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President Donald Trump has signed a scaled-back version of an executive order governing AI that he had shelved less than two weeks ago, after senior aides persuaded him that the administration could not indefinitely delay establishing a framework for the technology, according to two officials familiar with the matter. The revised order gives the federal … Read more
The convictions of two paramedics involved in the killing of Elijah McClain were overturned Thursday by a Colorado court. McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died on Aug. 27, 2019 in Aurora, Colorado, six days after he was forcibly detained by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine by emergency medical services. McClain’s cause … Read more
The directors behind some of Netflix’s biggest hits of the year came together to speak to their creative processes and storytelling techniques in conversations moderated by Variety in partnership with Netflix. Antonio Campos, who directed “The Beast In Me”; Max Winkler from “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”; and Alexandria Stapleton, director of “Sean Combs: The … Read more
The humanoid robot of the future is a hulking specimen with a body that’s made in China and a brain that runs on American silicon. This week, Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, announced a blueprint for the bot, which combines a few different things: a 6-foot, 150-pound robot called H2 Plus from Unitree, a … Read more
Three Amazon employees on Wednesday publicly called for regulations on new data centers, telling elected officials in Seattle that unchecked development of the sharply disputed nerve centers of AI threatens the region’s environment, economy, and safety. “Local governments, in collaboration with community stakeholders, should be setting the terms for data center buildout,” Amazon senior software … Read more
Musk also shared a video from far-right British agitator Tommy Robinson calling on people to gather outside Southampton Central Police State on Tuesday night, echoing calls from Reform Party leader Nigel Farage for people to respond to the incident with “pure cold rage.” “I heard someone say this wasn’t about race; this is about race,” … Read more
A rep said the 94-year-old executive is “in good spirits and happy to be recuperating at home” Clive Davis was discharged on Thursday after being hospitalized in New York City on May 29 following an upper respiratory issue, a representative for the music mogul confirmed to Rolling Stone. The rep said the music mogul is … Read more
“Factoring out the deepfake image itself—as it will remain under seal—there is nothing inherently stigmatizing about revealing the fact that a deepfake image was created of South Carolina Doe without revealing the image itself,” the lawyers wrote in one of their May 15 filings. “As a result, this case simply does not involve the types … Read more
This is an adapted excerpt from the June 3 episode of “All In with Chris Hayes.” As the midterms come into view, basically every major problem Donald Trump has caused remains unresolved. The war with Iran is ongoing and, despite claims of a so-called ceasefire, there are strikes basically every day. The Strait of Hormuz … Read more
In writing an album that is largely about loss and calling it “Good Grief,” singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles is clearly playing with the wording of that common phrase, finding a way to make it feel literal, not like an oxymoron. That carries over to the similarly titled documentary, “Sara Bareilles: Good Grief,” that is having its … Read more