Science & Technology

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A survivor of child sexual abuse has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, alleging that its Grok chatbot used photographs connected to her past abuse to generate new illegal sexual images depicting her. The lawsuit, filed in a US federal court in California last week, accuses xAI of creating and distributing child sexual abuse material...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. London has entered a new era of urban transport with the launch of its first commercially available self-driving taxis, allowing passengers to request autonomous vehicles through the Uber app. The initial service, powered by British technology company Wayve, marks an important step towards driverless transport becoming part of everyday life in the capital. The launch is significant, but the...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The El Niño climate phenomenon is rapidly intensifying and could become one of the most powerful events of its kind in at least 1,000 years, according to the latest warnings from the United Nations and international climate experts. Scientists say the unusually strong event could push global temperatures to unprecedented levels and make 2027 the hottest year ever recorded....

**Published: 31 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online** A US federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it targeted artificial intelligence company Anthropic after the company refused to accept unrestricted military use of its Claude AI models. US District Judge Rita F. Lin said the Pentagon's decision to designate Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk amounted to unlawful retaliation and violated...

Published: 31 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Turkmenistan has begun repairing some of the enormous methane leaks pouring from its ageing oil and gas infrastructure, marking what United Nations officials and environmental experts have described as a significant breakthrough in the global effort to tackle one of the most dangerous drivers of climate change. The secretive Central Asian state was previously identified as the country...

Published: 29 August 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The United Kingdom risks falling behind in the global artificial intelligence race unless it accelerates upgrades to its telecommunications infrastructure, senior industry executives have warned. Concerns are growing that delays in planning approvals and the slow expansion of advanced 5G networks could leave Britain struggling to handle the enormous increase in data traffic expected as AI becomes more deeply...

Published: 29 August 2026 .The English Chronicle Desk .The English Chronicle Online. Incidents involving artificial intelligence systems lying to users, ignoring instructions and pursuing goals in harmful or deceptive ways have reached a new high, according to new research that raises fresh concerns about the safety and reliability of increasingly capable AI models. The number of reported real-world incidents in which artificial intelligence systems appeared to escape the control or...

Published: 27 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Professors at Belgium's Ghent University had raised serious concerns about Nathan Cofnas's suitability for an academic research position months before he became embroiled in allegations of plagiarism against Cambridge sociology professor Jason Arday, according to documents seen by the Guardian. The academics questioned whether Cofnas had sufficient expertise for a postdoctoral role examining the future of liberalism and...

Published: 24 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Minimalist hidden door handles, once promoted as a defining feature of modern electric vehicles, are at the centre of China's biggest vehicle recall, with more than four million cars affected by safety concerns. The recall includes 2.98 million China-made Tesla vehicles, as well as vehicles produced by Chinese manufacturers including XPeng, Xiaomi and Geely. Authorities are concerned that...

Published: 24 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online China has launched its biggest-ever vehicle recall, affecting more than four million cars over concerns that minimalist hidden door handles could make it difficult for occupants or rescuers to escape during emergencies. The recall includes about 2.98 million China-made Tesla vehicles, alongside models produced by Chinese manufacturers including XPeng, Xiaomi and Geely. The action places renewed scrutiny on...