AI
IBM’s AI system Watson just edited an entire magazine all on its own digitaltrends
According to a press release published via The Drum, the magazine edited by Watson consists of a variety of features that cover Watson’s different analytical functions, as well as how it can assist modern-day marketers. Moreover, The Drum reports that Watson has also been programmed to have the ability to answer a series of questions pertaining to “advertising legend” David Olgivy. and has even predicted a list of winners for this year’s Cannes Lions awards.
Elon Musk May Have a Robot Up His Sleeve time
OpenAI, which formed in December, said on Monday that it’s working on creating an “off-the-shelf” robot that others can manufacture. The idea is to design a robot outside of a corporate umbrella as a way to speed innovation without a financial motive.
See also OpenAI technical goals
Society
Europe's robots to become "electronic persons" under draft plan in.reuters
Their growing intelligence, pervasiveness and autonomy requires rethinking everything from taxation to legal liability, a draft European Parliament motion, dated May 31, suggests.
However, Germany's VDMA, which represents companies such as automation giant Siemens and robot maker Kuka, says the proposals are too complicated and too early.
This is just nutty :)
Pentagon close to repealing transgender ban usatoday
A high-level meeting took place Monday to lay out the terms of repeal and when it will be announced, according to a Defense official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the issue.
New [Charlotte Middle School] policy syncs with federal law to protect transgender students wsoctv v
A policy has always been in place to make transgender students feel comfortable, but Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators president Erlene Lyde said the updated Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools policy now syncs with federal law Title IX, which protects transgender students in the classroom.
See also Governor McCrory’s Office Issues Statement on Charlotte-Mecklenburg School's Policy on the use of Bathrooms, Locker Rooms and Shower Facilities. It may sound noble on the surface, but withholding (and misrepresenting) truth is doing the exact opposite of taking care of the children:
“Whatever the personal views are on this subject -- I just want us all to know -- that our first and foremost duty is to take care of children,” Lyde said.
Genetics
Federal panel approves first use of CRISPR in humans statnews
The experiment, proposed by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, still needs the approval of the medical centers where it would be conducted, as well as from the Food and Drug Administration, which oversees the use of experimental treatments in people. If the study gets those OKs, it would enroll patients with multiple myeloma, melanoma, and sarcoma, and be funded by the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, which was launched this year by tech mogul Sean Parker.
Russia
EU agrees in principle to prolong Russia sanctions foxnews
The diplomats said that at least one country must first have the move endorsed by its parliament, so it cannot go ahead until that is done, probably by the end of next week.
ISIS
Pentagon shields info on US troops wounded in ISIS battles cnn v
The Pentagon will not routinely make public details about injured military personnel even as troops in Iraq and Syria are getting wounded on tours of duty that are not supposed to involve combat.
North Korea
North Korea launches missile but test appears to have failed theguardian
North Korea has launched another medium-range rocket, but the latest test appears to have failed, according to US and South Korean officials. An official from South Korea’s defence ministry told AFP that the North fired an unidentified missile off its east coast shortly before 6am on Wednesday morning.
Iran
Boeing Says It Has Reached an Airplane Deal With Iran fortune
Chicago-based Boeing signed the Iran Air agreement “under authorizations from the U.S. government following a determination that Iran had met its obligations under the nuclear accord reached last summer,” the company said in a statement it issued to the Associated Press.
Israel
In anger, Obama questioned necessity of Israel's qualitative military edge jpost
Panetta was confirming a report from Atlantic writer Jeffrey Goldberg, who attributed the claim to him in an article on Obama's foreign policy doctrine published last March.
Warning: some inappropriate language
BDS
[OPINION] No boycotts against Israel washingtontimes
Last Sunday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York signed Executive Order No. 157, directing state entities to divest all public funds supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The governor’s message was clear: “If you boycott against Israel, New York will boycott you.” This great victory for U.S.-Israel relations comes amid other victories against BDS, including the American Anthropological Association’s vote to reject the academic boycott of Israel, but additional measures are necessary to crush the movement at its core.
Islam
Smithsonian to Host First Major US Quran Exhibit m.voanews
The Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery announced Tuesday that “The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts” will bring 48 manuscripts and folios from the museum in Istanbul together with manuscripts from the collection of the Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art, which are together the Smithsonian's museum of Asian art.
Disasters
Five nations deploy aircraft to battle deadly Cyprus fires globalpost
France and Italy were the latest countries to send planes to assist more than 300 firefighters attempting to put out the blazes which have ran amok as the island swelters under temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
Two British, four Greek and six Israeli aircraft were already helping to tackle the second massive wild fire to hit the Mediterranean holiday island in less than a week.
Space
'Space base between Earth and the Moon within a decade', announces European Space Agency telegraph.co.uk
The ‘human outpost’ would sit between Earth and the Moon allowing its inhabitants to easily shuttle back and forth between the satellite and their home planet, picking up supplies and mining for water at the lunar poles.
Contrary to the article's title, this is more about Major Peake's time at, and return from, the ISS.
Aircraft
NASA Unveils New Electric Plane Project, The X-57 valuewalk
Nicknamed “Maxwell” after 19th century Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, the X-57 is the first X-plane that NASA has designed in a decade. It marks the beginning of New Aviation Horizons, a 10-year initiative that aims to kickstart the general aviation industry’s adoption of modern technologies that intend to reduce fuel consumption, emissions, and noise pollution.
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