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Congress should follow EU’s lead on regulating AI

Congress should follow EU’s lead on regulating AI

Boston Globe, August 15, 2023 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/15/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-regulating-ai/ It is heartening to see the Globe ramp up coverage and commentary on AI’s promise and risks and the increasingly urgent debate over how to regulate this...

China’s hidden unemployment rate

  China's real jobless rate may be considerably higher than the official 5 percent. Bai Peiwei, an economics professor at Xiamen University, estimates, in the words of Bloomberg News, that the rate "may be 10 percent in industries with excess capacity, such as...

Eurozone’s Big Three to meet on post-Brexit planning

The leaders of Germany, France and Italy -- the Eurozone's three largest countries -- are meeting on a small southern Italian island for talks on how the European Union should proceed  following Britain’s  vote to leave. Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, German...

Many young Europeans leave future behind

  An increasing number of young people in Europe are neither working, nor in school nor being trained. This bodes ill for the socio-economic future of the Continent. Bloomberg reports that "The problem isn't only that they are currently without a job. They 'face...

Obama prepares for last Asia trip as president

  President  Obama next month will make what is expected to be his final trip to Asia. There he will  meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders. During his time in the White House,  Mr. Obama has sought to "rebalance" America's defense and...

Inside Assad’s giant torture chamber

  This Guardian piece takes you inside Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's giant prison and torture chamber, where people seized by Assad's forces undergo horrific abuse. "Now ex-detainees and architects have built an accurate model, using 'ear-witness' testimony, of...

Syrian city’s recapture seen as model for taking ISIS ‘capital’

  U.S. officials see the recapture of an Islamic State stronghold in Syria  --  the city of Manbij -- as a model for future U.S.-backed operations against the murderous terror group, and especially for  supporting a march by allied forces on Raqqa, the group's...