Bay Area police try out controversial AI software that tells them where to patrol…
March 12, 2019
With the promise of trying to predict crime before it happens, police departments across the United States are experimenting with artificial intelligence programs like the one from PredPol in Santa Cruz. It’s an evolution of the “hot-spot” crime maps police have been using for decades to guide their patrolling — with 21st century twists that opponents say can reinforce bias and make people less safe.
Democratic Presidential Nominee Andrew Yang Get’s Over-Confident and Tries to Explain How Universal Basic Income Would Be Cheaper Than Expected…
March 12, 2019
Advocates declare basic income a way to help people maintain standards of living despite increasing use of A.I. automation and robots, with Elon Musk and Richard Branson both throwing their weight behind the idea.
Exclusive – President Donald Trump on Immigration: ‘I Don’t Want to Have Anyone Coming in That’s on Welfare’…
March 12, 2019
“I don’t want to have anyone coming in that’s on welfare... We have a problem, because we have politicians that are not strong, or they have bad intentions, or they want to get votes, because they think if they come in they’re going to vote Democrat, you know, for the most part."... “I don’t want people that need welfare,” Trump said. “We owe a lot of money. We’re taking care of everybody in the world’s military. But now as you know I got over $100 billion from NATO countries. But that’s not enough, that’s not enough, we’re paying for massive portions of NATO... But I don’t like the idea of people coming in and going on welfare for 50 years, and that’s what they want to be able to do—and it’s no good,” Trump said.
Mesa Arizona company selling facial recognition tech to schools…
March 12, 2019
The maker of Visitor Aware in Mesa wanted to beat the old-fashioned log books at a school’s front office.
“He couldn’t tell who was actually signing in,” marketing director Joanna Hauglund said. “He couldn’t decipher anyone’s name. He couldn’t decipher his own name.”
Hauglund said the facial scanners will compare recorded images to sex offender registries with names, ages, photos and addresses.
Federal court moves to unseal documents in Jeffrey Epstein scandal…
March 12, 2019
A federal court of appeals in New York on Monday took the first step in unsealing documents that could reveal evidence of an international sex trafficking operation allegedly run by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein and his former partner, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
The three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit gave the parties until March 19 to establish good cause as to why they should remain sealed and, failing to do so, the summary judgment and supporting documents will be made public.
Jerome Corsi Sues Alex Jones…
March 12, 2019
Corsi and his lawyer, conservative activist Larry Klayman, are both named as plaintiffs in the case against Jones, Infowars, Jones’ father David Jones, and Infowars host Owen Shroyer. The complaint alleges the defendants defamed Corsi and Klayman by questioning their mental fitness, with Jones saying that Corsi has dementia and has become “extremely mentally degraded.” In their lawsuit, Corsi and Klayman allege that Jones and Infowars are hurting their careers as rival right-wing commentators, costing them “financial support and sales.”