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☆ Choking New Delhi smog shutters schools and shrouds Cricket World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A throat-searing blanket of smog has enveloped New Delhi, forcing schools to shut and disrupting the Cricket World Cup as officials rush to contain a pollution crisis that has become an annual occurrence in the Indian capital. New Delhi started the week with a PM 2.5 concentration nearly 80 times the World Health Organization’s recommended limit, according to Swiss air quality company IQAir. Traffic moves on a road enveloped by fog and smog in New Delhi, India, on November 3, 2023. The study also found that every single one of India’s 1.4 billion residents endure annual average pollution levels that exceed guidelines set by WHO. A passenger plane ready to take off at IGI Airport amid heavy smog on November 5, 2023 in New Delhi, India.

Persons: ”, Prachi, Health Organization’s, Awesta Chaudhary, “, Chaudhary, Vipin Kumar, Suranjit Chatterjee Organizations: CNN, Cricket, Health, Bangladesh, Arun, Authorities, Energy, Institute, University of Chicago, WHO, IGI, Hindustan Times, Internal Medicine, Apollo Hospital Locations: New Delhi, Delhi, . New Delhi, India, Sri Lanka, New, “

☆ AI tools make things up a lot, and that’s a huge problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But as more people turn to this buzzy technology for things like homework help, workplace research, or health inquiries, one of its biggest pitfalls is becoming increasingly apparent: AI models often just make things up. Researchers have come to refer to this tendency of AI models to spew inaccurate information as “hallucinations,” or even “confabulations,” as Meta’s AI chief said in a tweet. A number of high-profile hallucinations from AI tools have already made headlines. Cracking down on AI hallucinations, however, could limit AI tools’ ability to help people with more creative endeavors — like users that are asking ChatGPT to write poetry or song lyrics. How to prevent or fix AI hallucinations is a “point of active research,” Venkatasubramanian said, but at present is very complicated.

Persons: Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Venkatasubramanian, ”, ” Venkatasubramanian, West, Bard, James Webb, ChatGPT, they’re, ” West, Google’s Bard, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, “, Sam Altman, OpenAI Organizations: CNN, Brown University, ” Companies, University of Washington, Center, Google, James Webb Space Telescope, New, CNET, CBS, Indraprastha, of Information Technology Locations: United States, New York, Delhi

☆ New Delhi sees flooding after broken regulator causes river water to flow into city
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/6] Traffic moves through a flooded road, after a rise in the waters of river Yamuna due to heavy monsoon rains, in New Delhi, India, July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiNEW DELHI, July 14 (Reuters) - Several areas of India's capital New Delhi remained inundated on Friday after water from the Yamuna river, which runs through the city, flowed in through a broken drain regulator, authorities said. Roads surrounding Rajghat - a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi - were inundated, with water also flowing into the memorial area itself. The city's ITO area, which houses several private and government offices, including the headquarters of the Delhi Police, was also flooded. Reporting by Sakshi Dayal; Additional reporting by Tanvi Mehta; Editing by Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Arvind Kejriwal, Mahatma Gandhi, ITO, Sakshi Dayal, Tanvi Mehta, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Force, Delhi Police, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Indraprastha, Delhi

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