Researchers behind a new study say that the methods used to evaluate AI systems’ capabilities routinely oversell AI performance and lack scientific rigor. The study, led by researchers at the Oxford ...

A Writer Who Dazzled on the Page but Lived for the Margins “Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures,” a new biography of Denis Johnson, traces the life of a brilliant nonconformist. By Dwight Garner New ...

House price growth was already slowing in the build-up to the Autumn Budget, and prospects for higher property values seem further depressed now that the fiscal update is out of the way. A “widely ...

At the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay, with its islands and the land surrounding it, has three exceptional natural features: its vast sea-grass beds, which are the largest ...

How big is the current debt problem and how is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting countries’ debt burdens? The Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) means that bilateral official creditors are, ...

Social protection and labor systems promote better employment, prevent income loss, and protect people facing shocks and transitions. These programs are not just about helping people get by, they help ...