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Some suggest that OpenAI has landed upon a new approach to AI that either has attained true AI, which is nowadays said to be Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or that demonstrably resides on or at least shows the path toward AGI. As a fast backgrounder for you, today’s AI is considered not yet at the realm of being on par with human intelligence. The aspirational goal for much of the AI field is to arrive at something that fully exhibits human intelligence, which would broadly then be considered as AGI, or possibly going even further into superintelligence (for my analysis...

WARNING: This story contains graphic details Decades before Yahya Sinwar became the political leader of Hamas in Gaza, Israeli journalist and author Ehud Yaari sat down with him over hummus in an Israeli prison in the Negev desert. He describes Sinwar, who conversed in fluent Hebrew, as a curious but cunning Islamist, bent upon the destruction of the state of Israel. "He is not somebody who's thinking about negotiations, a two-state solution — that's not Sinwar," said Yaari, who interviewed Sinwar in prison four times between 1993 and 2001. "He was very clear that the state of Israel should be...

I snipped this 10 minute talk by Mike Johnson from another video that was much much longer....Mr Speaker remember how we arrived here. When when the New York Post reported the existence of the hunter Biden laptop. Now Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin organized a group of 51 former intelligence officials to claim the laptop was Russian disinformation. Social media accounts were banned from sharing the story and individuals who believed it were labeled Russian assets and conspiracy theorist. We now know that Not only was the laptop not Russian disinformation of course it was known previously to the Intel...

A Chicago police officer is out of a job after she was caught falsely reporting being held at gunpoint and robbed of thousands of dollars. Officer Zondranika Williams, 37, was charged with felony disorderly conduct and false report of an offense at a court hearing Thursday, two days after she was relieved of her duties with the Chicago Police Department, CBS News Chicago reported. Williams called 911 on Sept. 23 to report that she had been robbed of $5,000 in cash in the alleyway by her garage in the 8000 block of South Wabash Avenue. She told the operator that...

In Isaiah’s day, the prophet speaks for God to His people … people to whom He had shown great mercy, blessing, and favor. Somewhere they had made a turn, best described in a few verses. It didn’t take many words from God and His prophet to identify what had happened.Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. (Isaiah 5:21)A fall away from God always begins with pride. We think we know better and are wiser than God, and this pride leads to a further disastrous decision.For they have rejected the law of...

The term “greedflation” describes scenarios where companies use the cover of inflation to hike prices disproportionately, boosting profits at the expense of consumers. This practice has been especially prevalent during the post-pandemic recovery phase, when inflation provided a convenient pretext for such actions​​​​.Greedflation, a term that emerged prominently during the high inflationary period of 2021 and 2022, encapsulates how some companies exploited the situation to significantly raise prices, often well beyond their increased costs. This practice wasn’t merely a reflection of market dynamics but a strategic maneuver to maximize profits under the guise of inflation.The impact of greedflation extends beyond...

Since the fall of Roe v. Wade last year, abortion advocates have been issuing hysterical warnings of a future filled with women arrested or dying because they can’t access abortion. The reality, however, is nowhere near as grim; women have not been dying from an inability to intentionally kill their preborn children, and the much-publicized cases of so-called “medically necessary” abortions appear instead to be issues of medical malpractice and neglect. And now, in Ohio, a TikTok video has gone viral, claiming a woman has been jailed for having a miscarriage — but once again, the facts are not lining...

CV NEWS FEED // Bishop David Ricken of the Diocese of Green Bay denounced the inclusion of a Satanic Christmas tree in the National Railroad Museum’s Festival of Trees, calling it “offensive” and harmful to “the unity and joy that the Christmas season brings.” The bishop’s Tuesday press release came after the Satanic Temple of Wisconsin’s tree garnered national attention and Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher publicly opposed the display. “Allowing a traditional understanding of Christmas to be usurped and desecrated by an organization/cult is divisive during a time of the year that we come together in unity as a...

"God . . . has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Heb. 1:1-3). Christ is superior to everyone and everything. The book of Hebrews was addressed to an audience composed of Jewish Christians, Jewish non-Christians who were intellectually convinced about Jesus but...

