Tuesday, February 7

Cleanup and rescue crews continue to help the slow recovery from the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria, and the death toll has now risen to over 7,700 people. Rescuers are racing to clear the rubble and find any remaining survivors, before the death toll rises any more. The main worry of the crews is in northwestern Syria, where over 4 million people were already needing humanitarian aid. Luckily, other countries in the area are rushing in to help, with a package carrying medicine, blankets, food, and other aid arriving today from Iraq and Iran. The US, Japan, Pakistan, India, and other big countries are also helping out, and over 300 Russian soldiers are helping to clear the rubble and search for survivors.

Also, Google has announced a competitor-in-the-making for ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an AI chatbot launched by OpenAI. It is self-learning, so it learns from every entry asked, and can write a whole essay on topics from politics to culture to history. So, Google has announced a competitor to this service, supposedly named 'Bard'. They plan to start its testing this week and launch it in the next few weeks to the public.