The next phase of AI, already underway, will integrate text with vision, sound, motion and even touch. This will produce systems that no longer 'read about' the world but perceive it.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” ––George Orwell, Animal Farm When I wrote in this column an essay on 4th February 2026 titled, the ‘Beginning of Another ‘White ...

An outbreak of canine distemper virus (CDV) killed 72 tigers at two tourist animal parks in northern Thailand last month, officials said, ruling out earlier concerns that the deat ...