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The recent decision by the #Trump administration to terminate all memberships of advisory committees within the Department of Homeland Security #DHS has significant implications for Company Executives open.substack.com/pub/thisdaya...

Trump Terminates DHS Advisory Committee Memberships, Disrupting Cybersecurity Review

The recent decision by the Trump administration to terminate all memberships of advisory committees within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has significant implications for Company Executives

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#geekwire - #AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias #Blackmen fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time. www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...

AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias

Kyra Wilson, left, University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School and Aylin Caliskan, a UW assistant professor in the iSchool. (UW

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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 2y ago

#Reuters - #Chinese researchers develop #AI model for military use on back of Meta's #Llama "In the future, through technological refinement, #ChatBIT will not only be applied to intelligence analysis, but also ... strategic planning, simulation training and command www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Exclusive: Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama

Top Chinese research institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army have used Meta's publicly available Llama model to develop an AI tool for potential military applications, according to academic papers and analysts.

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#apnews - An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges Character.AI allows users to create customizable characters or interact with those generated by others, spanning experiences from imaginative play to mock job interviews. apnews.com/article/chat...

An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges

A Florida mother is suing a tech company over an AI chatbot that she says pushed her son to kill himself.

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What it feels like when tasked with applying #AI algorithm to make sense of #trump and his statements- Just looking for something that makes sense. Ingested the whole debate into #pgvector and still can’t find any threads. Perhaps that’s the idea……

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Alt: What it feels like when tasked with applying #AI algorithm to make sense of #trump and his blubbering - Just looking for something that makes sense. Ingested the whole debate into #pgvector and still can’t find any threads. Perhaps that’s the idea……

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@Africanstreams - #DelMonte’s Trail of #African Bodies #Kenya #Pinapples #American #Delmonte www.instagram.com/reel/C4Ht0mQ...

African Stream on Instagram: "DEL MONTE’S TRAIL OF AFRICAN BODIES Guards at American food giant Del Monte’s large farm in Kenya are accused of culpability in a number of suspicious deaths. With fami...

8,412 likes, 438 comments - african_stream on March 4, 2024: "DEL MONTE’S TRAIL OF AFRICAN BODIES Guards at American food giant Del Monte’s large farm in ..."

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@NikkeiAsia | #Indonesia election latest: #Prabowo 'grateful' for quick counts signaling big win Echoing his rivals, he adds, "We must still wait for the official result from the General #Elections Commission." But he pushes back against suggestions of polling irregularities tinyurl.com/4huhzwhd

Indonesia election latest: Prabowo 'grateful' for quick counts signaling big win

On track for nearly 60% of vote, defense minister says democracy 'going well'

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@npr.org | CEO of major #Nigerian bank killed in helicopter crash in #California's #MojaveDesert The deaths of #HerbertWigwe, his family and #Ogunbanjo were confirmed Saturday by Ngozi #Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister who is now the director-general of the WTO tinyurl.com/52jk58xx

ThisDay in History: February 7, #Aristide becomes Haiti’s first democratically elected #president On Feb. 7, 1991, Jean-Bertrand Aristide (zhahn behr-TRAHN’ ahr-ihs-TEED’) was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of #Haiti apnews.com/article/toda...

@reuters - On This Day: White supremacist convicted of killing #MedgarEvers On Feb. 5, 1994, #whitesupremacist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of the 1963 killing of #Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers. www.upi.com/Top_News/202...

On This Day, Feb. 5: White supremacist convicted of killing Medgar Evers - UPI.com

On Feb. 5, 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of the 1963 killing of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

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@guardian | #MichelleONeill: #SinnFéin leader from #IRA family who has vowed to respect royals As a teenage mother, she was treated as if she had the “plague”, and wept, yet - - - is now poised to make history as the first nationalist to lead #NorthernIreland – www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Michelle O’Neill: Sinn Féin leader from IRA family who has vowed to respect royals

She’s pledged to be first minister ‘for all’ and her ability to navigate political tensions will shape her Stormont tenure

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Today in History: January 22, U.S. Supreme Court declares right to #abortion with Roe v Wade On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. (The decision was overturned in 2022.) #roevwade apnews.com/article/toda...

Today in History: January 22, Supreme Court declares right to abortion with Roe v Wade

On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. (The decision was overturned in 2022.)

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Polls @polls.bsky.social · 3y ago

@Politico | Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62 As an adult, #DexterKing became an attorney and focused on shepherding his father’s legacy and protecting the King family’s intellectual property. www.politico.com/news/2024/01... #MLK

Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62

The third of the Kings' four children, Dexter King was named for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where his father first served as a pastor.

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@foxnews | #Trump wins #Iowa, Fox News Decision Desk predicts #DeSantis will take second place #Florida Gov. #RonDeSantis edged out former #SouthCarolina Gov. #Nikki •Haley for second place. The result was a much-needed boost for DeSantis, who visited every county. . www.foxnews.com/live-news/io...

Trump wins Iowa, Fox News Decision Desk predicts DeSantis will take second place

Iowa caucuses kicked off Monday as Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and others faced off for Republican presidential nominee in 2024

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@reuters | #Israeli strike kills two #Palestinian journalists in #Gaza, officials say #HamzaAl-Dahdouh and #MustafaThuraya were both freelancers. Al-Dahdouh had done freelance work for #AlJazeera and was the son of the chief correspondent in Gaza, #Wael Al-Dahdouh. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

@npr.org | U.S. Supreme Court allows Idaho #abortion ban to be enacted, first such ruling since #Dobbs #Idaho -Defense of Life Act- would make it a crime for "every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion," even when the woman's health is greatly endangered www.npr.org/2024/01/05/1...