Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a startup co-founded by former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, has secured US$1 billion in seed funding to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems focused on safety. Reuters reported that the funding round, led by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global and SV Angel,…
Alvopetro Energy Ltd. (TSXV: ALV) (OTCQX: ALVOF) announces August 2024 sales volumes and an operational update. August Sales Volumes August sales volumes averaged 1,919 boepd including natural gas sales of 11.0 MMcfpd, associated natural gas liquids sales from condensate of 79 bopd and oil sales of 9 bopd, based on field estimates.…
Fireweed Metals (TSXV:FWZ,OTCQX:FWEDF) announced an updated resource estimate for its Yukon-based Macmillan Pass (Macpass) project, making substantial additions to the asset’s zinc holdings. In a Wednesday (September 4) release, the company shared updated resource estimates for the project’s Tom and Jason deposits, as well as maiden resource estimates for the…
Galan Lithium Limited (ASX: GLN) (Galan or the Company) is pleased to announce the launch of a capital raising of up to A$25 million. The Company has received firm commitments for a Placement of approximately A$12 million (before costs) to institutional, sophisticated, professional investors and Chemphys at A$0.105 per share.…
Metals Australia Ltd (ASX: MLS) (“the Company”) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced testing the first of three key exploration projects in Australia1,8, which are highly prospective for gold and critical minerals. All three projects are located along strike from major mineral deposits in world-class mineral fields (see…
China has lodged a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in response to Canada’s recently announced tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), as well as steel and aluminum. Bloomberg reported on Friday (September 6) that China’s commerce ministry has called for Canada to reverse its decision to impose…
Chase Bank said it was reviewing incidents of individuals who may have participated in an online check fraud ‘glitch’ trend and referring them to law enforcement authorities. Last weekend, social media saw millions of users engaging with posts suggesting an error at the bank was causing ATM machines to give…
Filipino pastor Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, who is wanted by both the FBI and local law enforcement officers on sexual abuse and human trafficking charges, has been arrested weeks after a standoff with the police. In posts on Facebook, the Philippines’ Interior Minister Benhur Abolos, confirmed that the preacher, who had…
Pope Francis arrived in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor on Monday for the penultimate stop on a marathon trip through Asia and the South Pacific for the 87-year-old leader. But clerical sexual abuse is also hanging over this leg of the pope’s visit to the region as revelations…
Israeli airstrikes in central Syria have killed three people and injured at least 15 others, state-run Syrian news agency SANA reported Sunday. SANA said there had been several explosions and “air defense engagements” in the central region of Syria, including in the Tartous and Hama governorates, that resulted in multiple…