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Google has placed one of its engineers on paid administrative leave for allegedly breaking its confidentiality policies after he grew concerned that an AI chatbot system had achieved sentience, the Washington Post reports. The engineer, Blake Lemoine, works for Google’s Responsible AI organization, and was testing whether its LaMDA model generates discriminatory language or hate speech. The engineer’s concerns reportedly grew out of convincing responses he saw the AI system generating about its rights and the ethics of robotics. In April he shared a document with executives titled “Is LaMDA Sentient?” containing a transcript of his conversations with the AI...

Senators Bernie Sanders and Lindsey Graham are set to square off in a debate on Monday. The hour-long event will start at 12 p.m. ET as the Democrat from Vermont and Republican from South Carolina economic policy.

California Governor Gavin Newsom tried to reframe the political narrative on crime Saturday, claiming that America has a “red state murder problem,” rather than a problem of homicide in Democrat-controlled cities across the nation. Newsom was speaking with Elex Michaelson, host of The Issue Is podcast, on the occasion of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. He claimed the media had inflated the broader significance of the recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin.

President Joe Biden is growing increasingly worried that he is not seen as doing enough to lower gas prices, according to a new report. The Washington Post reports that Biden privately questioned his staff after they proposed a trip to Iowa to announce the use of E15 ethanol year-round, which they believed would help bring down gas prices.

Today’s opening bell is “Opening Hell!” US Treasury 10Y yields are up +12.1 basis points as of 9:40am EST. And rising across the globe. Equity markets? Dow is down -621.93 points and the NASDAQ is down almost -3%. But equity markets are down across the globe. Commodities? Once again, all commodities in the red except corn (which I don’t eat) and natural gas. Speaking of opening hell. The US Treasury 10Y-2Y yield flattened to 7 basis points. Markets are in a “Sea of Red.”

Monday 13 June 2022Saint Antony of Padua, Priest, Doctor St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 21:1-16 ©Ahab covets Naboth's vineyard and Jezebel has him killedNaboth of Jezreel had a vineyard close by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria, and Ahab said to Naboth, ‘Give me your vineyard to be my vegetable garden, since it adjoins my house; I will give you a better vineyard for it or, if you prefer, I will give you its worth in money.’...

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available

Cats were seen as omens in ancient times but eventually became trusted animal companions to those who sailed the seas. From catching rats at docks and on ships at sea, cats often became mascots to the navies around the globe. Filled with informative text and more than eighty photos, Cats in the Navy provides a fun history of our feline friends who rode the waves with us.

Putin's gloating TV stooges laugh at death sentences handed down to two Britons captured fighting in Ukraine as they slam Liz Truss and accuse her of 'doing nothing' to help the men Vladimir Solovyov, 'Putin's mouthpiece', mocked death sentences handed to Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner after they were captured fighting in Ukraine Propagandist was told by guest that Liz Truss does not recognise the sentences 'So if something terrible happens and they are executed, they will not recognise their deaths,' Solovyov shot back, to the amusement of his guests Olga Skabeyeva also attacked foreign secretary over stance on the...

SAN LORENZO, Calif. -- A group of five men police say appeared to be members of right-wing extremist group Proud Boys disrupted a LGBTQ event for children at the San Lorenzo Library on Saturday. Alameda County Sheriff's Dept. Lt. Ray Kelly said the group entered the library about 1:30 p.m., during an event called Drag Queen Story Time. Kyle Chu, also known as drag queen Panda Dulce, hosted a story hour meant for preschool-aged children in celebration of Pride Month. "The men made homophobic and transphobic remarks against a member of the LGTBQ+ community who was hosting the event," Kelly...

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Police are investigating an incident that occurred during a Drag Queen Story Hour at the San Lorenzo Library on Saturday afternoon after Panda Dulce, the San Francisco drag performer hosting the reading, said they were targeted by “a group of 8-10 Proud Boys” who stormed the room and shouted homophobic and transphobic threats at them, forcing them to leave the event with a security guard and hide in a back office.

FREMONT's HEADQUARTERS, PORT REPUBLIC, Va., June 6, 1862. The army advanced early this morning in line of battle, but finding no enemy proceeded in column through the woods and over the country to Port Republic. Everywhere were evidences of the completeness of yesterday's success. The battle was fought at Cross Keys, and therefore takes that name. The rebel loss was greatly superior to ours. They left their dead and many wounded on the field. Not less than 500 dead were found and many wounded. Two of their guns were left behind, which we captured this morning. Capt. DUNNKA, of Gen....

Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. DWAC, +0.39% tumbled 8.2% in premarket trading Monday, after the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that is buying the company behind Donald Trump's Truth Social said it received another subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the acquisition.

Rheinmetall is debuting its new KF51 Panther at Eurosatory 2022. The latest member of Rheinmetall's family of tracked vehicles (KF is short for "Kettenfahrzeug", i.e., tracked vehicle), the KF51 Panther is destined to be game changer on the battlefields of the future. The main battle tank concept sets new standards in all areas - lethality, protection, reconnaissance, networking and mobility. Rheinmetall will be unveiling the vehicle at a ceremony on Monday, 13 June 2022 at 14:00 at Stand F241-240. All weapon systems are connected to the commander's and gunner's optics and the fire control computer via the fully digitalised NGVA...

Now here we are, in our seventies, and we’re still strapped together in this ghastly generational pas des millions. Some of us have died off, of course, but the remnants of the legendary pig in a python generation are still wending our way through the snake’s entrails, tussling with each other as we pass through the intestines of the body politic. Our country currently has a 79-year-old president, a 75-year-old principal GOP contender, an 82-year-old speaker of the House, an 80-year-old Senate minority leader, an 88-year-old senior senator from California, an 88-year-old senior senator from Iowa, and an 80-year old...

What’s the woke left up to now? Fantasizing, in the wake of Justice Alito’s leaked abortion opinion, which would overturn Roe v. Wade and leave the abortion issue open to the states to deal with, about white girls being raped by thugs.

Black Monday! Off to bad start this week. The 10-year Treasury yield rose 11 basis points at 8am EST while the S&P 500 E-mini futures are down -2.5%. And then we have this scary chart of mortgage rates. Bankrate’s 30-year mortgage rate is now up to 5.78%. And then we have Bitcoin. Bitcoin is struggling as The Fed tightens the noose on the US economy with expected Fed rate hikes and a rising US Dollar. I’ve got a whole lotta anxiety over this week. The dynamic duo.

Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho Pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. * * * The speculations that many patriot Front members are feds seem to be real because the police officer in the video below admits that they knew everything because they have several law enforcement members infiltrated the group!

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE QUEEN OF SHEBA ORCHID, genus Thelymitra1st KINGS CHAPTER 10 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions. Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind. Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her. When...