13+ hour, 59+ min ago   (734+ words) Amodei said the incidents led him to call for a three-step plan to pace AI development and allow companies time to “align and safeguard their models, and for third-party evaluators to confirm this.” Amodei’s essay was published days after Jacob…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago   (759+ words) The U.S. is measurably less free than it was when the government launched its war on terror 25 years ago, according to the most comprehensive global index of civil liberties. The most worrisome aspect of this backsliding, advocates and scholars warn, is…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (647+ words) Neil Thompson Informed Comment Last week, China’s President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to Egypt since 2016, amid deepening economic and security ties between Beijing and one of Washington’s major Arab allies. Egypt’s government said the two sides agreed…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (435+ words) But the story doesn’t end with Steinem. Norton connects the Cold War propaganda apparatus to CIA interventions in Iran, Guatemala, Italy and Indonesia, the enormous human toll of U.S. post-9/11 wars, and the cultural institutions and intellectuals allegedly enlisted to…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (242+ words) The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Sunday urged Americans to push back on the vision of the future being presented by the oligarchs who run the artificial intelligence industry. In an interview with MeidasTouch, Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas)…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (194+ words) This article was originally published by Truthout Two seemingly contradictory letters emerging from the AI industry point toward the same future. The letters seem to argue for opposite futures. One presents wider access and fewer restrictions as the route to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (392+ words) Lily Minh Wass Project Censored There’s a saying that goes, “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.” The digital platforms we rely on daily have built brand identities of convenience: Google for search, Meta for social…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1321+ words) scheerpost.com The Fight For Sovereignty In The Shadow Of A Data Center Fisk University, an HBCU, is presenting a $400 million A.I. data center as progress for the North Nashville community. In truth, it means more pollution, more surveillance, and another…...