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Europe’s world-leading AI rules face do-or-die moment

Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 12:02 pm

( ) -q 29– UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “Google’s Bard chatbot.”

Hailed as a world first, European Union artificial intelligence rules are facing a make-or-break moment.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Big tech companies are lobbying against what they see as overregulation that stifles innovation. European lawmakers, meanwhile, want added safeguards for the cutting-edge AI systems those companies are developing.

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VERBATIM: Negotiators will meet to hammer out the draft’s final details this week. However, the talks have been complicated by the sudden rise of generative AI. First suggested in 2019, the AI Act was expected to be the world’s first such comprehensive regulations. But the process has been bogged down by a last-minute battle over how to govern systems that underpin general purpose AI services like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard chatbot.

 

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Greg Clugston SRN News White House correspondent

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U.S. blames Iran for Yemen’s attacks on vessels in Red Sea

Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 4:11 pm

The United States is blaming Iran for weekend attacks by Yemen’s Houthis. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the U-S holds Iran responsible for Sunday’s attacks on civilian and military vessels in the Red Sea. Sullivan said U-S officials were discussing establishing military escorts for ships in the Red Sea to ensure safe passage.

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Bob Agnew SRN News U.S. Senate correspondent

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Senate To Get Classified Briefing On Ukraine, Israel, Funding Bill.

Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 4:02 pm
Senators are set to get a classified briefing on Ukraine, Israel, and white house plans for a $100-BILLION supplemental spending measure to address those and other national security concerns. A bi-partisan group of senators has been engaged in talks for weeks on the critical issues of U.S. border security. Democrats hope to pass a bill apart from border issues, but many Republicans say they wont support a bill for foreign aid with funds to help address the border crisis. Top GOP negotiator Senator James Lankford says senators are making progress and that he believe a compromise is possible before the end of the year.
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Bernie Bennett SRN News U.S. House correspondent

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Michael Harrington SRN News religion desk editor

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A group of 17 Republican attorneys general take on the Biden administration

Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 9:10 am

A group of 17 Republican attorneys general take on the Biden administration

VERBATIM: They have sent a letter to Washington, decrying a proposed rule that would require any foster child who identifies as LGBT be placed ONLY with parents who promise to affirm their lifestyle and “provide services necessary for their health and well-being”. That would include sex-change operations. The attorneys general point out that some states are banning those kinds of surgeries on children because of their devastating consequences. Michael Harrington, SRN News.

 

 

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WALL STREET BUSINESS REPORT 12-4

Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:57 am

WALL STREET BUSINESS REPORT 12-4

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AM SPORTSCAST 12-4

Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:55 am

AM SPORTSCAST 12-4

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