World News: 23 March 2023







OpenAI says 80% of workers could see their jobs impacted by AI




For the study, human experts and the AI separately worked out the exposure of different occupations. Humans labelled 15 occupations as fully exposed, while the language model labelled 86 as fully exposed. The occupations that the humans found were 100 percent exposed are: Mathematicians, Tax Preparers, Financial Quantitative Analysts, Writers, Authors & Web and Digital Interface Designers.


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Indian court orders Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail for Modi comment




In the speech ahead of the last general election in 2019, Gandhi referred to the prime minister and two fugitive Indian businessmen, all with the Modi surname, while talking about alleged high-level corruption in the country.


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'Extreme violence' triggers hunger strike at Greek detention centre




In a statement, strikers accused authorities of denying detainees adequate food, hot water, medicine and housing them in filthy cells infested with cockroaches, while not explaining the reason for their imprisonment. They also alleged camp officials have forced them to sign papers in Greek, without translation, and that they are beaten if they refuse to do so.


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Saudi, UAE investors plan to invest in SpaceX




The company and Morgan Stanley's representatives have told investors that Saudi Arabia's Water and Electricity Holding Company, part of the country's sovereign wealth fund, and United Arab Emirates' Alpha Dhabi are part of the funding round, according to the report.


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Africa: Ramadan begins amid high costs, hopes are high for peace




The first daily fast of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan began Thursday, as hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide enter a four-week period of worship. This comes as rising costs have left shoppers unable to splurge on Ramadan food shopping as they might have in past years accross the African continent.


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Indigenous Voice: Australia PM unveils plan for historic constitution vote




Australia's leader has unveiled crucial details of a planned referendum which could see it change its constitution for the first time in almost 50 years. If approved, the vote later this year would establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice - a formal body for Indigenous people to give advice on laws


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