‘Russia’s AI is wise sufficient to close up’
Thomas Kent at The Wall Avenue Journal
When “questions flip political,” Russia’s prime AI digital assistant’s “responses are sometimes guarded,” says Thomas Kent, making a “basic downside for authoritarian international locations looking for to compete with democratic nations in generative AI.” Authoritarian states “can nonetheless use AI to churn out big volumes of false content material for the net,” however even AI with the “biggest freedom to hunt and analyze information might be at peril if false info dominates the knowledge pool they’re allowed to entry.”
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‘No quantity of alcohol is secure. Surgeon basic is correct to sound the alarm.’
Dr. Marc Siegel at USA At the moment
There’s a “want to change the general public notion {that a} small quantity of each day alcohol is definitely good for you,” says Dr. Marc Siegel. No “quantity of alcohol is a secure quantity, particularly when you think about that alcohol is addictive, that it isn’t the best remedy for stress due to its well being dangers, and that due to its social acceptability persons are far too prone to overlook these dangers, together with most cancers.”
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‘Canada’s liberals want a brand new chief however Trudeau’s trigger was simply’
Angus MacCaull at Newsweek
Justin Trudeau’s resignation “had turn out to be inevitable,” says Angus MacCaull. After “10 years beneath a charismatic however polarizing determine, the Liberal Celebration wants a brand new face.” Liberals “must shift their messaging away from id politics and in the direction of tangible actions,” and “discuss much less about who they’re and extra about what they do.” They “must share this messaging in a approach related to the current.” However “historical past will choose” Trudeau’s “legacy to be each good and lasting.”
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‘Mark Zuckerberg has gone full MAGA’
Siva Vaidhyanathan at The Guardian
Mark Zuckerberg “appears to have gone full MAGA,” says Siva Vaidhyanathan. Zuckerberg has “determined to capitalize on what is bound to be a big and quick retreat from accountability and regulatory curbs on company negligence” beneath Donald Trump. He’s “not performing as a mercenary capitalist. He’s performing as a megalomaniacal ideologue, as typical.” Folks “ought to keep in mind that he believes his firms to be the answer, not the trigger, of our world maladies.”
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