The shock sacking of Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, by his own board reveals the contradictions emerging in the development of ChatGPT and other ‘generative artificial intelligence’ models driving the AI revolution.
AI: open or closed?
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Xi meets Biden
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met yesterday during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco.
Xi meets Biden
Stellantis commits nearly $5B to Belvidere with new UAW contract
Eight months ago, the idling of the Belvidere Assembly Plant had local United Auto Workers questioning their next steps.
Stellantis commits nearly $5B to Belvidere with new UAW contract
US economy expanding?
The first estimate of third quarter real GDP growth in the US was released yesterday. It showed the US economy expanded by an annualised rate of 4.9%. The Financial Times called this a “blistering pace that, not for the first time, defied gloomier predictions from economists.” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen commented that “It’s a good, strong number and it shows an economy that’s doing very well,” and she is “not expecting growth at that pace to continue, but we do have good, solid growth.”
US economy expanding?
US suffers from chronic strategic overreach
The US finds itself sponsoring two conflicts that are at the center of global attention. In Ukraine, the US leads its European allies in supplying weapons, ammunition and economic assistance to the Ukrainian government against Russian forces. And now, in the Middle East, the US is the primary sponsor of Israel as it disproportionately responds to the raids carried out by Hamas on October 7.
US suffers from chronic strategic overreach
I thought that the objective was to overextend Russia?! 🤷🏼♀️
German economic slump will be worse than feared, warn economists
Country’s GDP set to fall as it struggles with the energy crisis supply chain disruption
German economic slump will be worse than feared, warn economists
Senator Warren accuses Pentagon appointees of using position for “personal profit”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Pentagon Wednesday with ethics concerns with the office dedicated to private funding defense technology.
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The OSC’s two special government employees work at WestExec Advisors* and New Vista Capital — two firms that work on defense and technology consulting.
Senator Warren accuses Pentagon appointees of using position for “personal profit”
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WestExec Advisors LLC is a consulting firm founded in 2017 by Antony Blinken [State Department], Michèle Flournoy, Sergio Aguirre, and Nitin Chadda, all former Obama administration officials. Lisa Monaco, Robert O. Work, Avril Haines [DNI], David S. Cohen [CIA], and Jen Psaki have also been WestExec employees.
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I am beginning to think that the “populist” turn of the Republican Party may be lacking in substance
One of the top priorities of the Republican Party is allowing countless rich tax cheats to get off without reprucissions:
I am beginning to think that the “populist” turn of the Republican Party may be lacking in substance
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Rich Americans Are Stiffing the Taxman to the Tune of $66 Billion
US seeks to ‘militarize’ Venezuela-Guyana disputed territory
The Venezuelan Foreign Minister says that the parliament recently passed a referendum protecting the sovereign territory from US encroachment, adding that the US is again trying to interfere in the 200-year-old dispute of Essequibo.
US seeks to ‘militarize’ Venezuela-Guyana disputed territory
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Exxon Is The Biggest Winner In Guyana’s Epic Oil Boom
China and Venezuela to Establish ‘All-Weather Strategic Partnership’, Sign 31 Cooperation Agreements
The Venezuelan leader added that his country would continue to back China’s Belt and Road Initiative as well as the internationalization of the yuan, and is also willing to cooperate with Beijing in multilateral forums such as the BRICS group and the United Nations (UN).
Neo-Con study: Why a New Black Sea Strategy is in the U.S. Interest + The Middle Corridor
With the coming US-NATO dangerous war games in the Black Sea it seemed like a good idea to post this study by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. This should give us all a clear idea of what Washington and Brussels are up to in the region.
Neo-Con study: Why a New Black Sea Strategy is in the U.S. Interest
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