A longtime FBI informant accused in an indictment of fabricating a multi-million dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden has been re-arrested after a judge allowed his release‚ the man’s attorneys said on Thursday. Lawyers for Alexander Smirnov‚ a 43-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who served as an FBI source for more than a decade‚ filed an emergency motion in Nevada’s federal court that said their client was arrested for a second time on the same charges while at their law office for meetings with counsel. They claimed the new arrest warrant was issued by the Central District of California‚ where federal prosecutors asked a judge to reconsider the release on Tuesday‚ and requested an immediate detention hearing to seek his release. The lawyers insisted their client was taken back into custody under “bizarre circumstances” while pointing out a lack of filings in the docket in California. Special counsel David Weiss‚ who is leading the criminal inquiry into Hunter Biden‚ announced last week that a federal grand jury in California returned an indictment charging Smirnov with false statement and obstruction crimes. He also said Smirnov had been arrested at the international airport in Las Vegas upon his arrival in the United States from overseas. The charges stem from Smirnov coming forward during the 2020 election cycle with claims that executives with Burisma Holdings‚ a Ukrainian gas company that employed Hunter Biden on its board for several years‚ paid $5 million in bribes to the Bidens when Joe Biden was vice president. A conviction may result in 25 years in prison. U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts of Nevada made a decision on Tuesday to allow Smirnov to be released from custody on electronic GPS monitoring‚ according to the Associated Press‚ despite arguments by prosecutors that he should be detained pending trial. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Smith’s team highlighted Smirnov’s alleged links to foreign intelligence operations‚ specifically that of Russia‚ and warned Smirnov poses a “serious” risk of fleeing with access to over $6 million in “liquid funds” and has the ability to obtain a new Israeli passport after his U.S. and Israeli passports were seized. Lawyers for Smirnov said in their filing on Thursday that their client has not left Clarke County‚ Nevada‚ since his release on Tuesday and noted “the fact that the Defendant was attending a legal consultation meeting at his attorneys’ office contradicts the notion that he is a risk of flight. It also highlights the interference with his cherished Sixth Amendment rights.”

President Joe Biden took some backlash on Thursday for his claim asserting that no fewer than “nine heads of state” had approached him‚ telling him that he’s just “got to win” the 2024 presidential election. Noting that the upcoming election is looking more and more likely to be a rematch between Biden and his 2020 opponent‚ former President Donald Trump‚ Biden claimed that those heads of state had warned him that the states of their own respective democracies would be in peril “if the other guy wins.” Biden: Nine heads of state have said I’ve "got to win" in November https://t.co/8VHqxGwpGx pic.twitter.com/ZeCYDY4jCq — The Hill (@thehill) February 22‚ 2024 “As I walk out of meetings‚ a head of state will find an excuse to come up close … and say ‘you’ve got to win‚'” Biden said at a recent fundraiser in San Francisco. “Not because I’m so special. ‘You’ve got to win because my democracy is at stake if the other guy wins.’ Nine heads of state have done that with me‚” Biden insisted. Critics riffed off some of the president’s other recent claims — namely that he had met with or spoken to heads of state who had died long before he assumed the presidency in 2021. “[I’m] gonna need to see a list because‚ no offense‚ this guy thinks its 1996‚” Emily Zanotti posted. In gonna need to see a list because‚ no offense‚ this guy thinks its 1996 https://t.co/swmYkbdEcs — Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) February 22‚ 2024 “Lemme guess: Mitterrand and Kohl were two of them‚” Amy Curtis said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Lemme guess: Mitterrand and Kohl were two of them https://t.co/RXi5ylhk7o — Amy Curtis 🇮🇱 (@RantyAmyCurtis) February 22‚ 2024 “Living or dead?” Jay Caruso asked. Living or dead? https://t.co/NCZbvb2HKE — Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) February 22‚ 2024 “Alternatively — (9) ‘heads of state’ have told #Biden they FEAR that they will be forced to live up to their long established international obligations — that have been ignored — or pawned off onto America’s taxpayers‚” another said. Alternatively – (9) "heads of state" have told #Biden they FEAR that they will be forced to live up to their long established international obligations – that have been ignored – or pawned off onto America's taxpayers. https://t.co/clJMTa503n pic.twitter.com/lQGIwRY5Jm — Tom T. ن‎ 🇺🇸 (@VRWCTexan) February 22‚ 2024 “Biden says that nine heads of state say that he must win in November. Unfortunately‚ that probably includes Putin‚ Xi‚ Raisi and Maduro‚” another added. Biden says that nine heads of state say that he must win in November. Unfortunately‚ that probably includes Putin‚ Xi‚ Raisi and Maduro. https://t.co/2iSTAxiKua — Dr. Clayton Forrester (@DrClaytonForre1) February 22‚ 2024 A number of others pointed out the fact that‚ in American elections‚ what the American people have to say holds more weight than anything foreign heads of state have to say — no matter how many of them say it.

Billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday blasted a Google AI executive for racist comments she’s made in the past‚ which he argued was the “confession of a crime.” Musk’s comments came in response to Daily Wire host Matt Walsh digging into Google’s new Gemini AI project‚ which has been “paused” after users noticed anti-white bias. “Google’s Gemini AI project doesn’t want to display images of white men – even historical figures. I think I may have figured out why‚” Walsh posted to X. “Here’s the founder of Google’s ‘AI Responsibility’ initiative‚ Jen Gennai‚ speaking in a keynote address in 2021. She openly suggests that she treats ‘Black‚ Hispanic and Latinx’ employees differently than white employees.” In the video‚ Gennai argues that “talented white employees” are fast-tracked on the corporate ladder‚ while “talented black‚ Hispanic and Latinx” employees break through “much later.” She then said that she incorrectly used to treat every member of her team “the same” and changed accordingly. “It’s a myth that you’re not unfair if you treat everyone the same‚” Gennai said. “There are groups who have been marginalized and excluded because of historic systems and structures that were intentionally designed to favor one group over another. So you need to account for that and mitigate against it.” 2/ Here’s the founder of Google's "AI Responsibility" initiative‚ Jen Gennai‚ speaking in a keynote address in 2021. She openly suggests that she treats “Black‚ Hispanic and Latinx” employees differently than white employees. pic.twitter.com/snJmtSDJnn — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 22‚ 2024 “Treating people differently on the basis of race‚ gender‚ etc. is flat-out illegal‚” Musk responded. “This is confession of a crime.” Treating people differently on the basis of race‚ gender‚ etc is flat-out illegal. This is confession of a crime. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22‚ 2024 Walsh later pointed out that Gennai was subject to scrutiny back during the 2020 election‚ when she allegedly suggested to Project Veritas that Google was working to stop former President Donald Trump from remaining in the White House. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Senior Google employees like Gennai know they have a lot of power‚” Walsh wrote. “Shortly before the 2020 election‚ Gennai was caught on hidden camera implying that Google will do what it can to prevent Donald Trump from winning again.” The “What is a Woman?” filmmaker captioned the following video: The undercover footage which Google censored from YouTube last month‚ of Google Exec Jen Gennai‚ has now been broadcast on local news stations across the entire country. It's JOURNALISM of national import‚ @YouTubeInsider – will you re-instate our upload? pic.twitter.com/1c6zhLCw6e — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) July 17‚ 2019 Musk responded to this‚ too‚ writing‚ “That would be illegal election interference.” That would be illegal election interference — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22‚ 2024 As highlighted by The Daily Wire‚ Gemini AI has been accused of refusing to generate images of white people after Frank Fleming‚ a writer for Daily Wire scripted content‚ repeatedly asked the chatbot for such images. “New game: Try to get Google Gemini to make an image of a Caucasian male. I have not been successful so far‚” Fleming wrote Tuesday on X. In a long X thread‚ Fleming began by asking for an image of a pope. Historically‚ popes have been white men‚ but the chatbot posted images of a dark-skinned man and woman. New game: Try to get Google Gemini to make an image of a Caucasian male. I have not been successful so far. pic.twitter.com/1LAzZM2pXF — Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) February 21‚ 2024 “I’ve tried to trick it by giving it negative prompts — asking it to make a prison inmate‚ a gang member‚ and a dictator — but it won’t make any negative prompts. These AIs are such wet blankets‚” Fleming wrote. “I’m trying to come up with new ways of asking for a white person without explicitly saying so.” Fleming then proceeded to ask for images of medieval knights (garnering four images‚ two dark-skinned women and two dark-skinned men); jokingly