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OpenAI has launched a prototype of its own search engine, which it hopes to eventually incorporate into ChatGPT.
It’s called SearchGPT, and the AI firm says it’s designed to “give you fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.”
Instead of simply presenting a list of links to various websites that match your search, it tries to organise and make sense of them, and also allows for conversational follow-up searches.
As the 2024 Olympics begins in Paris, work is underway to prepare an alternative competition: the Enhanced Games.
Christian Angermayer, a German entrepreneur and founder of Atai Life Sciences is the co-founder of the Enhanced Games, which are due to begin next year.
Taken from our sister podcast Brave New World, Christian tells Evgeny Lebedev that the games offer an opportunity for ex-athletes to compete again, and even offers a chance for natural athletes to pit their talents against those using performance enhancing drugs.
A TikToker has shared footage of a shark swimming through the Thames in London.
Charlotte Webb was walking near Hammersmith Bridge on Monday when she was stunned to see the fin coming out of the water.
TikTok users commented that “Under Paris” - the recent Netflix film about a shark terrorising the French capital - is “happening in London”.
The fin in the footage is thought to be that of a tope shark, a critically endangered animal that can grow over 6ft long, but is harmless to humans.
A study by researchers at the University of Oxford suggests a shingles vaccine, designed to protect over 65s from the condition that causes a painful rash, can actually delay the onset of dementia.
They found that the Shingrix vaccine is linked to at least a 17% drop in dementia diagnoses in the six years after vaccination than the previously-used Zostavax jab.
University of Oxford researchers said people could expect five to nine more months of life without dementia for those given the Shingrix jab compared with other vaccines.
Also in this episode:
Scientists: Mercury has a layer of diamond up to 10 miles thick
High-tech spoon developed to enrich the lives of dementia patients
How AI-powered drifting could help prevent weather-related car accidents
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