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AI job threat peaks in Washington, D.C., according to a recent analysis; Majority of Americans believe AI will revolutionise healthcare in 2024; Google files lawsuit against hackers in India and elsewhere spreading malicious AI ads on Facebook; MIT Scientist urges CFOs to shift risk tolerance for rapid impact of generative AI- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look..1. AI job threat to jobsThe latest analysis by job search engine Salarship reveals that Washington, D.C., faces the highest AI job threat in…

Image via Mark Wilson/Getty Images/Marvel Studios/ Remix by Apeksha Bagchi A future Marvel movie is currently filming in the D.C. area, blocking up traffic and sparking rumors about which film the Marvel team is taking on. Quite a few projects paused production during the ongoing WGA strike, which started in early May and shows little sign of letting up. News that filming for a Marvel release is still underway took quite a few people by surprise and sparked immediate rumors about which film is behind all those…

WASHINGTON —  With the help of a staff member, Sen. Diane Feinstein rose from her wheelchair, gripped his arm, and walked onto the floor and cast her second vote of the week. She voted against a plan to nullify some criminal justice reforms the District of Columbia had recently passed and then walked off the floor.Back in her wheelchair, she exited an elevator and was met by a reporter — who asked about her health. “Aren’t you an eager one,” she said. Feinstein returned last week after months away from the Senate as she…

No. There is no guarantee the replacement will fill their predecessor’s committee seats. “Once there is a new senator sworn into the vacant seat, he or she only gets committee assignments after the Senate adopts a simple resolution,” Reynolds said. Opponents can in theory hold up that process with a filibuster — continuous, often unnecessary debate on the floor to cause a prolonged delay to a vote. It would take 60 votes to end a filibuster. For Feinstein, who serves on the Judiciary Committee, that question is…

Lil Baby’s camp is setting the record straight on his purported Pride performance in Washington, D.C.Earlier this month, organizers for Pride in the District announced the Atlanta rapper had been booked for its May 28 event at Bravo Bravo. But the excitement quickly turned to disappointment when Pride in the District confirmed Baby will not participate in the Memorial Day weekend festivities, which led some to believe the rapper had pulled out of the gig due to homophobic backlash.Lil Baby’s team has since clarified that…

SACRAMENTO —  California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s absence in Washington, which began when she was briefly hospitalized with shingles in February, has created headaches for President Biden and congressional Democrats in Washington and is stirring speculation at home.Though working at home in San Francisco while recuperating, Feinstein’s absence from the U.S. Capitol has halted confirmation hearings for federal judges in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is split evenly with 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans because of…

Juul Labs Inc. agreed to pay $462 million to settle lawsuits filed by six states and the District of Columbia, resolving nearly all of the pending litigation against the embattled e-cigarette maker.  The deal includes New York, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Colorado and New Mexico, all of which had sued Juul, alleging that the company marketed its vaping products to underage users. “Juul lit a nationwide public-health crisis by putting addictive products in the hands…

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX made transfers of about $2.2 billion to company founder Sam Bankman-Fried through related entities, the company's new management said. Overall more than $3.2 billion was transferred through payments and loans to company founders and key employees, FTX said in a statement on Wednesday. These payments were made chiefly from Alameda Research hedge fund, FTX said, adding that it made these disclosures by filing schedules and statements of financial affairs with the bankruptcy court. The…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new analysis of crime statistics near hundreds of places of worship in Washington, D.C., shows that these sites are associated with higher levels of violent and property crime—even after accounting for other factors commonly linked with crime. James Wo of the University of Iowa, U.S., presents these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on March 8, 2023.…

Photo: Tasos Katopodis (Getty Images)Twitter CEO Elon Musk gave a brief public apology for his role in helping spread and amplify a baseless conspiracy related to the brutal October attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Musk’s backtracking comes just days after the release of graphic police body camera footage capturing the attempt on Pelosi’s life. Musk is in the midst of a multi-day tour of the nation’s capital meeting with and sweet talking lawmakers.The Tesla CEO issued the public apology on Twitter…