The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and traumatized relatives gave up hope that any survivors will now be found. Source link
Singapore Airlines said Friday it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as part of tighter cabin measures after one person died and dozens were injured on a flight from London this week. Source link
A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week said Friday that safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company. Jan Leike, who ran OpenAI‘s “Superalignment” team alongside a company co-founder who also resigned this week, wrote in a series of posts on the social media […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — As North Carolina’s public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system’s flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity programs in next year’s budget. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approved a change that would divert $2.3 million of diversity […]
The U.S. and Chinese governments are meeting in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss artificial intelligence risks amid the rapid development of new tech tools upending work and war around the world, according to senior Biden administration officials. The first meeting on AI between the two governments is intended to identify areas of concern and share […]
MILAN (AP) — Mock coffins filled one of Milan’s most famous squares Friday in a protest organized by Italy‘s second-largest union to raise awareness over workplace deaths. Protesters lined up 172 cardboard coffins in Piazza La Scala to symbolize the exact number of workers who died on the job last year in the northern Lombardy […]
DETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say they have “significant safety concerns” about a Ford SUV recall repair that doesn’t fix gasoline leaks that can cause engine fires. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding volumes of information from the automaker as it investigates the fix in a March 8 recall of nearly 43,000 […]
Denver officials have announced plans to clear a migrant encampment located in the city’s Central Park, citing safety issues and unauthorized use of private property. The encampment, currently home to approximately 100 migrants, is situated on land owned by the Union Pacific railroad company. The group residing at the encampment includes individuals, families, and children, […]
Sex traffickers are using popular dating apps to bait victims, and Congress is pushing companies to increase security measures to protect users. The FBI has warned that human traffickers use platforms to lure victims into forced labor or sex work. “Offenders often exploit dating apps and websites to recruit — and later advertise — sex […]
Columbia University has decided to cancel its main commencement event due to “safety concerns,” according to an announcement issued by the administration. “All school ceremonies scheduled for the South Lawn of Morningside Campus will relocate. Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to focus attention on our Class Days and school-level graduation ceremonies, […]
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