Conduct

The European Union and United States said Wednesday they expect to draft a voluntary code of conduct on artificial intelligence "within weeks" with the hope that fellow democracies will sign on.After talks with EU officials in Sweden, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Western partners felt the "fierce urgency" to act following the emergence of the technology, in which China has been a growing force. The voluntary code "would be open to all like-minded countries," Blinken told reporters. "There's almost…

Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the International Space Station to deploy and activate a radiator on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a five-hour and 14-minute spacewalk on May 12, 2023. From top to bottom, the main station elements are Nauka with the European robotic arm and an experiment airlock attached, the Prichal docking module, and the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship. Credit: NASAToday the Expedition 69 ISS crew conducted various science experiments, prepared for the Ax-2 private…

Michael Vale has worked for the company for more than 30 years. Michael Vale has worked for the company for more than 30 years. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please…

For the first time, surgeons have successfully repaired a major malformation in the brain of a fetus.Guided by ultrasound, surgeons from Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in the US used a surgical technique called embolization to treat a rare prenatal condition. Called vein of Galen malformation, the vascular abnormality permits blood to flow dangerously fast through part of the brain after the child is born. The success of the procedure offers new hope for treating the condition before the risk…

Gap Inc. said it is eliminating 1,800 jobs as part of a broad restructuring aimed at making the company more nimble and less bureaucratic. The job cuts are expected to result in $300 million in annualized savings as part of a plan outlined in March, the company said Thursday. The positions being eliminated are mainly at its San Francisco and New York headquarters as well as some senior field roles. Gap Inc. said it is eliminating 1,800 jobs as part of a broad restructuring aimed at…

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is leaving Comcast, effective immediately. The telecom giant made the surprise announcement in a terse press release it issued on Sunday. Following an investigation prompted by a complaint of inappropriate behavior, Comcast says it came to a “mutual” decision with Shell that he should resign his position. “Today is my last day as CEO of NBCUniversal. I had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company, which I deeply regret,” Shell said in a joint statement. “I'm truly sorry I let…

NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell is leaving his post effective immediately after an investigation into a complaint of inappropriate conduct, parent company Comcast Corp. said Sunday. Mr. Shell oversaw NBCUniversal’s entertainment operations and had been with Comcast for roughly two decades. “I had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company, which I deeply regret,” Mr. Shell said in a statement. “I’m truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down.”…

Twitter announced it would label and limit the visibility of tweets that violate the platform’s Hateful Conduct policy, Engadget reports.Since Elon Musk’s takeover, Twitter has been in a dilemma about whether it should allow every form of content or remove the materials considered hateful. After months of trying different methods, the platform is now adding a label to tweets violating hateful speech policies.The restricted tweets aren’t removed from the platform, but their visibility is limited. Users also have the…

From high-tech fighting machines to supercomputers and killer robots, science fiction has a lot to say about war. You might be surprised to learn that some governments (including the UK and France) are now turning their attention to these fantastical stories as a way to think about possible futures and try and ward off any potential threats.For many years now, science fiction writers have made prophesies about futuristic technologies that have later become a reality. In 1964, Arthur C. Clarke famously predicted the…

SpaceX could conduct Starship’s first orbital flight test as early as the week after next. On Thursday, the private space firm tweeted new photos of the super heavy-lift rocket at its Boca Chica facility in Texas. “Starship fully stacked at Starbase,” SpaceX said of the images. “Team is working towards a launch rehearsal next week followed by Starship’s first integrated flight test ~week later pending regulatory approval.” That same day, SpaceX owner Elon Musk offered an even more aggressive timeline. “Starship is…