2023-12-15: News Headlines

Larry Johnson (2023-12-14). Why Is U.S. Intelligence Lying About the War in Ukraine? sonar21.com

Jake Johnson (2023-12-14). Senate Passes $886 Billion Military Bill That Extends Mass Spying Authorization. truthout.org In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a sprawling $886 billion military policy bill that includes an extension of surveillance authority that the government has used — and heavily abused — to access the communications of activists, journalists, lawmakers, and others without a warrant. The four-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance… |

ecns.cn (2023-12-13). China releases first AI large language model for ancient book research. ecns.cn A college research team from East China's Jiangsu Province has recently released China's first large language model (LLM), a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massively big data sets to help conduct research on Chinese ancient books.

Laith Fadel (2023-12-14). AI's digital likeness blends the lines of reality. america.cgtn.com Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has been at the forefront of tech news as it enters numerous sectors, including content creation. That includes industries where AI video and images, and even digital likenesses are blending the lines of reality. CGTN's Mark Niu has more.

Staff (2023-12-14). Jeremy Scahill: Gaza "Scorched-Earth Campaign" Is a "Joint U.S.-Israeli Operation" democracynow.org We discuss President Joe Biden's "full support for a scorched-earth campaign" in Gaza with The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill, who says the U.S. is providing "political cover and rushing weapons there and giving support to the most pernicious lies that Israel [is] telling." Despite the Biden administration's recent assertions that it is helping to restrain Israel, Israel's military and intelligence operation is significantly propped up by resources from the United States State and Defense departments, explains Scahill. "This is a joint U.S. operation militarily and po…

presstv.ir (2023-12-14). Gaza war will end at once if US cuts off Israel's aid: Ex-CIA analyst. presstv.ir A former CIA analyst says the Israeli aggression against Gaza will end immediately if the US stops the flow of weapons to the occupying entity.

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-14). Supreme Court overturns aspects of NSW's anti-protest laws. greenleft.org.au

Olmedo Beluche (2023-12-14). Panamanian people score a great victory, struggle continues. workers.org Published Dec. 2 in Panamá, where the author is a professor of sociology and an anti-imperialist political leader. Translation: John Catalinotto The ruling of unconstitutionality, issued by the Supreme Court of Justice of Panamá on Nov. 28, constituted the successful conclusion of a great popular victory against the abusive mining . . . |

Andy Kroll (2023-12-14). Unilateral Sanity Could Save the World. tomdispatch.com Top American officials in the "national security" establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient silences. Their scant regard for truth or human life has changed remarkably little since 1971 when Daniel Ellsberg risked decades in prison to leak the Pentagon Papers to the world. During the years between then and his death six months ago, he was a tireless writer, speaker, and activist. Most people remember him, of course, as the whistleblower who exposed voluminous official lies about the Vietnam War by providing 7,000 top-secret pages of classified documents to the New York Times and other newsp…

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