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Published on 22/07/2025 – 14:06 GMT+2 Artificial intelligence (AI) models were put to the test this weekend to find out who was the best so-called mathlete at the world’s most prestigious competition in Australia. Google’s DeepMind and OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, say they both achieved a gold medal-level performance at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), thoughonly Google had actually entered the competition. The IMO confirmed DeepMind’s results, whereas OpenAI evaluated its model on the 2025 IMO problems and self-published its results before official verification. Alex Wei, a research scientist at OpenAI working on large language models (LLMs) and reasoning,…
The Cabinet Office announced Tuesday that it is making changes to its National Security and Investment Act — legislation aimed at safeguarding critical areas of the economy from malign or foreign influence. These include removing requirements for key businesses to tell the government about internal restructuring changes or alert officials when appointing a liquidator. Pat McFadden, the department’s lead minister, told MPs that the changes “reduce business burdens without exposing the country to greater risk.” Ministers will also consult on plans to shake up what are defined as key sectors under the legislation to update the importance of areas such…
They are not the only products that managed to escape the fray. Several goods related to health care appear to no longer be under threat, such as X-ray apparatus, thread for stitches, and materials used for surgery to separate tissue, as well as wheelchairs and scooters for people with disabilities. In the world of agriculture and food, soybean seeds also disappeared from the document. Making gains While unsuccessful in totally dodging tariffs, some key goods for large product categories have been removed from the firing line. For instance, several data processing machines, i.e., computers, have been removed from the list.…
Barrot’s remarks came the day after the journalists’ association at newswire Agence France-Presse said their colleagues in Gaza were starving to death. “None of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die,” the union said in a statement. The statement said one individual who has worked at AFP since 2010 as a fixer, freelancer and photographer said:“My body is thin and I can no longer work.” Asked about the situation of AFP journalists in Gaza, Barrot said: “We hope to be able to evacuate some journalist collaborators in the coming weeks.” The French…
Drone footage filmed on Monday shows lava emerging from the Sundhnúksgígar crater row, with molten rock continuing to flow southeast from a large fissure. Authorities have confirmed the current activity is not threatening infrastructure. The eruption led to the evacuation of approximately 100 residents from Grindavik, as well as guests at a nearby campsite and the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. Access to the site has since been reopened to visitors. Grindavik has experienced repeated volcanic events since November 2023, when the area’s long-dormant volcano became active after 800 years. Iceland sits atop a major volcanic hot spot in the North…
Israel dismissed the statement as “disconnected from reality” and accused the signatories of sending “the wrong message to Hamas,” who it has been seeking to wipe out since the deadly October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. Lammy highlighted existing measures the U.K. has taken against Israel including sanctioning two ministers — National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich — suspending trade negotiations and halting some arms sales. But the foreign secretary warned: “We will consider more in the coming days if we don’t see this war, and certainly the suffering that we’re seeing in Gaza, come to…
The drill, held in a mountainous area on Monday, was carried out jointly by local police and the hunters’ club. Officers demonstrated techniques for deterring bears, including the use of fireworks, as part of efforts to improve preparedness. The exercise follows a series of incidents, including the death of a 52-year-old newspaper deliveryman in Fukushima on 12 July. DNA tests confirmed the same brown bear was responsible for a second deadly attack on a woman in her 70s four years earlier. In Akita Prefecture, over 650 sightings have been reported since the start of July, nearly triple the figure from…
A Polish programmer known as ‘Psyho’ has made world computer science history and beaten ChatGPT. Przemysław Dębiak, 42, is the only human in the world to beat ChatGPT in the most prestigious programming competition AtCoder World Tour Finals 2025 (Heuristic Division), which was held in Tokyo earlier this month. The Pole won the elite tournament ahead of 11 other participants, including one particular competitor – a specially prepared algorithm by OpenAI. The company’s algorithm ranked in second place. The advantage over ChatGPT grew from an initial 5.5 per cent to a final 9.5, which makes the scale of success all…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who became widely known in the 1980s as Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show’, has died aged 54. Costa Rican authorities said the actor drowned on Sunday while swimming off Playa Cocles, on the country’s Caribbean coast. He was pulled deeper into the ocean by a current and rescued by beachgoers, according to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department, but showed no vital signs when Red Cross responders arrived. Warner was 13 when he landed the role of Theo – the Huxtables’ only son – on what would become one of the most-watched American sitcoms of its time. The…
We couldn’t get to recess without a reshuffle after all. Standby for movements on the Conservative frontbench on Tuesday. It sounds like Sir James Cleverly is on his way back to the shadow cabinet. Sam and Anne discuss how Kemi Badenoch will feel about the optics of that return. Also, on the day MPs leave Westminster for summer, the chancellor faces the Treasury Committee after an eventful couple of weeks.