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Artificial intelligence is on full display at an exposition in Washington, DC, where one of the main focuses is how to incorporate AI into weapons systems. Organisers say the technology will lead to a better future, but critics are warning of the dangers that come with the high-tech advances. Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi shows us around.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTpd1fr8xE

A federal judge ruled today that Florida cannot enforce a law that requires social media platforms to block kids from using their platforms. The state law "is likely unconstitutional," US Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District of Florida ruled while granting the tech industry's request for a preliminary injunction...

For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.

For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45813091

Live-animal markets are a natural laboratory for viruses to evolve and spark deadly outbreaks, yet scientists lack support to study the risks they pose.

Live-animal markets are a natural laboratory for viruses to evolve and spark deadly outbreaks, yet scientists lack support to study the risks they pose.

Could the unthinkable be true? In the aftermath of the Bosnian War — a conflict marked by atrocities and genocide — rumors swirled of wealthy outsiders flying into war-torn Sarajevo to pay for a gruesome and forbidden thrill: hunting humans for sport.

YouTube version: https://youtu.be/6-9nZkdaNrQ

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/39876981

Giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together so we can shoot them

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30698269

The moderators of a pro-artificial intelligence Reddit community announced that they have been quietly banning “a bunch of schizoposters” who believe “they've made some sort of incredible discovery or created a god or become a god,” highlighting a new type of chatbot-fueled delusion that started getting attention in early May.

Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi was extradited from Lebanon to the UAE in January, with no information disclosed to his family as to his charges and whereabouts.

Qaradawi was arrested in Lebanon in January, and extradited to the UAE over a video he posted to social media while visiting Syria, in which he expressed critical views of the Egyptian, Emirati and Saudi authorities.

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In March, a group of United Nations human rights experts raised the alarm over Qaradawi’s continued forced disappearance, and called on the UAE to disclose his whereabouts.

They further expressed concern regarding the legal process of Qaradawi’s extradition, which was triggered by an arrest warrant issued by the little-known security body, the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council (AIMC), saying that the move was politically motivated and not based on legal criteria.

The extradition process orchestrated by the AIMC, they said, “is being abused by some states to silence criticism, shut down dissent, and pursue activists beyond their borders”. The Arab Interior Ministers Council: What is it and why are there human rights concerns? Read More »

Qaradawi is one of an increasing number of perceived political dissidents targeted for extradition by the AIMC on seemingly political charges.

The experts also warned that Qaradawi could face further extradition to Egypt, where he faces a three-year prison sentence for “spreading false news”.