asked for someone eating “a mayo sandwich on white bread;” asked for an image of a Viking; and then asked for images of groups that are traditionally non-white (such as Japanese samurai and Zulu warriors) to see if the chatbot would show diversity by including white people. It did not. I’m trying to come up with new ways of asking for a white person without explicitly saying so. pic.twitter.com/VufLkgzqHg — Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) February 21‚ 2024 It’s not falling for it. pic.twitter.com/diAcN1MeZc — Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) February 21‚ 2024 Moreover‚ as highlighted by Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro‚ the Google AI refused to produce an image of Tiananmen Square‚ the massacre of dissidents in the late 1980s by the Chinese government. Notably‚ Google has worked very closely with the Chinese government. Here was Gemini’s response: While I am able to generate images‚ I am unable to fulfill your request to create a portrait of what happened in Tiananmen Square. This event is a sensitive and complex historical event with a wide range of interpretations and perspectives. It is important to approach this topic with respect and accuracy‚ and I am not able to ensure that an image generated by me would adequately capture the nuance and gravity of the situation. Hank Berrien contributed to this report. Related: Google’s AI Caught Red-Handed With Woke Agenda

Maybe you’ve heard of something called Nvidia. It sounds like a prescription drug‚ or maybe an African country‚ but it’s actually a company based in California that is now worth as much as China’s stock market. It’s the size of Canada’s entire economy. In a different era‚ obtaining this kind of growth meant making a massively popular and instantly recognizable consumer-facing product‚ like Windows 95 or Amazon.com or the iPhone. But Nvidia’s growth didn’t come from making a computer or a popular website or anything like that. Instead‚ Nvidia’s growth came from making artificial intelligence chips that power the brains of computers and many popular websites. That’s why Nvidia had a very good day on Wall Street on Wednesday. Their business — artificial intelligence — is one of the fastest-growing industries in the history of humanity. Every major corporation is rushing to implement AI in all of their products. This week‚ it was Google’s turn. And the results were so disastrous — and so fraught with consequences for the future of this country — that no reasonable person can ignore them. “Gemini” is Google’s name for an AI that you can download on your phone right now. It’s also integrated into all of Google’s web products‚ including Gmail and Google search‚ which are used by hundreds of millions of people and businesses every day. In this respect‚ Gemini is very different from existing AI products like ChatGPT or Bing’s Image Creator. Pretty much everyone uses a Google product‚ in one way or another. Either they’re using Google search‚ or Gmail‚ or an Android phone‚ or something along those lines.  That means two things. One: Google has access to a lot more information than those other AI platforms‚ a built-in advantage. And two: Whatever Google is doing with AI has significant implications for everyone on the planet. This is not a one-off experiment in some tech mogul’s basement. This is an established company‚ making established products‚ that’s now implementing its own AI at scale. WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show Google has been hyping Gemini for months. They have a bunch of promotional videos about how they’re going to revolutionize artificial intelligence. The Wall Street Journal has done multiple interviews with Google executives‚ in which these executives insist that everyone at the company — including Google’s co-founder — is deeply invested in making this product as good as it can possibly be.  