If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Just as the EU’s police organization, Europol, continues to argue in favor of introducing encryption backdoors, which would dangerously undermine security on the internet – it is proving unable to protect its own data. And that is even with the capabilities afforded to Europol and everybody else by the encryption standards currently in place. Namely, Europol has suffered an embarrassing data breach this May, with the database reportedly surfacing on the dark web. It is said to contain official use-only documents, internal documents, source code, and possibly also classified information. Europol has confirmed the incident but is attempting to reassure the public that its significance is low, since allegedly, operational information has not been leaked, while its key systems are “unaffected.” Meanwhile, reports based on the dark web offer of the sensitive data say it was taken from the European Cybercrime Center (EC3), the Europol Platform for Experts (EPE), the Law Enforcement Forum, and the SIRIUS platform for electronic evidence. Merely weeks ago, Europol was pushing for an internet even less secure than it is today, repeating the arguments heard many times from various law enforcement bodies around the world, who claim that undermining encryption is necessary for them to do their job. Europol’s European Police Chiefs convention came up with a joint declaration that urged both governments and the tech industry to prevent the implementation of end-to-end encryption on social platforms – Meta (Facebook) moving in this direction was the immediate reason for this reaction. To justify the desire to (continue) to have unobstructed access to people’s private communications, including on messaging apps, the EU law enforcement agency said end-to-end encryption would hinder investigations and evidence gathering. And since “war is peace, freedom is slavery…” what those companies attempting to incorporate encryption in their apps rightly consider to be a step that enhances their users’ security and privacy – Europol considers it to be a threat to public safety, while lack of encryption is framed as “secured digital environment.” “Our homes are becoming more dangerous than our streets as crime is moving online. To keep our society and people safe, we need this digital environment to be secured,” Europol’s Executive Director Catherine De Bolle was quoted as saying at the time. “Tech companies have a social responsibility to develop a safer environment where law enforcement and justice can do their work. If police lose the ability to collect evidence, our society will not be able to protect people from becoming victims of crime,” De Bolle added. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Europol’s Embarrassing Data Breach Exposes Flaws in Its Anti-Encryption Stance appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI has removed a new voice from their latest product, after actor Scarlett Johansson noted it was "eerily similar" to her own.Earlier this month, OpenAI announced they were releasing a new model, dubbed GPT-4o. The product allows for text, audio, and image outputs, and can respond using image, text, and audio with response times they claim are similar to those in human conversations. One of the voice options, called "Sky", has sparked controversy for its apparent similarity to that of actor Scarlett Johansson, who herself starred as an AI assistant in Spike Jonze's 2013 film Her. This is a film of which Sam Altman is well aware, even tweeting the single word "her" on the day of GPT-4o's launch.     IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.Johansson said in a statement to NPR that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman approached her last September, asking her to be the voice of the new product."After much consideration and for personal reasons, I declined the offer," she said in the statement, posted on X by journalist Yashar Ali. "Nine months later, my friends, family and the general public all noted how much the newest system named 'Sky' sounded like me."Johansson adds that two days before the release of "Sky", Altman again contacted her agent asking her to reconsider being GPT-4o's voice, but a few days later without response the product was released.      IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.Johansson says she has now hired legal counsel, who have asked Altman to outline what they have done, and detail the process by which the "Sky" voice was created. "In a time when we are all grappling with deepfakes and the protection of our own likeness, our own work, our own identities, I believe these are questions that deserve absolute clarity," Johansson added. "I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected.”OpenAI says that the voice they used was not that of Johansson, but another actor."We believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinctive voice – Sky’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice," OpenAI said in a blog post. "To protect their privacy, we cannot share the names of our voice talents."Nevertheless, they have removed the voice from the product."We cast the voice actor behind Sky's voice before any outreach to Ms. Johansson," Altman told NPR. "Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Sky's voice in our products. We are sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didn't communicate better."

