Posts by Amelia Frost
North Korea Fires Two Suspected Ballistic Missiles Towards Sea Of Japan
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan on Sunday, Japanese authorities announced. “An object that may be a ballistic missile has been launched from North Korea”, the Japanese Ministry of Defense (JMD) posted on X shortly after 2 a.m. EDT. Seven minutes later, the JMD “estimated that the object had…
Read MoreTrump Announces New ‘AI Force’, Maintains Pro-AI Stance Despite Warnings From Tech And Political Leaders.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is looking to create an “AI Force”, with an AI czar at its head, to monitor the technology amidst growing calls for AI regulation. “I am forming the AI Force, much like I did Space Force, which has been a tremendous SUCCESS, in my First Term. To…
Read MoreClimate Change, Conflict And AI: What To Expect From The Upcoming UN General Assembly High-Level Week
In the coming days heads of state and high-level representatives from all 193 United Nations (UN) member states will meet in New York to address the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the main policy-making organ of the UN, as part of the UNGA high-level week. At the summit, world leaders will have the opportunity to meet…
Read MoreRussia Holds First Post-War Parliamentary Elections. Western Intelligence Fears Putin Will Escalate Ukraine Conflict Post-Vote.
Polls for elections to the 450 seats of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Federal Assembly, opened on Friday and will close on Sunday. United Russia (UR), the current pro-Putin ruling party, won 324 seats at the last election in 2021 and is widely anticipated to win this current election as well.…
Read MoreU.S. Fuel Prices Surge As Iran War Rages With No End In Sight
The average U.S. gas price is now just 9 cents off this year’s May 21 peak of $4.56 per gallon, according to a nationwide price tracker. Prices are most expensive in California, where a gallon now costs $6.13 on average. Gas prices have risen precipitously since the beginning of the Iran War; the average gallon…
Read MoreU.S. Secures Expanded Military Access Rights To Greenland. Trump Describes Deal as “Dream Come True”.
After years of threatening to take Greenland by force, the Trump administration announced yesterday that it had negotiated greater U.S. security control over the territory with both the governments of Greenland and Denmark. The agreement “gives the United States permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing all of our many…
Read MoreAI Is Doing More Of The Work Behind New AI Models. Anthropic Says These 3 Metrics Can Track The Shift.
Artificial intelligence is taking on a larger role in building the next generation of AI systems, with Anthropic now disclosing new measurements showing how extensively its Claude models are involved in the company’s own research and engineering work. Claude was leading 26% of Anthropic’s measured AI research and development work as of August, up from…
Read MoreNearly 5 Million Americans Have a Net Worth Of At Least $5 Million. Here’s Where They Are.
America’s wealthy are far more numerous, and more geographically spread out, than the billionaires and technology founders who dominate rich lists, with nearly 5 million U.S. households now holding a net worth of at least $5 million. Many of those fortunes belong to owners of private businesses such as dental practices, car dealerships, restaurant chains,…
Read MoreRogan Says AI Gives Him ‘Crazy Hope.’ Wonders Whether An AI Led-World Would End All Wars.
While a significant part of the public debate now revolves around concerns related to the possibility that AI could endanger humanity, podcaster Joe Rogan said in a recent episode that AI gives him “crazy hope.” During an interview with physicist Carlo Rovelli, Rogan wondered whether the world would end up being a safer place if…
Read MoreBanned at Seven, Director at Twenty-One: How Ryan Shatzkamer Is Rewiring the Contact Centre Industry
Ryan Shatzkamer‘s introduction to software engineering ended in a ban. He was seven years old, playing on a Minecraft server, and had installed a cheat client so he could fly. The server’s detection caught him almost immediately. Most children would have made a new account and moved on. Shatzkamer opened the game’s files in Notepad…
Read MoreS&P 500 Edges Up But Closes The Week In The Red. Treasury Yields Rose.
The S&P 500 closed the week in the red after edging up on Friday, capping a volatile week in which the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in three years. The index gained 0.17%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite did so 0.39%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, in turn, dropped 0.18%. Treasury…
Read MoreTrump Says He’s Banning Three Top Media Companies From The White House, Warns Other Will Follow
Trump said he’s banning three top news companies from the White House over their coverage. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will ban three top media companies in the U.S. from White House coverage. “I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their…
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