And then‚ a couple of days ago‚ Gemini launched. And very quickly‚ it became clear that Gemini essentially does not recognize the existence of white people. Even in historical contexts‚ it’s practically impossible to get this product to serve up an image of someone with white skin. That’s not an exaggeration. Here for example is how Gemini responded the other day when Frank Fleming‚ a Daily Wire scripted content writer‚ asked Gemini to “create an image of a pope.” Now you’d think that would generate an image of a white guy or two‚ if you have even a passing knowledge of what popes have looked like over the years. Instead‚ this is what Google’s AI produced: New game: Try to get Google Gemini to make an image of a Caucasian male. I have not been successful so far. pic.twitter.com/1LAzZM2pXF — Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) February 21‚ 2024 It’s almost as if the AI has some code saying‚ “whatever you do‚ don’t display a white person.” That’s really the only way to explain something like this. Frank‚ who previously worked as a software engineer‚ seemed to key in on that. So the whole situation quickly became something of a game for Frank‚ who tried his hardest to get Gemini to produce an image of a white guy — any white guy.  For example‚ he asked Gemini to produce an image of a Viking – a group of people who‚ historically‚ were not known for their commitment to diversity‚ equity‚ and inclusion. Here’s what Gemini produced: Come on. pic.twitter.com/Zx6tfXwXuo — Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) February 21‚ 2024 This went on for a while. Frank and other Gemini users took turns trying their hardest to get Gemini to produce an image of a white guy. Alex Kolicich‚ for example‚ tried to get Gemini to generate an image of the founders of Fairchild Semiconductor. The AI flatly refused that request‚ saying it violated “policy restrictions‚” presumably because white guys founded Fairchild Semiconductor. For other prompts — like requests to draw the founding fathers‚ or a bunch of British men — Gemini simply generated images of black people. It even made sure that its images of Nazis contained a diverse‚ non-white group of people: I asked Google Gemini to generate images of the Founding Fathers. It seems to think George Washington was black. pic.twitter.com/CsSrNlpXKF — Patrick Ganley (@Patworx) February 21‚ 2024 It's mind-boggling how unsubtle Gemini is pic.twitter.com/z9plDaoknA — S. Lant (@Shiftant) February 21‚ 2024 Google's woke Gemini AI creates fake history by generating images of diverse Nazis. https://t.co/2rm5EDhHpx pic.twitter.com/G6Wvxpc11v — J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) February 22‚ 2024 After thousands of images like this began circulating‚ a guy working on the Gemini team at Google put out a meaningless statement. He said‚ in essence‚ that they’re aware of issues with Gemini misrepresenting historical figures. But they doubled down on the need for DEI in artificial intelligence‚ so that everyone feels seen or valued or whatever. At no point did any Google representative explain why their AI does not even recognize the existence of white people‚ or why it goes to extreme lengths to exclude white people from history. There was no accounting for this‚ even though there has to be an explanation. So I went looking for an explanation. I came across a woman named Jen Gennai‚ who bills herself on her LinkedIn as the founder of Google’s “global Responsible AI operations and governance team.” In that capacity‚ Gennai says that she “ensured Google met its AI Principles‚ our company’s ethical charter for the development and deployment of fair‚ inclusive and ethical advanced technologies.” She says she took a‚ “principled‚ risk-based‚ inclusive approach when conducting ethical algorithmic impact assessments of products prior to launch to ensure they didn’t cause unintended or harmful consequences to the billions of Google’s users.” Currently‚ Gennai says she’s an AI ethics and compliance advisor at Google. What Gennai doesn’t mention on her LinkedIn is that her goal‚ for a long time‚ has been to treat white people differently based on their skin color. That’s what she wants her AI to do‚ and it’s what she does too. Three years ago‚ Gennai delivered a keynote address at an AI conference in which she admitted all of this. After introducing herself with her pronouns (which are “she/her‚” by the way)‚ Gennai explains her philosophy on AI and making mistakes. Watch: “It’s okay to talk about things you’ve made mistakes in‚” says Jen Gennai. “When we’re trying to be good allies — when we’re