The US should not agree to ban the use or development of autonomous weapons powered by artificial intelligence (AI) software, a government-appointed panel has said in a draft report for Congress. The panel, led by former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, on Tuesday concluded two...
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Ohio lawmaker who asked racist question about Black hygiene tapped to lead state health panel
State Sen. Stephen Huffman was appointed by Senate President Matt Huffman, his cousin, this month to the position on the committee that reviews legislation about health care and human services despite a racist exchange with a Black health expert in June. “I understand African Americans...
LIVE UPDATES: Pete Buttigieg faces Senate panel hearing over Transportation nomination
Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s nomination as President Biden’s transportation secretary is scheduled to move forward Thursday when the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee holds a confirmation hearing. Fast Facts Pete Buttigieg nominated by Biden in December as Transporation secretary and his...
Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic
GENEVA – A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner. In...
The WHO was too slow to react to the Covid-19 pandemic, independent panel finds
The World Health Organisation was too slow to react to the Covid-19 pandemic and is a powerless body unable to ‘enforce anything’, an independent panel has found. An investigation into the WHO’s pandemic response found the UN health body’s failings could largely be attributed to the...
Coronavirus live news: China and WHO criticised by independent Covid panel; US nears 400,000 deaths
8.39pm EST 20:39 One in four UK young people have felt ‘unable to cope’ in pandemic Amelia Hill Young people are in danger of giving up on their futures and on themselves, with a quarter saying they feel unable to cope with life, one of...