🦾 ChatGPT diagnoses as accurately as ER doctors
ChatGPT was compared to doctors in a Dutch study. Version 4 of ChatGPT made the correct diagnosis in 97 percent of cases.
🌡️ Staying within 1.5 degrees is possible, due to record growth for renewables
Record growth of clean energy technologies boosts hope. The world is set to invest a record USD 1.8 trillion in clean energy in 2023.
🦏 Rhinos on the rise: 5% growth last year
Global rhino numbers increase to 27,000. Southern white rhino numbers rise for the first time since 2012.
🔌 Record global access to electricity
The number of people without electricity access will lower to an estimated 745 million by year-end.
🐦 Europe’s most endangered bird is making a comeback
Once critically endangered, the Azores bullfinch is showing signs of recovery. Two decades of habitat restoration has brought back the bird's numbers.
📲 A blow to authoritarian web censorship: Google launches new anti-censorship tech
As a response to increased censorship actions, especially in Iran, Google strikes back. They are introducing new software allowing apps to integrate anti-censorship tech.
👩🚀 Mars Society starts the Mars Technology Institute to develop technologies for human settlement
This initiative aims to pave the way for creating crucial technologies essential for the long-term human settlement on the Red Planet. Initial focus to be on biotechnology, addressing constraints faced on Mars.
🧬 New AI predicts genetic diseases
The tool predicts disease-causing likelihood of mutations with 90 percent accuracy. It aids genomics researchers in diagnosing diseases and finding treatments faster.
👩🏿⚕️ Ghana’s immunization rates soar in drone-served districts
Drones significantly reduce vaccine supply time to remote clinics. Drone deliveries take only 55 minutes to reach the remotest clinics, which would take over 5 hours by road.