Any dog owner will know that when their four legged friend looks up at them with big puppy dog eyes it’s pretty impossible to resist. Research from 2019 suggested that dogs evolved more complex facial muscles compared to wolves and other wild canid species so they could mimic the expression of their humans to encourage people to look after them. Now, new research seeks to debunk that theory by looking at the facial muscles of African wild dogs.African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are a highly social species that live in wild packs of around 10 individuals, though some groups can number as high as 40. The pack works together to cover large distances and bring down prey. They have high levels of communication within the pack and are considered the most social canid species.Previous work suggested that enlarged muscles within the faces of domestic dogs facilitated expressive movement of the eyes and eyebrows, including the famous “puppy dog eyes” expression, helping communication between pet and owner. These expressions are facilitated by the muscles levator anguli oculi medialis (LAOM) and retractor anguli oculi lateralis (RAOL), which the previous authors suggested evolved for the purpose of better human-pet communication. This new study examines these muscles in African wild dogs.By looking closely at the musculature in an adult 12-year-old male African wild dog, which had been medically euthanized, the team compared the wild dog facial muscles to that of domestic dogs. The results show that the LAOM and RAOL lengths are within the ranges for Collies, Dachshunds, German Shepherds, and Jack Russell Terrier domestic dog breeds.The team concluded that LAOM and RAOL muscles are not only enlarged in domestic dogs, but are developed in a similar way in African wild dogs.Their study does not distract from the idea that specialized facial muscles could have developed as a way for pets to better communicate with their owners. Instead it suggests that other highly social dog species, like the African wild dog, could also have highly developed facial muscles to facilitate a broad range of communication with the other animals within their pack.Interestingly, the 2019 study found only vestigal remains of LAOM and RAOL in gray wolves (Canis lupus). Gray wolves are known to communicate with one another through touch and scent, suggesting that these methods may be more important in wolf communication than facial expressions.The paper is published in The Anatomical Record.

Over 200 people, including more than 60 children and infants, have entered a landmark legal battle against the South Korean government over their response (or lack thereof) to climate change.Four cases between 2020 and 2023 were merged and put in front of South Korea's Constitutional Court last month. As reported by Nature, the South Korean court started its second and final hearing of the case on Tuesday, May 21. A decision on the case is expected later this year.One of the cases, Woodpecker et al. v. South Korea, involves a baby boy who was not yet born when his parents filed the case in 2022 on his behalf, along with 61 other plaintiffs under the age of five.The claimants argue the government of South Korea has not done enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and curb the impact of climate change. As such, they claim, the state is failing to protect their fundamental rights, including the right to life, the right to pursue happiness, the right to general freedom, the right to property, and the right to a healthy environment.While similar legal cases have been launched in the Americas and Europe – with some success – the case is the first climate litigation of its kind in East Asia. South Korea is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, with around 60 percent of its electricity in 2023 being generated by coal, gas, and oil. Some steps have been taken to remedy the problem. In 2021, South Korea updated its commitment to reduce greenhouse gases by 40 percent by 2030 compared to 2018 levels.Despite their well-intentioned words, many argue the government isn’t taking the issue seriously enough. South Korea's rating for its action against climate change is classified as “Highly Insufficient” by Climate Action Tracker, meaning their current climate policies and commitments are not consistent with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C (2.7°F) temperature limit.“Strategic litigation is a powerful tool which is being increasingly used to enforce states’ binding duty to protect people’s rights from the adverse impacts of the climate crisis and ensure there is no backsliding on the international commitments they made in 2015 to prevent average global temperatures from rising above 1.5°C this century,” Jiyoun Yoo, Amnesty International Korea’s Climate Justice Campaigner, said in a statement.“The climate crisis is already upon us but the effects will be felt even more intensely by future generations. Cases like this are vital to safeguarding citizen’s rights. Taking legal action against a state is often a long and arduous process which requires patience and perseverance and the courage of these pioneering plaintiffs is to be admired and applauded,” added Yoo.Over half of climate cases around the world have reportedly seen “favorable” outcomes, although there’s some debate about whether climate litigation actually has a meaningful impact on climate change. Whether or not they win in court, however, these kinds of high-profile cases do boost public awareness and gradually build pressure against governments and corporations to act.

