International Day of Human Fraternity: History & Significance
International Day of Human Fraternity:
History & Significance
Why In News
International Day of
Human Fraternity, which falls in the middle of the International Interfaith
Harmony Week is recognised by one of the world’s leading transnational
organisations– United Nations.
Key Points
The International
Day of Human Fraternity was established by the United Nations General
Assembly on December 21, 2020. The International Day of Human Fraternity has
been observed every year on February 4. This day, which falls in the middle of
the International Interfaith Harmony Week is recognised by one of the world’s
leading transnational organisations– the United Nations. It underscores
the importance of humanity coming together as a united community in times that are
increasingly characterised by ethno-nationalistic, political, and economic
polarisation.
The motto is “harmony
in difference.”
“We must live
together as brothers or perish together as fools.”- Martin Luther King Jr.
History:
The International Day
of Human Fraternity was instituted to celebrate the historic document titled
“Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together“, being signed by the
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, and Pope Francis on February 4, 2019.
The document promotes the values of love, mutual respect, and cooperation
between people of different religions and cultures and aims to create a world
where everyone can live in peace and dignity. The day is significant as it
highlights the importance of promoting interreligious and intercultural
dialogue and cooperation as a way to build a more peaceful and harmonious
world.
Significance
In 2023, the day will
be marked in the backdrop of multiple conflicts whether on grounds of political
ideology, territorial disputes, religious differences, or economic inequities.
They mark a sorry human condition, marked by many divides and a lack of peace
and harmony.
The International Day
of Human Fraternity recognises the importance of compassion, religious
tolerance, and respect for one another. These values promote peace and bring
the human community together. However, these values are being threatened by
division, inequality, and hopelessness. Hate speech, religious division, and
conflict are increasing, and all societies and religions are affected by
religious extremism and intolerance.
Google Invests $300 million in Artificial Intelligence Startup Anthropic
Google Invests $300 million in
Artificial Intelligence Startup Anthropic
Why In News
Google has invested
around $300 million in Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup whose
technology is said to rival OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
Key Points
Google has invested
around $300 million in Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup whose
technology is said to rival OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. According to
the deal, Anthropic has agreed to purchase some of Google’s services to support
its technology. The terms of the deal, through which Google will take a stake
of about 10 per cent, requires Anthropic to use the money to buy computing
resources from the search company’s cloud computing division.
The Google & Anthropic Partnership:
The partnership is
designed so that the companies can co-develop AI computing systems; Anthropic
will leverage Google Cloud’s cutting-edge GPU and TPU clusters to train, scale,
and deploy its AI systems.
Anthropic and its startup Claude:
Anthropic was founded
in 2021 by OpenAI former leaders at OpenAI, including Daniela and Dario Amodei.
Since its founding, Anthropic has published 14 research papers showing how to
build language models that are reliable and controllable.
In January, Anthropic
began deploying its technology publicly, starting off with a language model
assistant named ‘Claude’. The AI startup is working with a broad range of
early partners on deploying Claude and will be expanding access to the assistant
in the coming months. Claude pairs RLHF with a variety of safety techniques
built by Anthropic to make AI systems that are predictable, steerable, and
easier to interpret. Claude runs on Google Cloud as will other systems
developed by Anthropic.