[ad_1] Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on Wednesday. Photo: Kazuhiro NOGI / AFPSource: AFP Japan’s Nikkei hit a second record high in as many days Wednesday, as hopes of US interest rate cuts following soft inflation data cheered equity investors across Asia. The …

[ad_1] Online users are increasingly utilizing AI-powered chatbots in search of reliable information despite rampant misinformation. Photo: Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFPSource: AFP AI chatbot Grok on Tuesday offered conflicting explanations for its brief suspension from X after accusing Israel and the United States of committing “genocide” in Gaza, as it …

[ad_1] When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience. OpenAI hoped GPT-5 would act as a sort of “one size fits all” AI model with a router that would automatically decide how to best answer user questions. The company said this unified …