Instagram blames some moderation issues on human reviewers, not AI
Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday addressed the moderation issues that saw Instagram and Threads users losing access to their accounts, having posts disappear, and more, saying that the company “found mistakes” that it’s attributing to human moderators. The company did not initially blame faulty AI systems…
Empowering Girls Means Upholding Their Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health
Empowering Girls Means Upholding Their Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health elombatd@who.int Fri, 11/10/2024 – 15:23 11 October 2024…
Kendrick Perkins is grossly exploiting young athletes through their NIL rights
The deals Perkins’ new company, Nilly, is offering sure sound a lot like predatory loans
AI companies are trying to build god. Shouldn’t they get our permission first?
AI companies are on a mission to radically change our world. They’re working on building machines that could outstrip human intelligence and unleash a dramatic economic transformation on us all. Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, has basically told us he’s trying to build a god — or “magic intelligence in the sky,” as he…
Mother wins rights to bury son Kennedy Onyango, shot 8 times during Finance Bill demos
According to the court, Kennedy Onyango’s biological father Denis Okinyi’s claims had several inconsistencies: He could not provide evidence of his marriage to Kennedy Onyango’s mother, despite asserting that he had paid six cows as bride price…
Senegal set to announce breakaway development agenda: PM
Senegal’s government will on Monday present plans to break away from foreign dependence and debt in favour of local resources and human capital, said Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. Sonko described Senegal’s economic situation as “catastrophic” at the end of September following a government review of public finances…
Combined effects of human activities increase risk to ecosystem services
The combined effects of humanity’s actions are making ecosystems less resistant to change, and threatening the vital ecosystem services humanity relies upon, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. It’s already well known that humanity is driving myriad systemic environmental changes: altering the climate, converting forests to farmland…UN inquiry accuses Israel of ‘crime of extermination’ through deliberate destruction of Gaza’s health care system
A United Nations inquiry has accused Israel of carrying out a “concerted policy” of destroying the health care system in Gaza during its year-long conflict with Hamas in attacks it said amount to war crimes. Israel’s actions in the besieged Palestinian enclave “constitute the war crimes of willful killing and mistreatment and the crime against humanity of extermination,”…UKHospitality Responds to New U.K. Employment Rights Bill
The Government has announced the details of its Employment Rights Bill, one of its most significant pieces of legislation…