International Booker Prize Winner - Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi

Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for their book Heart Lamp, the first short story collection to win the prize. The book delves into women's lives, reproductive rights, faith, caste, power, and oppression in Muslim communities in southern India.

AI Translation of Pet Emotions

Baidu is exploring using AI to translate animal sounds into human language to recognize pets' emotional states, with a patent filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration. This technology is still in the research stage and aims to improve cross-species communication.