(2024-03-11). The Campaign to Free Assange: Reflections on Night Falls. counterpunch.org The town hall meeting is the last throbbing reminder of the authentic demos. People gather; debates held. Views converge; others diverge. Speakers are invited to stir the invitees, provoke the grey cells. Till artificial intelligence banishes such gatherings, and the digital cosmos swallows us whole, cherish these events. And there was much to cherish about
(2024-03-11). The campaign to free Assange: Reflections on 'Night Falls'. greenleft.org.au
(2024-03-11). Extradición de Assange sería fin de la legalidad, considera Rusia. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 mar (RHC) Las naciones que apoyen la extradición a Estados Unidos del fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, perderán su legalidad, advirtió hoy el presidente de la Cámara Baja del Parlamento ruso, Viacheslav Volodin.
(2024-03-11). China set to narrow AI gap with firm efforts. ecns.cn During the ongoing two sessions, the Chinese government has unequivocally put the development of the domestic artificial intelligence industry high on its agenda — and this should help allay any lingering concerns that the country is lagging behind advanced economies in key technologies, experts said.
(2024-03-11). US Intelligence Operation Against Cuban Finances Unveiled. orinocotribune.com The US intelligence community is carrying out a strategy to distort Cuban finances, as part of the US economic war against the Caribbean nation. | Recently leaked information shows a series of maneuvers carried out to induce inflation within the Cuban market. The strategy is divided into four stages: shortages, induced inflation, supply boycott, and financial blockade. | In the first stage, they limit to the maximum the entry of foreign currency into the country, fundamentally dollars. The restrictive measures of the blockade make it difficult for the Cuban government to use this currency, which hinders the Cuban…
(2024-03-11). Elon Musk challenges OpenAI with open-sourcing his xAI chatbot Grok. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Days after he filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, arguing they left behind their open-source strategy for profit, Elon Musk has stated that in a post on X (formerly Twitter) his artificial intelligence firm xAI plans to make its ChatGPT competitor "Grok" available to the public in open-source this week.Earlier this month, Musk had filed a complaint against Microsoft-backed OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015 before departing shortly after three years according to Reuters. OpenAI responded by publishing emails that revealed Musk was backing a proposal to establish a for-profit firm and favored a merger with…
(2024-03-11). Spotlight on early detection of 3 heart diseases using ECG-AI. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Too often, the first sign of cardiovascular disease may be a major event like a heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest. Now, researchers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to flag heart problems earlier, boosting the abilities of a diagnostic test that has been around for over a century — the electrocardiogram (ECG). Early detection of heart disease can make a significant difference in a patient's…