The US, UK, and EU have signed the ‘first-ever international legally binding treaty’ for AI systems to abide by human rights and the rule of law. The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law (CETS No…
Israeli forces are using war-like tactics against Palestinians in what has become the deadliest operation in the settler-occupied West Bank in decades…
The Labour Department (LD) today (September 6) withdrew the recognition of L.R.B. Partnership Human Resources Limited (LRB), for conducting the Mandatory Basic Safety Training Course (Construction Work) (generally known as Green Card Course) under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59) for workers employed at industrial undertakings engaging in construction work....
Frustrated Petroleum Station Workers have called for recognition and organisation under the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers to protect their rights and improve their standard of living. At a press conference in Kaduna on Thursday, Ibrahim Zango, spokesperson for the PSWs, lamented the excessive maltreatment…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed groups in killings that occurred during the protests that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election.
Australia has outlined plans for new AI regulations, focusing on human oversight and transparency as the technology spreads rapidly across business and everyday life. The country’s Industry and Science Minister, Ed Husic, on Thursday, introduced ten voluntary AI guidelines and launched a month-long consultation to assess whether these measures should be made mandatory in high-risk…
by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, privately heaped praise on a major religious-rights group for fighting efforts to reform the nation’s…
Performers union SAG-AFTRA has made headway in securing better rights for video game actors as it enters a new partnership with Lightspeed LA.The Tencent-owned developer signed the union’s Interiim Interactive Media Agreement, which offers, among other things, protection for actors concerned about the use of AI with their voice.SAG-AFTRA members are currently on strike…
Paradox are integrating four of Europa Universalis IV’s DLCs into the base game. The Rights Of Man, Art Of War, Digital Extreme Upgrade and Common Sense DLCs will be free to all current and future players of the eleven-year-old grand strategy game from October 17th onwards…