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Air Canada had to refund a customer after its customer service AI hallucinated

In February 2024, a Canadian court forced Air Canada to partially refund the airline ticket purchased by one of its customers. The customer had asked the customer support AI bot under which conditions Air Canada reimburses emergency-purchased airline tickets when a loved one dies. The bot responded by hallucinating a

Daniel Kahneman has passed away

I just learned on Bluesky that the American-Israeli psychologist and economist Daniel Kahneman has passed away at the age of 90. During his long scientific career, Daniel Kahneman helped to show that psychological mechanisms, including cognitive biases, have a substantial influence on human decisions. Trained as a psychologist, his work

Donald Trump’s rhetoric on the January 6th is becoming increasingly radical

According to data compiled by the Washington Post, Donald Trump is using increasingly radical language in his speeches to describe the rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. After calling them “political prisoners”, which they are not, Donald Trump now calls the rioters “hostages”, which they are not

Have you ever seen the Taj Mahal from space?

CNES, the French space agency, shared on Bluesky a spectacular picture of the Taj Mahal taken by one of the two Pleiades satellites. Le Taj Mahal en Inde, observé par un satellite Pléiades à près de 700 km d'altitude ! Ce mausolée de marbre blanc est considéré comme un

A drought is disrupting transit in the Panama Canal

As shown in Figure 1, Gatun Lake is a key component of the Panama Canal. However, as shown in Figure 2, the water level in Gatun Lake is at a historically low level. In fact, this is the lowest level measured since 1965. The cause is a significant drought in