Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is warning that AI could end up causing a mass elimination of jobs in technology, finance, law, and consulting, among other professions, as well as wipe out half of all entry-level white collar jobs. Read More.
PULSE POINTS: What Happened: Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new policy to block U.S. entry for foreign officials and their families involved Read More.
The Supreme Court allowed a federal ruling to stand that found that a Massachusetts public school was justified in banning a student who wore shirts criticizing the transgender movement. Read More.
The Marubo Tribe of Brazil’s Amazon has filed a defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles against The New York Times, alleging its coverage of the tribe’s first internet access portrayed them as tech-addicted and obsessed with pornography, according to the New York Post. Read More.
Democracy Dies in Darkness? A new memo from the taxpayer-funded National Endowment for Democracy shows grantee Global Disinformation Index viewed silencing Trump and toxifying certain news outlets to reduce their revenues as a win. The policy spread to other federal programs. Read More.
The U.S. government’s sprawling surveillance apparatus has long been justified under the guise of national security—but newly uncovered documents reveal a far more sinister reality. The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Quiet Skies program, ostensibly designed to identify potential terrorist threats, has instead been weaponized to monitor and intimidate political opponents, including former Congresswoman and Director […] Read More.
A gleeful, self-satisfied Mr Punch was often heard to remark: “That’s the way to do it.” Today we examine how Mark Poynting, one of the BBC’s top doom-mongering Net Zero activists Read More.