Our objective here is to impose costs for what we feel are. Unacceptable actions by the russian government some of these are done in Court Nation with our European Partners and allies in the past and our view is that when there are actions that are taken that are unacceptable that are not aligned with our interests that we feel. Go beyond what should be acceptable from any country you have a Partner Or Relationship with then there should be consequences americas top diplomat is in afghanistan to reassure the government of continued u. S. Support this fight a full withdrawal of troops by September Secretary of State Anthony Blinkenlights President bashar funny and chief executive of the love the law in Kabul Lincoln says there will be a new push for diplomacy but its time for u. S. Troops to return home. Well maintained the american tradition of providing humanitarian assistance for those most in need including women girls and refugees i share that message in all my Duties Today with Pr
Point policymaking in the era of artificial intelligence. Mr. West, first off, how long have you been writing, and studying tech . Guest i would say about 20 years. I first got into the Technology Area when i noticed that governments were starting to develop these weird things called websites and their putting reports online and services online. We did an analysis looking at the national agency as well as the state governments, developed ratings, put out a report and the thing that shocked me, this is back in 2000, we we had over 75,000 downloads. I had the vision and initial report on technology is just the first step and a oneoff but when i saw all that interest my interest was piqued. We continued to do Technology Work and, of course, 20 years later we now have Technology Revolution and that all these problems that need to be addressed. Turned out to be a fun time to move into that area. Host Darrell West a Vice President at the brookings institution. Over that 20 years has the focu
Adviser Susan Rice foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says he could go further still. If all exchanges of niceties continue we will ask the americans to bring the number of their diplomats who deal with bilateral relations with russia in accordance with the number of our employees working in the embassy and to general consulates in the us. The kremlin is reacting to u. S. Government decision to blacklist russian companies expel russian diplomats and bar u. S. Banks from buying sovereign bonds from the central bank in Moscow Russia continue to interfere with our democracy all this because washington says russia is involved in malign acts including the persecution of opposition Politicians Alexina Valmy interfering in elections engaging in cyber hacking as well as occupying crimea that the toughest sanctions since 2018. If the government is frightened by the way the events are developing but they will change course and they will continue to be confrontational but the question is how far will
Youtube executives testified by a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the use of algorithms in the platforms. Committee members inquired about how algorithms can amplify Hate Speech, misinformation, and polarization and Data Tech companies connect collect on users. This is two hours and 20 minutes. Think you to all of our witnesses in the morning. I also want to thank Ben Sasse. Thank you Chairman Durbin when people hear the Term Algorithm you might think of, located mathematical formula or a piece of computer you might think of comp a catered mathematical Formula Or Piece of computer code. But algorithms impact what billions of people read, watch, and think every day. Facebook, twitter, youtube. The three major tech companies represented in todays hearing use algorithms to determine what happens on your screen. There is nothing inherently wrong about that. With billions or even trillions of pieces of content to choose from. To choose from, it makes sense that they would have a way to hel
performers and politicians come together to urge people from minority ethnic backgrounds to have a jab. nearly two million people are still without power in texas, as the southern us is battered by brutal winter storms. and a nailbiting day for nasa, as it aims to land its perseverance rocket on the surface of mars. and coming up on bbc news, the new president in charge of the tokyo olympic games, seiko hashimoto, takes over following a sexism row, five months before they are due to start. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. there s been a strong decline in levels of coronavirus infections in england since january, say scientists tracking the epidemic. a study by imperial college london found infections have fallen by two thirds across england since the current lockdown began, with an 80% fall in the capital but it warns that levels are still high, particularly among primary school age children and young adults with 1 in 200 testing positive between 4th and 13