Day: April 2, 2023

Italian minister slams country’s temporary ban on US-based AI chatbot

8:24 pm April 2, 2023

Italy’s deputy prime minister criticized the country’s Data Protection Authority for implementing an immediate ban on AI chatbot ChatGPT over privacy concerns. “I find the decision of the Privacy Watchdog that forced #ChatGPT to prevent access from Italy disproportionate,” Matteo Salvini, leader of a populist party known as the League Party, wrote on Instagram, according […]

North Korea threatens retaliation for US, South Korea military drills: not ‘empty talk’

7:20 pm April 2, 2023

North Korea is warning its southern neighbors and the United States that it is not making “empty talk” on its nuclear capabilities. The rhetoric came in a commentary published on the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) which condemned South Korea and the United States for the joint 11-day Freedom Shield exercise held last month. […]

Taliban closes Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station for playing music during Ramadan

7:16 pm April 2, 2023

The Taliban has shut down a women-run radio station in Afghanistan – the only one in the country – for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan. Moezuddin Ahmadi, the director for Information and Culture in northeastern province of Badakhshan, said the station, “Sadai Banowan,” was shuttered for breaching the “laws and regulations of […]

Drone footage shows scale of US tornado wreckage

12:49 am April 2, 2023

One woman who was at a rock gig in Illinois says she narrowly avoided the roof caving in on her.