Henry Kissinger, , Former Secretary of State, , Dead at 100.
Kissinger died on Nov. 29 at his home
in Connecticut, NBC News reports. .
Born in Germany in 1923, Kissinger and his family
came to America to escape the Nazis in 1938.
He joined the U.S. Army in 1943,
becoming an interpreter and
intelligence officer during World War II.
Kissinger went on to receive
his PhD from Harvard and taught
international relations for nearly two decades.
He was appointed national security adviser
in 1969 by President Richard Nixon.
Kissinger went on to serve as secretary
of state for both Nixon and Gerald Ford.
He is credited with normalizing relations
with China, easing tensions with the Soviet Union, negotiating to end the Vietnam War and more.
Later in his career, Kissinger regularly consulted
other American presidents from both political
parties, in addition to foreign leaders. .
He also wrote 21 books about foreign policy.
Throughout his life, he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal
of Freedom and the Medal of Liberty.
However, Kissinger's tactics to reshape
national security were often polarizing, and
many of his critics saw him as a war criminal.
His bombing campaign in Cambodia amid
the Vietnam War, his participation in helping
Augusto Pinochet overthrow Chilean President
Salvador Allende and more have garnered immense criticism. .
His bombing campaign in Cambodia amid
the Vietnam War, his participation in helping
Augusto Pinochet overthrow Chilean President
Salvador Allende and more have garnered immense criticism. .
Sen. Bernie Sanders once described Kissinger as
"one of the most destructive secretaries of state in the modern history of this country," NBC News reports. .
Sen. Bernie Sanders once described Kissinger as
"one of the most destructive secretaries of state in the modern history of this country," NBC News reports. .
Kissinger is survived by his wife and two children
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18 Nations Sign , Non-Binding Agreement , to Make AI 'Secure By Design'.
NBC reports that the United States, along with over a dozen
other countries, have unveiled the first detailed international
agreement aimed at regulating artificial intelligence.
One senior U.S. official said the agreement aims
to push companies to develop AI systems
that are "secure by design" from rogue actors.
One senior U.S. official said the agreement aims
to push companies to develop AI systems
that are "secure by design" from rogue actors.
18 countries agreed in a 20-page document that
companies need to deploy AI products that
keep customers and the public safe from misuse.
This is the first time that we
have seen an affirmation that these
capabilities should not just be about
cool features and how quickly
we can get them to market or how
we can compete to drive down costs, Jen Easterly, Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure Security Agency, via NBC.
Jen Easterly, the director of the U.S. Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure Security Agency, said , "the most important thing that needs to
be done at the design phase is security.”.
Signatories of the non-binding agreement include the U.S.,
Britain, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Poland, Australia, Chile,
Israel, Nigeria, Singapore and the Czech Republic.
NBC reports that the guidelines include preventing
hijack by hackers and thorough security testing.
While the Biden administration has pushed for lawmakers
to regulate AI, polarization in Congress has resulted
in little progress toward effective regulation.
While the Biden administration has pushed for lawmakers
to regulate AI, polarization in Congress has resulted
in little progress toward effective regulation.
In October, Biden signed an executive order
looking to reduce risks to consumers, workers
and minority groups by AI systems.
France, Germany and Italy recently signed
a separate agreement revolving around “mandatory
self-regulation through codes of conduct” for AI models
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Inflation for the 20 countries using the euro currency fell from an annual 2.9% in October, according to numbers released Thursday by Eurostat, the European Union's statistics agency.
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The European car industry wants the continent's policymakers to come up with a better industrial strategy as well as a reduction in the pace of new regulations over the next five years, according to the CEO of Renault.
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The study focused specifically on online hate in social media posts and discovered that women, people of African descent, Jewish and Roma people were most targeted.
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