The G20’s guest list triggers an international dispute, researchers test whether readers can recognize AI-generated fiction, an Arctic tourist receives a very expensive lesson in wildlife etiquette, and a hideous Hawaiian shirt exposes a weakness in automated surveillance.

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The United States welcomes Russia back to a major G20 finance meeting while excluding South Africa, an actual member of the group. European officials object, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushes his economic agenda, and even the official photograph becomes a diplomatic battlefield.

A ship passenger in Norway’s Arctic territory decides to wake a sleeping polar bear with the vessel’s horn. Norwegian authorities respond with a punishment that may qualify as the world’s most expensive alarm-clock bill.

A Villanova University study asks readers to compare human-written short stories with fiction produced by ChatGPT. Their preferences reveal an awkward gap between what people say they value and what they enjoy reading.

A German artist creates an $88 Hawaiian shirt designed to confuse AI surveillance cameras. The garment may look like a fashion crime to humans, but its strange pattern raises serious questions about the reliability of machines increasingly trusted to monitor public spaces.

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