What Actually Mattered at China’s Big Military Parade?
It was a big week for China, hosting an SCO Summit in Tianjin and then a massive military parade in Beijing. The world was watching closely.
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Canada to give automakers a break on EV sales target as US tariffs weigh
Canadian PM Carney also announced a fund of $5 billion Canadian ($3.6bn US) to help firms in sectors hurt by tariffs.
Filing: Anthropic will pay $1.5B to resolve an authors’ copyright lawsuit over the company’s downloading of millions of pirated books (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Filing: Anthropic will pay $1.5B to resolve an authors’ copyright lawsuit over the company’s downloading of millions of pirated books — Anthropic PBC will pay $1.5 billion to resolve an authors’ copyright lawsuit over the…
What’s happened to the Mariners’ esteemed starting pitching?
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Elon Musk offered one trillion US dollars in jaw-dropping Tesla deal
The world’s richest man could become its first trillionaire.
Why Hamas refuses to give up fighting | Analysis
Analysts say that despite its vast losses in Gaza, Hamas believes it can hold out for a deal that ensures its survival.
China & the ‘Axis of Upheaval’, Behind Brazil’s Bolsonaro Case & Europe’s Migration Debate
In this edition of The World This Week : China’s military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII sees Xi Jinping Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jung Un, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is in court this…
Ex-pilot who tried to cut engines on flight after taking mushrooms pleads guilty
Joseph Emerson, formerly of Alaska Airlines, must do 664 hours of community service and pay $60,569A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit pleaded guilty or …
Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum
The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns — a move that would all but certainly face immediate constituti…
My Latest Book: Rewiring Democracy
I am pleased to announce the imminent publication of my latest book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship: coauthored with Nathan Sanders, and published by MIT Press on October 21.
Rewiring Democracy looks beyond common tropes like deepfakes to examine how AI technologies will affect democracy in five broad areas: politics, legislating, administration, the judiciary, and citizenship. There is a lot to unpack here, both positive and negative. We do talk about AI’s possible role in both democratic backsliding or restoring democracies, but the fundamental focus of the book is on present and future uses of AIs within functioning democracies. (And there is a lot going on, in both national and local governments around the world.) And, yes, we talk about AI-driven propaganda and artificial conversation…