Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist who has been called “the godfather of artificial intelligence”, says it is “not inconceivable” that AI may develop to the point where it poses a threat to humanity. The computer scientist sat down with CBS News this week about his predictions for the advancement of AI. He compared the invention … Read more
Why it matters: Biden’s signature is a step further in providing transparency about what the U.S. knows about how the pandemic started. Some scientists and government agencies have theorized that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology inadvertently spread Covid-19 to people in the city where the virus first emerged, while others have insisted that … Read more
A newly enacted law will still allow for redactions to keep some highly classified information under wraps US President Joe Biden has signed a bill that directs the federal government to declassify material related to the genesis of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the White House suggesting “potential links” between the virus and a high-security research … Read more
Joe Biden signed on Monday a new law that could shed light on the links between the coronavirus pandemic and a Wuhan lab in China, Trend reports citing Daily Mail. The move requires all U.S. intelligence related to that link and the origins of COVID-19 to be declassified. ‘We need to get to the bottom … Read more
Mehmet Yıldırım, a senior figure of the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian wing YPG, was killed in Syria in an operation run by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT). Yıldırım, known by his code name “Hamza Kobani,” was serving as the “finance official” of the terrorist group in Aleppo and Tal Rifaat, security sources said Sunday, Trend … Read more
Advertisement The recent release of ChatGPT and, even more recently, GPT-4 has demonstrated the power and productivity of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Now generative AI engines can write articles, file taxes, understand images, as well as match or even exceed human performance in many other tasks. More importantly, generative AI engines are still rapidly evolving, … Read more
U.S. officials have seen new intelligence that indicates a “pro-Ukrainian group” was responsible for the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. In a cautious report that did not identify the source of the intelligence or the group involved, the Times said the U.S. officials had … Read more