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Tech companies are turning to ‘synthetic data’ to train AI models – but there’s a hidden cost

Tech companies are turning to ‘synthetic data’ to train AI models – but there’s a hidden cost

Last week the billionaire and owner of X, Elon Musk, claimed the pool of human-generated data that’s used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models such as ChatGPT has run out. Musk didn’t cite evidence to…

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Oil jumps on expected hit to China and India’s Russian supplies By Reuters

Oil jumps on expected hit to China and India’s Russian supplies By Reuters

By Anna Hirtenstein LONDON (Reuters) – Oil extended gains for a third session on Monday, with rising above $80 a barrel to its highest in more than four months, driven by wider U.S. sanctions on…

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Nigeria’s economy in 2025 doesn’t look bright – analyst explains why

Nigeria’s economy in 2025 doesn’t look bright – analyst explains why

Nigerians may be wondering whether the year 2025 will bring the “renewed hope” promised by the President Bola Tinubu administration – or whether they are in for another year of economic despair. Nigerians are facing…

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Huge if true – dark energy doesn’t exist, claims new study on supernovas

Huge if true – dark energy doesn’t exist, claims new study on supernovas

By looking at light from distant exploding stars called supernovas, in 1998 astronomers discovered the universe isn’t just expanding – its expansion is speeding up. But what’s behind this acceleration? Enter dark energy. It’s one…

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Tougher U.S. sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India By Reuters

Tougher U.S. sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India By Reuters

By Nidhi Verma, Chen Aizhu, Siyi Liu and Florence Tan NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight costs,…

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Should you use your retirement savings to pay off debt? Three things to keep in mind

Should you use your retirement savings to pay off debt? Three things to keep in mind

A host of countries have taken steps to reform the terms under which people can access their retirement benefits. South Africa is the most recent. In 2024 it introduced changes that allow access to some…

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Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation

Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation

Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the spread of online lies among more than 3 billion people who use Meta’s social media…

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Precious metals, energy sectors seen gaining at least 10% in 2025

Precious metals, energy sectors seen gaining at least 10% in 2025

Investing.com – Macroeconomic challenges facing commodities in the first three quarters of 2024 have reversed and become tailwinds entering the new year, according to analysts at Wells Fargo (NYSE:). Elevated interest rates and broader economic uncertainties…

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why this isn’t good news

why this isn’t good news

Eurobonds are debt instruments issued by a country in a currency different from its own. Eurobonds have risen to prominence in Africa because they have opened a window for governments to diversify their funding sources…

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Russia says it will continue oil and gas projects despite US sanctions By Reuters

Russia says it will continue oil and gas projects despite US sanctions By Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday denounced new U.S. sanctions against Moscow’s energy sector as an attempt to harm Russia’s economy at the risk of destabilising global markets and said the country would…

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