The West, China, and AI surveillance GeoTech Cues by Kaan Sahin (Guest Author)
Risks and opportunities
It is the year 2027: China has been continually perfecting its full-fledged nationwide surveillance architecture in form of smart and secure cities as well as the social credit system. The results cannot be denied: thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), surveillance systems throughout the streets plaster the faces of jaywalkers on billboards and drivers of speeding cars are immediately informed that they are fined, leading to a new record low of traffic accidents.
At the same time, however, the government has employed AI surveillance systems as big-brother-type instruments of repression. For instance, AI tools have been honed to the degree that they can automatically grade be it online or offline the degree of comments critical of government and discipline their citizens according to
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As representatives in Washington debate a new COVID-19 relief bill, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says an extension of a paid leave provision should be included.
Back in March, when Congress first came together to pass emergency COVID-19 relief, a provision was passed to guarantee paid leave to workers as kids got pulled out school and life had to adjust to a new normal.
With time running out before the end of the year, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is advocating for an extension of the program.
The Democrat held a conference call on the subject on Wednesday. She said paid leave helps prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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The mandated sale of Plum Island positioned off eastern Long Island between New York and Connecticut could be permanently blocked with the adoption of the 2021 federal spending bill.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced this week that a provision in the bill prevents the sale to the highest bidder by the federal government. The 2021 spending legislation also includes $18.9 million to start the cleanup of the federally owned island.
In 2008, Congress passed an appropriations bill that closed the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and required the sale of the island.