Inside Congress’ scramble to build an AI agenda

Inside Congress’ scramble to build an AI agenda

[ad_1] Last Wednesday, Lieu, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and a couple of other members introduced a bill to prevent a Terminator-style robot takeover of nuclear weapons — the same day that Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) sent a barrage of tough letters to cutting-edge AI firms. Leaders on the House Energy and Commerce…

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House GOP debt limit plan would block Biden’s student loan agenda, prohibit future relief

House GOP debt limit plan would block Biden’s student loan agenda, prohibit future relief

[ad_1] The legislation would also bar the Biden administration from moving forward with a new income-driven repayment plan that cuts monthly payments for most borrowers and shortens the timeline to loan forgiveness for some borrowers. In addition, the GOP plan would permanently prohibit the Education Department from issuing any significant regulation or executive action that…

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NCERT’s decision to make ‘changes’ driven by divisive and partisan agenda: Historians

NCERT’s decision to make ‘changes’ driven by divisive and partisan agenda: Historians

[ad_1] New Delhi: Around 250 educationists and historians criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over its decision to revise textbooks. They said that removing the chapters was driven by a divisive and partisan agenda. The historians demanded NCERT withdraw the decision. Significantly, some sections related to Mughals were removed from the…

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NCERT’s revision of textbooks part of ‘saffronisation’ agenda: Kerala CM

NCERT’s revision of textbooks part of ‘saffronisation’ agenda: Kerala CM

[ad_1] Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday strongly condemned the dropping of certain chapters and portions from NCERT class 12 textbooks and alleged that “complete saffronisation” of academic books was the objective behind the move. Historical facts cannot be denied by just cutting out portions that are inconvenient (to some one) from textbooks,…

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U.S., EU lawmakers feel cut out of Biden’s electric vehicle trade agenda

U.S., EU lawmakers feel cut out of Biden’s electric vehicle trade agenda

[ad_1] “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again so there is no confusion: Congress will not, under any circumstance, forfeit our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibility of all trade matters,” Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), chair of the House Ways and Means trade subcommittee, said in a statement Friday. “This is unacceptable and unconstitutional, and…

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Sex ed, birth control, Medicaid: Republicans’ ‘new pro-life agenda’

Sex ed, birth control, Medicaid: Republicans’ ‘new pro-life agenda’

[ad_1] In Iowa, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds is pushing legislation to allow pharmacists to dispense hormonal contraceptives without a prescription. Indiana and Oklahoma are advancing similar GOP-sponsored bills. In Indiana and South Carolina, Republican lawmakers proposed lawmakers proposed bills that would require comprehensive, medically accurate sex ed to be taught in the states’ schools starting…

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Pak faces ‘uphill task’ to try & get Kashmir into ‘centre’ of UN’s agenda: FM Zardari

Pak faces ‘uphill task’ to try & get Kashmir into ‘centre’ of UN’s agenda: FM Zardari

[ad_1] United Nations: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has admitted that Islamabad faces an “uphill task” to get the Kashmir issue into the “centre” of the agenda of the United Nations. Zardari also fumbled as he went on to refer to India, describing it first as “our friend” before using the term “neighbouring” country….

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