What AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio is doing next to make AI safer
Yoshua Bengio’s new nonprofit, LawZero, is pushing AI for public good – de-emphasizing profits, AGI, and autonomous capability.
Day: June 4, 2025
Army leaders need to show their ‘homework’ for transformation plans, lawmakers say
“You chose to give us a plan with few details, with no budgeting and a failure to answer a lot of our questions, and now [I’m] hearing about how this plan will be implemented from my own constituents, not from leadership,” said Rep. Eric Sorensen.
‘Rallying cry’: Pentagon may have picked wrong group to fight over ship renaming
The LGBTQ community is galvanizing to prevent Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from renaming a U.S. Navy ship as part of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI initiative.CBS News reported Tuesday that the Pentagon was formatting a timeline to rename the U…
Unsealed records in Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown
A federal judge has ordered the unsealing of several court documents in the lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation.
BlackSea Technologies Contributes GARC USV And Support Ship To Operation Southern Spear
BlackSea Technologies on Wednesday revealed it is participating in the robotic-heavy Operation Southern Spear under U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/4th Fleet in the Caribbean Sea. The company said it is […]
The search for Madeleine McCann intensifies with police using hi-tech radar close to suspect’s former home
Detectives continue to scour a deserted farming settlement for clues over Madeleine McCann’s disappearance 18 years ago
Cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania would see funding cut under bill passed by the state House
A bill to reduce how much Pennsylvania school districts have to pay for cyber charter students is advancing in the state Legislature.
How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 6/4/2025
U.S. stocks drifted through a quiet day of trading as Wall Street’s momentum slowed following its big recent rally.
How New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern broke the political mold
Whether it was her history making win in 2017.
Or the history she made as only the second woman elected to lead a country to give birth while IN office.
Or her decision to step away from power after leading New Zealand through crisis after crisis.
Jacinda Ardern could never be described as a TYPICAL politician. But perhaps the most norm-busting feature of her time as Prime Minister was her rejection of the old ways of leadership.
Now as she reflects on her time as Prime Minister of New Zealand Ardern is emphasizing the need to lead with kindness and empathy.
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Kari Lake sends firing plan to Congress that will leave Voice of America with only 18 employees
The US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and other state-run press organizations, will only have about 80 employees across the entire organization