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WARNING: This article contains disturbing images. UPDATE, 4/11/22: Since this article’s original publication, further details about this discovery have been brought to light. Please read here for a timeline of the events that unfolded, and here for firsthand testimony of the activists who made the discovery of the aborted babies. See a list of other Live Action News articles related to this topic at the end of this article. 4/1/22: Physician experts have told Live Action News that five aborted children recovered from a D.C. abortion facility appear to have been old enough to survive outside the womb, raising questions...

Truce ends, fighting in Gaza resumes; IDF says Hamas violates terms after rocket fire Just over an hour ahead of Deadline, rockets launched at Gaza border area, IDF strikes northern areas and Rafah, Khan Yunis in south from air and with artillery fire

A pro-life Democratic presidential candidate is set to air a highly gruesome anit-abortion ad in New Hampshire. The 30-second TV spot, obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller, contains disturbing images of late-term aborted babies. Terrisa Bukovinac, who founded the activist group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), announced her bid to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination in September. The five aborted babies who appear in the ad were discovered in the home of PAAU activism director Lauren Handy on March 30, 2022. Handy was convicted in August of blockading an abortion clinic in 2020 and is currently in...

Cosmopolitan, often referred to as Cosmo, is an international fashion and lifestyle magazine for women. It covers a wide range of topics, including fashion, beauty, relationships, sex, health, and career advice. But Cosmo is also a radically leftist rag that has a long history of promoting abortion. And it’s latest promotional is way, way beyond the pale. On its Instagram, Cosmo is promoting a “satanic abortion” ritual to empower women getting abortions. Apparently killing babies somehow makes women’s lives better and makes them more powerful. Cosmo celebrates satanic “abortion ceremonies” and touts how they are customizable for women and gives...

Eighteen states, along with several pro-life and religious liberty advocacy organizations, have united in support of a Seattle-area church in friend-of-the-court-briefs filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys appealed to the court on behalf of Cedar Park Church after a lower court ruled that the church must violate its constitutionally protected, pro-life religious beliefs and abide by the state’s mandate that most Washington employers provide abortion coverage for employees. In July 2021, the 9th Circuit reversed the district court’s initial decision to dismiss Cedar Park Church’s case, filed after Washington state Senate...

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow warning for low temperatures and ice throughout the country in the coming hours. The warning comes into place at 5pm this evening and will remain in effect until midday tomorrow. Temperatures are expected to fall to below –3 degrees in many areas with the resulting frost and ice leading to difficult traveling conditions. In Northern Ireland the Met Office has issued a Yellow Ice warning for Antrim, Down and Derry between 5pm today and 10am tomorrow. Meanwhile, Met Éireann has also issued a Status Yellow low temperature warning for tomorrow evening into Saturday....

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several stores at the location where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 have sued the city, accusing it of neglecting the area and hurting business. The lawsuit, filed in mid-November in state court, also names Mayor Jacob Frey and other officials and accuses the city of not properly policing the area since Floyd’s death. It also accuses the city of blocking the intersection that is now known as George Floyd Square with concrete barriers for more than a year after Floyd's death, keeping customers from entering. The combination has turned the area into a...

CEO Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled the long-awaited Tesla Cybertruck at a live event at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. The futuristic-looking Cybertruck is the first electric vehicle Tesla offers that isn’t a sedan and marks the company’s entry into the growing EV pickup market, joining rivals like Ford and Rivian. One advantage Elon Musk promises the Cybertruck has over the competition? It's bulletproof.

According to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin, there were over 9,400 encounters with illegal aliens at the US southern border in the last 24 hours. Of those, over 5,800 were released into the United States, according to CBP sources who spoke to Bill Melugin. Many of the encounters were in Tucson, Arizona where about 3,000 illegals were caught entering the country. Tucson, Arizona is being overrun by illegal aliens thanks to Joe Biden’s open borders policies. Border Patrol agents in Arizona are overwhelmed by illegals. Human smugglers and coyotes working for the Mexican cartels have recently diverted tens of thousands...