camouflage netting, churning the snow into mud under its tracks. . - Repairs - Khonko's T-64, made a full 24 years before he was born, is showing its age: shells get stuck, oil leaks and the engine can cut out, forcing emergency repairs.

Sun, Feb 5, 2023 3 mins read

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Hong Kong's largest national security trial opens

Hong Kong's largest national security trial opened Monday with dozens of pro-democracy figures accused of trying to topple the government in a case critics say reflects the criminalisation of dissent in the Chinese territory.. Theirs is the largest case to date under the sweeping national security law that China imposed on Hong Kong after democracy protests in 2019.

Sun, Feb 5, 2023 3 mins read

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Chileans who survived deadly forest fire fear flames will return

Maria Ines Hernandez described forest fires ravaging central Chile with the death so far of 24 people as hell on earth.. "It is a miracle that some of the houses were spared," Hernandez told AFP. "Now we are afraid that the fire will return....

Sun, Feb 5, 2023 2 mins read