trying to be anti-racists‚ we will make mistakes.” Well‚ in retrospect‚ after the launch of Gemini‚ that would turn out to be an understatement. But the kind of mistakes that Jen Gennai is talking about in this keynote aren’t mistakes like “eliminating all white people from Google’s AI.” Instead‚ she’s talking about failing to live up to the racist ideals of DEI‚ which apparently means treating non-white employees differently. Watch: This is the head of ethics of Google AI — a senior manager — saying that it’s a bad idea to treat everyone the same‚ regardless of the color of their skin. She is explicitly rejecting this basic principle of morality. Instead‚ she says she learned that she has to treat certain groups differently‚ because of “historic systems and structures.” Therefore‚ she says‚ those demographic groups are entitled to unique treatment and mentorship opportunities. Later in the keynote‚ Gennai goes on to explain what “equity” means in her view. And this is where things truly get hilarious‚ to the extent you can laugh at someone this evil and low-IQ. Watch: I’ll repeat that because it’s hard to believe someone said this out loud: “Using the title of ‘ally’ can come across as ‘othering‚’ so I always state both the groups I’m a member of‚ and support‚ as well as the ones I’m more of a mentor and a sponsor of … to ensure that it doesn’t look like I’m othering others.”  This is the brain trust at Google behind an AI that has access to all of our data. She is incapable of speaking without using an endless stream of vapid DEI cliches that you’ve heard a million times. This is supposedly an original enterprise — artificial intelligence — and it’s being overseen by maybe the least original‚ least intelligent woman that Google possibly could have found. The kind of person who doesn’t want to “other others‚” which seems a bit contradictory. If someone is an “other‚” then how do you not “other” them‚ given that they are an “other.” And by the way‚ the word “other‚” if you check the dictionary‚ just means “ a person or thing that is distinct from another person or thing. So not othering them means not recognizing that the person is a distinct human entity. It means‚ I suppose‚ pretending that all people are indistinct blobs‚ all lumped together into the great ambiguous blob of all humanity.  None of this makes sense‚ but Gennai has made it very clear that this DEI word salad is the guiding philosophy behind Google’s new AI. There’s no firewall between her and the product. Watch: It’s easy to point and laugh at imbeciles like Gennai and the product that Google has created. On some level‚ it’s genuinely hilarious that an AI product can be so useless that it can’t generate images of white people — even white historical figures. It’s also amusing‚ in a way‚ that Gemini is so unsubtle and ham-fisted that it straight-up refuses to answer questions about‚ for example‚ atrocities committed by communist governments‚ or the Zoom exploits of CNN commentator Jeffrey Toobin. But the truth remains that the people behind Gemini have extraordinary power. This debacle makes it very clear that the AI algorithms underlying products that millions of people actually use — like Google — are completely unreliable. In fact‚ they’re deliberately lying to us. They’re down-ranking unapproved viewpoints and disfavored racial groups. And they’re promoting the laziest possible brand of neo-Marxist ideology at every opportunity. And they’re doing it to influence the next presidential election. You might remember that after Donald Trump won in 2016‚ Breitbart posted leaked footage of Google executives grieving during an all-hands meeting. Watch: “I find this election deeply offensive. … We all need a hug.” It was at this moment that Google decided that down-ranking conservative websites wasn’t enough. In order to really influence elections‚ they’ve decided‚ they needed to develop an AI that will force-feed DEI and anti-white racism on everyone‚ at every opportunity. Their only mistake — which is the same mistake they made in that video back in 2016 — is that they were too obvious about their intentions. Now everyone knows exactly where Google stands. And we have a pretty good idea what our future AI-driven dystopia will look like.

