Internal Google documents show that the tech giant feared it wouldn’t be able to monitor how Israel might use its technology to harm Palestinians.
The post Google Worried It Couldn’t Control How Israel Uses Project Nimbus, Files Reveal appeared first on The Intercept.
There’s no question that artificial intelligence has come a long way in the last few years. And it’s true that many jobs are likely to be replaced by these tools. But I know for a fact that the job I do as CEO can never be done by AI, regardless of how advanced it becomes. The things I do, the heart and soul I pour into my work each and every day—even on weekends—a computer would never match.
Could a machine decide to lay off an entire department based on a vague intuition it forms about the market while it half-listens to an Economist podcast during its morning Peloton ride? I don’t think so. Through years of stress and anxiety, I have built up my sensitivity to the market. This isn’t something that can be captured and replicated by a machine.
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- by David Gordon White
Glaciers are committing piracy at the bottom of the planet
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Author Mike Stark on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing his new book about starlings
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What’s in a name? Though readers might be familiar with the work of the Amber Film and Photography Collective — who have documented life and work in the North East since 1968 — fewer can be expected to have considered the meaning of their name. Some might read it as an evocation of the mined […] It’s a big data week for me and today’s post is more of a news information offering rather than a deeper analysis of a topic, which is my usual pattern. However, I discuss in some detail recent appointments to the US Health Administration, some of which were prominent during the early COVID years and received…
The cottagecore, romantic path to starvation and environmental breakdown. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2025 The fire that has just destroyed 500 hectares (1,230 acres) of Dartmoor should have been impossible. It should not be a fire-prone landscape. But sheep, cattle and ponies have made it so. They browse out tree […]
In the Soviet Union, you’d never wish someone ‘S dnem rozhdeniya!’ without a proper present - by Margarita Gokun Silver
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