A few days back I saw a flurry of news about two "foreign" virologists being charged by a DoJ attorney for an alleged "conspiracy to smuggle in monkeypox" into the use.
The decided language of the DoJ press release felt off to me, so I started investigating.
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oh good, i was just saying that i've grown tired of these limited wars
Great news from Armenia, where the pro-Europe bloc is cruising to victory, despite a deluge of Russian threats, bribery, and interference on behalf of the Russophilic opposition.
Ow she's a goat
haaaaaus
I asked Prime Minister Mark Carney a simple gotcha question: Can AI ever be sentient?
His answer didn't fill me with confidence. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
This is a rare European election where Trump is backing the right candidate. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
How interesting that Meta called @wired.com "dishonest" and then (quietly) removed the face-recognition system it had previously (also quietly) integrated into an app downloaded onto 50 million phones.
Dishonest!
Over the past year, I've been talking to the scientists, doctors, and civil servants trying to predict, prevent, and prepare for the next pandemic.
Donald Trump has fired them, defunded their work, and hunted them down. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
www.wired.com
I’ve spoken with several U.S. scientists and public health officials in the past year. What they've told me is unnerving.