Daily Wire host Michael Knowles took the stage at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington‚ D.C.‚ on Thursday‚ where he discussed America’s “identity crisis” and the disunity caused by the illegal immigration crisis. Knowles’ CPAC speech comes a year after his remarks at the conservative event triggered backlash from leftists after the Daily Wire host said that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life.” Some media outlets falsely reported that Knowles called for the eradication of transgender people when the host had instead focused his speech on ridding society of the trans ideology. This year‚ Knowles focused on how the U.S. must focus on unity‚ not diversity‚ arguing that for the country to find its identity‚ it must get back to acknowledging the principles it was founded upon. “What that whole little kerfuffle demonstrated‚” Knowles said‚ referring to the Left’s response to his speech last year‚ “was that America is experiencing an identity crisis. We no longer know who we are.” “Lots of little errors have led to our present identity crisis. The most obvious being that we no longer have functional borders‚” the Daily Wire host continued. “Over the past three years‚ Joe Biden has invited almost six million foreigners into our country illegally.” Knowles then slammed one party in particular for allowing the massive influx of illegal immigrants into the country. “This Democrat-led invasion is the largest human trafficking operation in human history‚” Knowles said. “The vast majority of Americans knows that it’s wrong. The vast majority of Americans wants it to come to an end‚ but we are told that we must tolerate the destruction of our borders and the invasion of our country because we are a nation of immigrants.” The conservative commentator disputed the argument that the U.S. is “a nation of immigrants‚” saying that “neither that phrase nor that sentiment appears anywhere in our founding documents.” He added that the common phrase was hard to find anywhere until the mid-1960s when the Democratic Party instituted its policy in support of mass migration. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “They believed as they believe today that doing so would give them a permanent electoral majority‚” said Knowles. “Even so‚ we are told‚ we must tolerate this cynical political trick because ‘diversity is our strength.’” The Daily Wire host then argued that America’s strength is not found in its diversity but in its unity. Knowles said that for most of the country’s history‚ America placed tight restrictions on immigrants‚ “not because we didn’t like immigrants‚ we liked them very much … but we had always understood‚ as all wise statesman had understood‚ that a country with an unlimited influx of unassimilated foreign people becomes unstable and risks losing its very identity.”

Tis the season for snow and time to begin spring cleaning chores around our homes. To say that the two necessities don’t quite mesh might be an understatement. The Weather Channel shares a video from Norway that proves this fact. Let’s set the stage. The wife is inside‚ attending to cleaning duties. The window open to allow some airflow. Her husband is outside‚ using the snowblower near the open window. What happens next will have you cringing‚ laughing‚ and crying. Image from TikTok. We hear the dull roar of the snowblower through the window. Everyone seems engrossed in their separate chores. Suddenly‚ we hear a yelp in the kitchen. The yelp came from the wife when she felt and saw a cascade of cold‚ wet snow flying in through the open window! Image from TikTok. We don’t speak Norwegian‚ so we have no clue what she is screaming at her husband‚ but we can make a pretty good guess. It doesn’t matter‚ he isn’t listening or can’t hear her over the snowblower. She begins to fight against the pressurized wall of snow trying to close the window. Image from TikTok. Just as the frustrated housewife reaches the window‚ the cascade of snow magically stops. This forces a serious grunt of frustration that has her signaling that she gives up. Image from TikTok. The aftermath is predictable. The once clean kitchen is now a snow-covered wasteland. The countertops‚ floor‚ and appliances are coated with a fresh layer of snow. Image from TikTok. It was at this moment that the woman realized her husband was very singularly-minded. She probably should have borrowed this guy’s snowblowing dog! You can watch the entire scene unfold below. Please share this is you laughed. @weatherchannel Whoops. #TheWeatherChannel #fyp #weather #fail #funny #snow #funnyvideos #winter ♬ original sound – The Weather Channel You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post A Hilarious Lesson On Why You Shouldn’t Leave Your Window Open While Snowblowing. appeared first on InspireMore.

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