Day: June 30, 2023

Congress pushes aggressive use of AI in the federal government, says AI ‘under-utilized’ in agencies

6:00 am June 30, 2023

House lawmakers are urging federal agencies to quickly and aggressively adopt artificial intelligence technology, at a time when the push from civil rights and industry groups for new AI regulations is still waiting to get off the ground. The House Appropriations Committee, led by Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, released several spending bills this week that […]

Talk therapy? AI may detect ‘earliest symptoms’ of dementia by analyzing speech patterns

6:00 am June 30, 2023

A new artificial intelligence-powered tool aims to detect signs of dementia, Alzheimer’s and other memory disorders by analyzing a person’s speech and language patterns. The system is called CognoSpeak. Researchers at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. developed it. In early trials that included both Alzheimer’s patients and cognitively heathy people, the tool showed […]

Fentanyl Road: How deadly drug goes from China to Mexico, ends up in US

6:00 am June 30, 2023

The DOJ announced last week the first prosecutions against Chinese chemical companies and nationals for the trafficking of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said of the prosecution, “These companies and individuals are alleged to have knowingly supplied drug traffickers in the United States and Mexico with the ingredients and scientific […]

Could AI movies like ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Her’ become a reality? Experts weigh in

6:00 am June 30, 2023

While watching a film, viewers might ponder its legitimacy, questioning if what they’re seeing on screen can happen in real life. Artificial intelligence is no different. AI is being heavily developed and utilized now to edit and amplify films, but the depths of its use has also been explored in futuristic, science-fiction movies like “The […]

LAURA INGRAHAM: Are Americans to be perpetually divided by race?

5:00 am June 30, 2023

Fox News host Laura Ingraham shares the significance of the Supreme Court’s college affirmative action ruling on “The Ingraham Angle.” LAURA INGRAHAM: They can fume all they want, but as one of the main forces behind the case, Edward Blum remarked today, this opinion “marks the beginning of the restoration of the colorblind legal covenant […]