Day: May 23, 2024
“According to a whistleblower, the CIA “intervened in the investigation of Hunter biden to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) from interviewing a witness,” the letter, addressed to CIA Director William Burns, reads.”
— The Researcher (@listen_2learn) May 23, 2024
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The marvels of artificial intelligence caught the imagination again this month when Frank Kendall, the secretary of the Air Force, took a spin in an AI-controlled F-16 fighter that flew a mock dogfight against a human-piloted opponent.
The AI-driven F-16 – known as the X-62 Vista — maneuvered to within 1,000 feet of a piloted F-16, as each fighter tried to expose a vulnerability. In other words, a human being and an AI-piloted war machine were feeling one another out, and angling for an edge in the skies.
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Earlier today, I told @Judgenap that Antony Blinken shares Victoria Nuland’s position that the the US should assist Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory. (https://t.co/TDULgwC9hW)
Now the NYT reports that Blinken is “urging the president to lift restrictions on how Ukraine can… pic.twitter.com/Q0MzQsjwb9
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) May 23, 2024
