BEIJING: China is expected to launch an unprecedented number of spacecraft this year as the country continues to advance its space exploration programs. In January, China has launched Kuaizhou-1A rocket and the world’s largest solid rocket Gravity-1, performed the docking of Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft with its space station and completed the vertical return test of a reusable rocket. Going forward, China plans to launch two cargo …
NEW YORK: ChatGPT maker OpenAI has said it will introduce tools to combat disinformation ahead of the dozens of elections this year in countries that are home to half the world’s population. The explosive success of text generator ChatGPT spurred a global artificial intelligence revolution but also triggered warnings that such tools could flood the internet with disinformation and sway …
BEIJING: An international team of astronomers has unveiled the findings of a study on the formation process of high-mass protostellar clusters, where stars like the sun originate. It is known that the distant luminosity observed through telescopes comes mainly from a small number of high-mass stars, weighing at least eight times as much as the sun and born in massive …
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday disclosed that Pakistan is providing IT (information technology) services to over 190 countries. “We are exporting IT and IT-enabled services to more than 190 countries. Our IT industry is an integral part of the knowledge economy thereby earning repute as a leading offshore outsourcing destination through innovation, availability of talent, government …
BEIJING: China on Thursday successfully launched the world’s most powerful solid propellant rocket. Developed by Chinese commercial aerospace company Orienspace, the medium-lift rocket named Gravity-1(YL-1) successfully sent three Yunyao-1 meteorological satellites into orbit in its maiden flight from waters off the coast of Haiyang City, east China’s Shandong Province at 1:30 p.m. (Beijing Time). The Gravity-1 has a total height …
ISLAMABAD: Artificial intelligence allowed former prime minister Imran Khan to campaign from behind bars with a voice clone of his giving an impassioned speech on his behalf during a virtual PTI rally. Imran has been in jail since August. He is being tried for leaking classified documents, allegations he says have been trumped up to stop him from contesting general …
DUBAI: A new model for sub-seasonal forecasts using artificial intelligence (AI) technology was unveiled by a Chinese scientist during the ongoing 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, according to Fudan University. The model, “FuXi-Subseasonal,” developed by scientists from the Shanghai Academy of Artificial Intelligence for Science …
BEIJING: Chinese financial regulators on Wednesday moved swiftly to implement tasks set by the top-level, tone-setting central financial work conference, including announcing new regulations for commercial banks and vowing to take measures to defuse risks and ensure sound and stable development. The two-day conference, which concluded on Tuesday, offered a clear path for the financial industry to tackle risks, including the …
Chinese officials on Wednesday vowed to swiftly carry out a plan to issue an additional 1 trillion yuan ($137 billion) in special treasury bonds in the fourth quarter, which marks only a few times in history that China has issued special treasury bonds, maintaining that such a move will help further consolidate the positive recovery trend of the Chinese economy, …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday announced eight major steps China will take to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. First, China will build a multidimensional Belt and Road connectivity network, Xi said in a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). The country will speed up high-quality development of …