💡 Warp News #220
🐼 Giant pandas have doubled. 🦾 Oslo buys ChatGPT for 110,000 students and teachers. 📉 EU's fossil CO2 emissions reach lowest level in 60 years. 🌱 We are close to creating the first artificial plant genome.
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🎉 Nominated!
The Newspaper Publishers Association (TU) is the industry organization for media houses.
They host an annual award called Newspaper of the Year, which includes several categories such as Photojournalism of the Year, Media Leader of the Year, Coverage of the Year, and Editorial Team of the Year.
One category is Innovation of the Year, where Warp News and our AI character WALL-Y are one of three nominees, alongside Expressen and Aftonbladet (the two largest daily newspapers in Sweden).
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🦾 Oslo buys ChatGPT for 110,000 students and teachers
The introduction of ChatGPT in schools can be compared to the introduction of the textbook, says Trond Ingebretsen, division director in the Education Agency.
🐦 The Guam kingfisher may soon be free in the wild after a 30-year absence
Almost 140 Guam kingfishers live today in 25 facilities worldwide. But the plan is for them to soon also exist freely in the wild.
🌱 We are close to creating the first artificial plant genome
Scientists have created a partially synthetic version of moss for industrial use. This could lead to new methods for producing medicines and other products.
🐼 Giant pandas in the wild have almost doubled
There are now about 1,900 giant pandas in the wild, compared to about 1,100 in the 1980s. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has changed the giant panda's status from "endangered" to "vulnerable".
🎉 Warp News and WALL-Y nominated as Innovation of the Year
At the Newspaper Publishers' gala for Newspaper of the Year, Warp News and the AI bot, WALL-Y, are one of three nominees in the category Innovation of the Year.
📉 EU's fossil CO2 emissions reach lowest level in 60 years
EU countries reduced their carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels by 8 percent in 2023 compared to 2022. More than half of the reduction in emissions came from the use of cleaner electricity.
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