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Europe’s world-leading artificial intelligence rules are facing a 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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Biden faces Democrat pressure over Israel-Hamas war

Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 8:39 am

Democrats in Congress are ramping up pressure on President Biden over the Israel-Hamas war. As the administration urges Israeli and Hamas negotiators to restart ceasefire talks, President Biden is getting an earful from allies on Capitol Hill. Senator Bernie Sanders and a group of Democratic senators say they’re done “asking nicely” for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza. They’re demanding assurances from the Israeli government. At risk is the president’s request for 14-billion dollars in aid for the Jewish state.

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Bob Agnew SRN News U.S. Senate correspondent

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Schumer Vows Ukraine Aid Vote By December 4th

Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 1:18 pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer [D-NY] says he’ll bring a Ukraine aid bill up for a vote on the Senate floor by December 4th. Schumer writes in a letter to colleagues that one of the most important jobs facing lawmakers is passing a funding that will-quote-“ensure we as well as our friends and partners in Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region have the necessary military capabilities to confront and deter our adversaries and competitors,” He’s also setting the stage for a fierce battle with Republicans, by refusing to inckud funding for U.S. border security. And although the bill includes aid for Israel, it also provides more money for humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza…assistance some critics say will go drectly into the hands of Hamas terrorists
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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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