Geoffrey Hinton, one of the so-called godfathers of artificial intelligence, urged governments on Wednesday to step in and make sure that machines do not take control of society. Hinton made headlines in May when he announced that he quit Google after a decade of work to speak more freely on the dangers of AI, shortly […]
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US rejoins UNESCO, reversing Trump withdrawal
UNESCO members vote overwhelmingly for United States to return to cultural organization
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Macron calls on parents to help tame riots, blames video games
French President Emmanuel Macron called on parents to keep child rioters off the streets on Friday, while saying some young people appeared to be copying violent video games which had “intoxicated” them. Speaking after chairing a crisis security meeting, the 45-year-old head of state said that around a third of the people arrested over three […]