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The probability is that Biden ordered the lab origin probe not because he wanted to, but in order to anticipate developments and revelations he felt were inevitable. Joe doesn’t desire confrontation with China, he seeks to soften it by getting control of the fact-finding process.

China warns the US over Biden-ordered probe into Wuhan lab leak theory

China has accused Joe Biden of ‘arrogance’ and a dangerous provocation by launching an investigation into the Wuhan lab (inset, and left, Chinese President Xi Jinping).

Former vice president of Google Maps, Jack Menzel, went so far as to admit that the only way a user could hide their home and work address from the company was by deliberately setting these locations to random addresses

Google’s Data Collection Policies Are Too Confusing For Its Own Staff To Comprehend

Recently un-redacted documents from last year’s Google vs Arizona lawsuit shows the company made it hard to hide your location data.

Allegations that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab make it harder for nations to collaborate on ending the pandemic — and fuel online bullying, some scientists say.

Nature

Divisive COVID ‘lab leak’ debate prompts dire warnings from researchers

Allegations that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab make it harder for nations to collaborate on ending the pandemic — and fuel online bullying, some scientists say.

New at the Belmont Club. Humanity has technology but that’s not the problem.

Dr Frankenstein, MD

There has been a disturbance in the force

Except the A-bomb was much less dangerous.

New study claims Chinese scientists created COVID 19 in a lab

The 22-page paper on the origins of COVID-19, exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com and slated for publication in the coming days, is set to make waves among the scientific community.

Child soldiers, unending war, grinding poverty, blood diamonds, blood batteries and now volcanoes. One of the most tragic and forgotten places on earth. More coverage is allotted to George Floyd and Bill Cosby than the Congo.

Apocalyptic scenes in eastern Congo as a volcanic eruption triggers earthquakes and fears of Lake Kivu methane explosions

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted for the second time in 20 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and officials warn that another eruption could follow.

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While the military relied on what was already available on the civilian market and adapted it for military purposes – in the years prior to the fighting – the IDF established an advanced AI technological platform that centralized all data on terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip onto one system that enabled the analysis and extraction of the intelligence.

Jerusalem Post

Israel’s operation against Hamas was the world’s first AI war

The IDF used artificial intelligence and supercomputing during the last conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Complains he was put on hold when he called the police.

Atlanta councilman who voted for ‘Defund the Police’ has car stolen

While at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in northwest Atlanta on Wednesday morning, four people hopped into Antonio Brown’s car and took off.

Like when the Night King walks through dragon napalm without getting a hair out of place.

Democratic lawmakers who called for Cuomo’s resignation now praise him at pressers

As more time separates Gov. Andrew Cuomo from his sexual harassment scandal, New York Democrats who called for his resignation are now returning to his side and praising his leadership skills.

In a way it proves nothing. Assertions are true or false because they are or they aren’t. Facebook has no power over factuality.

Facebook will no longer remove claims that Covid-19 was man-made

Facebook said it’s no longer removing from its platforms claims that coronavirus was man-made.

The president’s plans to invest in infrastructure, education, health care and more would push federal spending to its highest sustained levels since World War II.

Biden to Propose $6 Trillion Budget to Boost Middle Class and Infrastructure

The president’s plans to invest in infrastructure, education, health care and more would push federal spending to its highest sustained levels since World War II.

China better find the missing link “Species X” before the public finds out what “gain of function” means.

Chinese media accuses Fauci of ‘fanning huge lie’ of lab leak theory

The infectious disease expert added fuel to the fire amid increasing speculation that the virus was leaked from the Institute of Virology in Wuhan rather than the city’s wet market.

Accidents, including deadly ones, caused by software or industrial robots, can be traced to the early days of such technology but they are not a direct consequence of the particulars of the intelligence available in such systems. AI failures, on the other hand, are directly related to the mistakes produced by the intelligence that such systems are designed to exhibit.

AI Accidents: Past and Future – Tec-Bite IT-Security Blog

A day does not go by without a news article reporting some amazing breakthrough in artificial intelligence. Consider some developments.

Tomorrow’s headlines are already written. It’s what happened yesterday that’s still to be decided.

Former Seattle Police Chief Says Media Downplayed Violence At CHOP To Make It Appear Peaceful

Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, who resigned last summer after the Seattle City Council voted to cut millions of dollars from the Seattle Police

“I have now asked the intelligence community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion, and to report back to me in 90 days,” Mr. Biden said. “As part of that report, I have asked for areas of further inquiry that may be required, including specific questions for China.”

Biden Calls for Intelligence Report on Origins of Covid-19

The president has asked the U.S. intelligence community to report to him within 90 days on questions surrounding the origins of the virus as scrutiny persists over a possible laboratory leak in Wuhan, China.

Maybe China believes in itself unlike a certain civilization filled with trendy self-loathing.