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Takeaways from AP's report on expanded medical aid-in-dying laws
The practice of allowing a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalized in recent years in several countries across the world.
In the U.S., New York and Illinois recently became the latest of 13 states to join an accelerating pace of legislation with this goal.
Pope Leo XIV has sa ... (full story)
EPA announces $93.4M plan to rid California Superfund site of dangerous chemicals
The EPA has released a 53-page, $93.4 million plan to remove dangerous chemicals from Richmond’s Heckathorn Superfund site, but community members who’ve long advocated for a more extensive cleanup aren’t impressed.
While there may be some aspects of the EPA’s United Heckathorn Superfund Site plan that the ... (full story)
A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
For years, artificial intelligence researchers have warned of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment goes.
Debates inside the AI industry and beyond over the plausibility of the ... (full story)
China's Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Alibaba unveiled new artificial intelligence chip technologies and plans for more powerful models on Sept. 22, including what it said was China's most powerful AI chip, days ahead of a meeting between Chinese and U.S. leaders at which competition to lead on AI technology is expected to be a major ... (full story)
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data
Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said Sept. 21.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did not lawfully or fairly process location data ... (full story)