On the Egyptian Giza plateau, where there are three large pyramids and the ruins of ancient buildings, an underground “anomaly”, as archaeologists have called it, has been discovered. Researchers used ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography to scan the area of ​​the Western Cemetery, which is next to the Great Pyramid – the Pyramid of Cheops. They discovered what can be recognized as two underground rooms. One is shallow, the other is much deeper. The soil in this place has a much lower density, which suggests that a lot of earth was dug here. According to archaeologists, these “chambers” were definitely man-made rather than nature-made due to their flat shape, and that they were later deliberately covered with earth to hide their location. “The Western Cemetery of Giza is known as an important burial place for members of the royal family and dignitaries of the state. The size of the anomaly can be approximated, but its structure and location are unclear,” archaeologists said. The shallow room is 10 meters wide and 15 meters long. Its height is 2 meters. It is believed that it was built to support a larger and deeper chamber, which is approximately 5 meters high at its lowest point and 10 meters high at its highest. “We believe that the continuity of the shallow structure and the deep large structure is important. From the survey results, we cannot determine the material causing the anomaly, but it may be a large subsurface archaeological structure.” They hope that excavations will be carried out in this place later and they will find out what kind of hidden dungeons there are. The post Hidden underground rooms discovered near the Cheops pyramid appeared first on Anomalien.com.

CBS’s Stephen Colbert reacted on Monday’s edition of The Late Show to the story that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s wife Martha-Ann flew an upside-down flag at their home in response to neighborly abuse by accusing the couple of being Nazis. Colbert declared that “when it comes to January 6th cases argued before the Court, Alito has been highly sympathetic to the mob. That's like when your couples therapist is wearing a shirt that says, "Team David." There's no possible justification for a Supreme Court justice displaying a symbol of insurrection at his home.”     There’s no evidence Alito has sympathy for the January 6 rioters’ cause, but Colbert rolled right along, failing to see the difference between blaming and explaining, “Which is why, when this photo was published, Alito immediately did the right thing, owned up, and blamed his wife, saying in a statement that he had 'No involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag.' And 'It was briefly placed by his wife, Martha-Ann.' So he dropped a dime on his gal, citing the landmark case of Me Just Tryna Live My Life v. Ladies Be Crazy, Amirite?'" Colbert did concede that there was context beyond January 6, “Crazy! Alito excused his wife's desecration of the flag that our forefathers died for at Iwo Jima, because he says she only did it because a neighbor displayed a "[bleep] Trump" sign on their lawn, and when Mrs. Alito confronted the neighbor about it, they say the neighbor addressed his wife using vulgar language, ‘Including the C-word.’” However, Colbert then took a leap into the logical abyss by trying to claim that the Alitos sided with the rioters as a way to get back at their neighbors, “Okay, that is not nice. But if someone calls you the C-word, putting up an insurrection flag is not the response. ‘Oh, you were rude to my wife? Well, we're Nazis now.’ So, are you happy? So Martha-Ann runs up the January 6 flag, and then Sam comes home from work, sees it, and is like, ‘Honey, I understand you're upset, but we have to take that down immediately. For Pete's sake, I'm a justice of the Supreme Court,’ is what would have been nice to have happened.  Instead, Colbert lamented, “neighbors confirmed the display stood for several days before being taken down. So, Alito clearly knew about this, because he came and went for several days, and, to paraphrase my favorite Spangled Banner, ‘the flag was still there.’” Speaking of paraphrasing, Monday gave proof through the night that Colbert was still doing the clown nose on-clown nose off routine. He insists that Alito is essentially a Nazi sympathizer who is delegitimizing the Court, but he himself is a simple jester. Here is a transcript for the May 20 show: CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 5/20/2024 11:39 PM ET STEPHEN COLBERT: And when it comes to January 6th cases argued before the Court, Alito has been highly sympathetic to the mob. That's like when your couples therapist is wearing a shirt that says, "Team David." There's no possible justification for a Supreme Court justice displaying a symbol of insurrection at his home. Which is why, when this photo was published, Alito immediately did the right thing, owned up, and blamed his wife, saying in a statement that he had "No involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag." And "It was briefly placed by his wife, Martha-Ann." So he dropped a dime on his gal, citing the landmark case of Me Just Tryna Live My Life v. Ladies Be Crazy, Amirite?" Crazy! Alito excused his wife's desecration of the flag that our forefathers died for at Iwo Jima, because he says she only did it because a neighbor displayed a "[bleep] Trump" sign on their lawn, and when Mrs. Alito confronted the neighbor about it, they say the neighbor addressed his wife using vulgar language, "Including the C-word." Okay, that is not nice. But if someone calls you the C-word, putting up an insurrection flag is not the response. "Oh, you were rude to my wife? Well, we're Nazis now." So, are you happy? So Martha-Ann runs up the January 6 flag, and then Sam comes home from work, sees it, and is like, "Honey, I understand you're upset, but we have to take that down immediately. For Pete's sake, I'm a justice of the Supreme Court," is what would have been nice to have happened.  But instead, neighbors confirmed the display stood for several days before being taken down. So, Alito clearly knew about this, because he came and went for several days, and, to paraphrase my favorite Spangled Banner, “the flag was still there.”

In just the last month, eight heinous crimes occurred that shouldn’t have happened — because they were committed by lawbreakers who wouldn’t even be in the country, if the Biden administration was doing its job of protecting the border.   Arrests of illegal immigrants in crimes ranging from sexual assaults to fatal car crashes have made news in their local communities but have gone COMPLETELY unreported by the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks. This continues a trend that the MRC reported on back in April.  Back when the House sent articles of impeachment to the Senate to try Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, NewsBusters reported on cases of innocent victims killed by illegal immigrants during the Biden administration that ABC, CBS and NBC buried.  Tragically, more people have been added to that list.  The following are eight more heinous crimes committed by illegal immigrants (in just the last month) that the networks have censored:   1. Woman Saved From Sexual Assault By Illegal Immigrant Who Drove “Rape Dungeon on Wheels”         On May 15,  Los Angeles Fox Affiliate FOX11 reported:  In a dramatic rescue in a remote area of the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies saved a woman from a sexual assault inside a van described as a “rape dungeon on wheels,” sources tell FOX 11.  The incident occurred approximately six miles north of Azusa, near mile marker 21 along Highway 39, according to officials with LASD. Sources said the alleged “serial rapist” had taken his 26-year-old victim to a dark turnout just off the highway.  Eduardo Sarabia was arrested on May 13. Deputies said he’s a transient and an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Sarabia has been charged for two counts of forcible rape, for the incident during which he was allegedly caught, and another alleged incident the day before.… Deputies described Sarabia’s van as a “rape dungeon on wheels,” that was “disgustingly outfitted for rape.” Sources said that because of the nature of the crimes, deputies believe there may be other victims. Anyone with information about these crimes was asked to contact the LASD's Special Victims Bureau. ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.   2. Illegal Immigrant Charged with Kidnapping, Sexual Assault Was Previously Let Loose By Federal Agents         On May 7, FoxNews.com reported:  A Guatemalan illegal immigrant who is now charged in Florida with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a child, had been freed into the U.S. with a court date for 2027, officials said this week. The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office announced that Marvin Perez Lopez, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested on Saturday for kidnapping a minor under 13 and sexual assault. Detectives learned that he arrived in January after crossing into the U.S. via Mexico and turned himself into Border Patrol. Authorities say he was given a court date for some time in 2027 and released into the U.S. He is currently being held in the county jail on no bond, the office said.  Perez Lopez is alleged to have grabbed an 11-year-old girl and forced her into his van, according to the arrest report, reported by CBS 12. The girl’s mother is said to have spotted them and started banging on the door, before the suspect jumped out of the van and fled, according to sheriff’s deputies. When deputies arrived at his apartment, Perez Lopez is alleged to have fled into an alleyway before he was eventually caught. “Here’s a Guatemalan, who came into the country illegally, was stopped by the border people, released, and made his way to South Florida. And now he commits a crime where he held an 11-year-old girl against her will and sexually assaulted her," Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told the outlet. ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.   3. Illegal Immigrant Mother Allegedly Hired Hitman to Kill Witnesses to Son’s Crime  On May 7, the Daily Caller reported:  Police arrested an illegal immigrant mother of a boy sentenced to prison for attempting to hire a hitman to kill cooperating witnesses in her son’s case, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Josefina Cardona-Cardona was arrested on Monday after allegedly agreeing to pay an undercover agent to kill two witnesses who were testifying in her son’s 2022 fatal stabbing case, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office announced. She now faces two counts of solicitation to commit murder and will be subject to deportation following the completion of her prosecution. Cardona-Cardona is the mother of Manuel Marcos Cardona, who was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for a stabbing death at a birthday party in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, according to local reports. Marcos Cardona was at a 5-year-old’s birthday party on June 22, 2022 when a fight broke out, according to the arrest report. The victim stepped in to break the fight up, but was then stabbed five times and died the following day at a local hospital. Marcos Cardona was 14 years old at the time of the crime, but was charged as an adult. He was handed a 15-year prison sentence following a plea deal. “In April, we learned that the mother of Manuel Marcos Cardona was planning a heinous act,” the sheriff’s office said in a Tuesday statement. “Our detectives, along with undercover agents, conducted a thorough investigation, during which the defendant, Josefina Cardona-Cardona, agreed to pay an undercover agent to carry out the crime.” ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.   4. Illegal Immigrant in Fatal Crash Had Alcohol Level Nearly Four Times the Legal Limit     On May 10, Mobile, Alabama Fox affiliate WALA reported:    The driver who caused a fatal crash in Semmes last month was speeding in the wrong direction and nearly four times past the legal alcohol limit when he slammed into a teenager’s car, prosecutors said Friday. … Speaking slowly and intermittently so that an interpreter could relay his words to the defendant, who was watching via video link from Mobile County Metro Jail, Blackwood said prosecutors were moving for the detention order “due to the egregious nature surrounding this crash” and a prior DUI conviction. Blackwood also noted that Rodas is in the United States illegally and tried to leave the country following the wreck. Will Phillps, an attorney hired to represent the victim’s family, said after Friday’s hearing that Rodas cut short the life of 19-year-old Adam Luker. On that Sunday afternoon on April 28, Luker was on his way to meet some friends to go tubing at Escatawpa Hollow Park & Campground. “He had a lot of great things going in his life and a wonderful family,” Phillips said. “He had a job on a tugboat. He had a lot of friends and had a great life.” ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.   5. Illegal Immigrant Killed Maine Woman in Fatal Car Crash      On May 8, the Blaze.com reported:  An illegal alien is allegedly responsible for a recent car crash in Maine that left one woman dead and her husband critically injured. Around 8:40 a.m. on April 26, 23-year-old Oguzhan Cildir, a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally, was allegedly driving a Toyota Prius on I-95 in Wells, Maine, just south of Kennebunkport, when he suddenly crashed into a minivan and a pickup truck. The pickup truck then “rolled over several times,” a police report said, before coming to a stop. … The Maine Wire reported that at least five witnesses told police that Cildir had been driving “erratically” just before the crash, weaving in and out of traffic. Moreover, Cildir reportedly does not have a driver's license. How he came into possession of the Prius and who its owner might be are both unclear. Multiple outlets reporting on the fatal crash described Cildir as a Massachusetts resident, but the Maine Wire reported that the agents who arrested him at the scene immediately contacted a local Customs and Border Protection official because of Cildir’s immigration status. He is believed to have crossed from Mexico into the U.S. illegally sometime in January. ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.   6. Illegal Immigrant Who Was Supposed to Be Deported 7 Years Ago, Allegedly Attacked Pregnant Teen On May 12, West Palm Beach ABC affiliate WPEC reported:  A man slated to be deported nearly seven years ago was arrested in Florida on Friday and is accused of attacking a pregnant teen, according to police. Jail records show Heber Amador Guerrero was booked into the Palm Beach County jail around 7 p.m. on counts of aggravated battery on a pregnant victim, as well as domestic battery by strangulation. Additionally, Amador Guerrero, 26, faces a single count of sexual battery on a 16 or 17-year-old victim by someone 24 years old or older in a separate case. Little information about the attack or the sexual assault has been made available, either through court records or in the statement released by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office when it announced his arrest. PBSO noted that Amador Guerrero had crossed into the United States illegally from Guatemala. In May 2017, an order was issued to deport him, but that never happened, the sheriff’s office statement said. ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.   7. Illegal Immigrant Apprehended in Massachusetts, Wanted for “Serious Crimes” Committed in Colombia    On May 13, FoxNews.com reported:  A Colombian national who was apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Massachusetts this week, and is wanted in his home country for aggravated homicide, was released into the U.S. last year. The unnamed 49-year-old national was arrested in Colombia in 2014 and charged with aggravated homicide, aggravated theft and possession of a weapon. He was convicted and sentenced to 17 years in prison in 2016. But in a press release, ICE said he was apprehended by Border Patrol near San Luis, Arizona, in November 2023 after entering illegally. But he was issued a notice to appear before an immigration judge and released into the U.S. on his own recognizance. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) operations in Boston arrested him in Pittsfield on May 6, and he will now remain in custody, ICE said. “This Colombian national is wanted in his home country for some very serious crimes,” ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons said in a statement. ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds   8. Illegal Immigrant Accused of Sexual Assaulting Two Girls Had a Visa That Expired in 2021 On April 25, FoxNews.com reported:  A Mexican illegal immigrant whose visa expired in 2021 is now charged with the sexual assault of two young girls in Michigan after allegedly breaking into their mobile home, authorities say. Miguel Hernandez-Ruiz was arraigned Friday on one count of home invasion and two counts of first-degree criminal sexual assault against a person under the age of 13. Officials said he is in jail with no bond and has an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer placed on him. Ruiz is a Mexican national living in Sturgis, and came to the U.S. on a temporary work visa, officials told reporters at a press conference. But that visa expired in December 2021, and he remained in the U.S. illegally after that time. ABC, CBS, NBC evening and morning show coverage: 0 seconds.

A bipartisan group of four U.S. senators joined together last Wednesday to express the need to invest more money in artificial intelligence research. The claim is that the U.S. will quickly be left behind if the government does not act quickly. Fox News Digital reported that the bipartisan group is led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. He is joined by Republican Senators Mike Rounds (S.D.) and Todd Young (Ind.).While the group admitted that they did not always see eye to eye on the best paths forward, they agree that the U.S. needs to respond to China's massive investment in AI technologies. The four senators completed a 31-page report that includes broad policy recommendations.'We're not going to wait on legislation that addresses every aspect of AI in society.'Rounds said that "this is a time in which the dollars related to this particular investment will pay dividends to the taxpayers of this country long term.""China now spends probably about 10 times more than we do on AI development. They are in a hurry," he added. The group's blueprint specifically centers around generative AI, which has the ability to create photos, text, and videos in response to human-generated prompts. While the technology is exciting and innovative, some people are also worried about the future of some jobs that could be made obsolete by the technology.The Associated Press reported that Young said the development of ChatGPT and similar models made him realize "we're going to have to figure out collectively as an institution" how to tackle this technology.“In the same breath that people marveled at the possibilities of just that one generative AI platform, they began to hypothesize about future risks that might be associated with future developments of artificial intelligence,” Young added.As a result, the group is requesting that the U.S. government invest $32 billion in non-defense-related AI research every year. Schumer insisted that the U.S. needs to maintain the upper hand against China. Schumer also noted that it was not necessary to wait for legislation that addressed every element of AI before acting."We're not going to wait on legislation that addresses every aspect of AI in society," he said.On Wednesday, the Senate Rules Committee held a debate on how AI could impact or even threaten the election system throughout the country. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!