Valentine Hullin

Tech News

Does artificial intelligence have a gender? Yes and no

Certain types of AI, like digital assistants, often have so-called feminine characteristics. Why do programmers make this choice and what are the consequences?

30 October 2023

Tech News

The history of AI: From Alan Turing to ChatGPT

In the first episode of our AI 101 series, explore the history of AI. Discover how it took off: from Alan Turing's test to the advent of ChatGPT.

25 October 2023

Climate

Why are French activists filling golf course holes with cement?

As France faces severe drought, the country's golf courses are escaping water bans. Now, protestors are taking action.

16 August 2022

France

Pay for your funeral before you climb Mont Blanc, mayor tells climbers

The mayor of Saint-Gervais in France suggests a €15,000 deposit would discourage unwary climbers from ignoring danger warnings.

5 August 2022

World News

EU countries 'caught between two extremes' over press freedom

"Polarisation to the west, war and propaganda to the east" is how Reporters Without Borders sums up the press freedom situation in the EU.

3 May 2022