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Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge

Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge

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Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google’s recent decision to drop its pledge not to build AI systems for weapons. “I’m very glad that Google has changed its stance,” Ng said during an on-stage interview Thursday evening with TechCrunch at the Military Veteran Startup Conference in San Francisco. Earlier this week, Google deleted a seven-year-old pledge from its AI principles webpage, which promised the company would not design AI for weapons or surveillance. Alongside the deletion, Google published a blog post penned by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis who noted companies and governments should work together to build AI that “supports national security.” Google made its AI weapons pledge in 2018 following the Project Maven protests, in which thousands of employees protested the company’s contracts with the U.S. military. The protestors specifically took issue with Google supplying AI for a military program that helped interpret video images, and could be used to improve the accuracy of drone strikes. Ng, however, was baffled by the Project Maven protestors, he told an audience …

21 Grilling Tools You’ll Be Glad You Have When Summer Hits

21 Grilling Tools You’ll Be Glad You Have When Summer Hits

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$33 at Amazon A board made for meats Cutting board with juice groove View details $27 at Amazon You gotta cover it Grillman grill cover View details $15 at Amazon The baste in the business No-mess silicone brush View details $47 at Weber Sturdy tools with extra inches Weber Precision 3-piece grilling set View details $130 at Meater A big bamboo beauty Meater bamboo cutting board View details $46 at Wayfair Shed some light on the situation BBQ Dragon grill lamp View details $30 at Amazon Perfect for charring veggies without the mess Grillaholics large grill basket View details $30 at BBQGuys Keep even the flakiest flounder in one piece Fish grilling basket View details $7 at BBQGuys If you’re going “no-basket” Big Head fish spatula View details $20 at Amazon So you never lose track of your drink Cuisinart magnetic drink holder View details $7 at BBQGuys A scraper that’s easy on the grates Wooden grill scraper View details $30 at Ace Hardware Smart and space-saving utensils Proud Grill connectable toolset View details $30 …

I’m glad the debate on assisted dying is forging ahead. But few understand why it frightens so many | Frances Ryan

I’m glad the debate on assisted dying is forging ahead. But few understand why it frightens so many | Frances Ryan

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Human beings are not good at talking about death. That includes politicians. It is ironic – though understandable – that the one life event we will all experience receives barely any political attention. Hospices have their budgets cut in real terms without pushback; many receive no funding from the state in the first place, instead relying on piecemeal charity. Care homes, where large numbers of us will live out our final days, are frequently neglected too. Meanwhile, the nature of our death – namely, the right to control it – is still seen as a taboo. UK governments have historically sidelined the issue, even as other nations, from Canada to the Netherlands, have grappled with it. Until now. On Thursday, MPs published the findings of a 14-month inquiry into assisted dying. The inquiry – which attracted more than 68,000 responses from the public – made no conclusive statement but instead collected evidence as a “significant and useful resource” for future debates. That debate is no longer abstract. Legislation is making its way through the parliaments …

Patrick Mahomes Says He’s ‘Glad’ Travis Kelce Is as ‘Happy as He Is’ Amid Taylor Swift Romance

Patrick Mahomes Says He’s ‘Glad’ Travis Kelce Is as ‘Happy as He Is’ Amid Taylor Swift Romance

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Patrick Mahomes has nothing but love and support for Travis Kelce and his high-profile romance with Taylor Swift. Speaking with reporters at a press conference during the Super Bowl LVIII Opening Night event at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mahomes was asked about “Swelce,” and the 28-year-old NFL quarterback was more than happy to shower both Swift and Kelce with praise. “He’s enjoying it,” Mahomes shared. “He’s enjoying just being able to be in a great relationship and then also being able to play great football as well.” “It’s been cool to watch and to be able to be a little bit a part of,” Mahomes said of their headline grabbing relationship. “It’s been a heck of a season, a heck of a run, and I’m glad that he’s [as] happy as he is.” Mahomes was also asked about the focus on Swift coverage during the season, and whether or not he had a problem getting asked about the singer at the conference, to which Mahomes exclaimed, “She just won Album of the Year, man, so you …

Glad Hatters, Arsenal saved by Jesus and steak chat – Football Weekly | Football

Glad Hatters, Arsenal saved by Jesus and steak chat – Football Weekly | Football

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Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today: the panel discuss all of Tuesday night’s Premier League action, including Luton Town moving out of the relegation zone thanks to an Elijah Adebayo hat-trick and 4-0 win over Brighton. Does this mean Roberto De Zerbi is still favourite to take the Liverpool job or the Barcelona job? Also, Arsenal’s dominance in possession over Nottingham Forest eventually pays off thanks to Gabriel Jesus’s record of never losing a game he has scored in. But were Arsenal convincing enough? Does it matter? Elsewhere, the panel pick over the Africa Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup, which are both entering the quarter-final stages. Why did Roberto Mancini walk down the tunnel before the penalty shootout was over as his Saudi Arabia lost to Son Heung-min’s South Korea? Plus: listeners share stories of meeting footballers in nightclubs and Mark Langdon tells us his favourite steakhouse in London. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters Support …

Beauty Trends Women 50 And Older Are Glad Don’t Exist Anymore

Beauty Trends Women 50 And Older Are Glad Don’t Exist Anymore

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They say trends are cyclical, but when it comes to beauty and makeup fads, some really need to be put to bed. Supersized Flock of Seagulls-esque hair and skinny eyebrows? They can go, though Gen Z seems dead set on reviving the latter, for reasons we don’t fully understand. And we definitely need to say goodbye to tanning beds, given what we know about skin cancer. In the spirit of letting go of legitimately bad trends, we asked ladies over 50 to share the style and beauty trends they’re glad no longer exist (or at least seem to be on the way out.) See what they had to say below. 1. Using orange juice cans as hair rollers “In the days before blow dryers and round brushes, we made our own beauty products! We would slather our hair with Dippity-Do and roll it on repurposed frozen orange juice cans. Have you ever slept on metal rollers? There are two possible positions: face down, or with your head hanging over the side of the bed. I …