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originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
Whhaaatttt?😮 Explain this one. 🤔
Donald Trump Jr.
Verified account @DonaldJTrumpJr
Just chatted to my buddy @Pulte, he pledged if this tweet gets 30K retweets he will give $10,000 towards @FosterFriess $1 million challenge grant to help the Bahamas! #TwitterPhilanthrophy
Get to work and RT
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Two of the US’s largest liberal foundations, MacArthur Foundation and Knight Foundation, are facing scrutiny following the sudden resignation of Joi Ito from their respective boards.
The foundation resignations follow an investigation published in the New Yorker which revealed an extensive off-the-books donations scheme masterminded by Epstein and Ito. The New Yorker reported that Ito handled up to $7.5 million of donations at the direction of Epstein including an anonymous donation of $2 million made by Bill Gates.
Ito’s service on the board of the Knight Foundation will be particularly uncomfortable for the Foundation’s partners and grantees in the media. Knight is a leading journalism funder priding itself on robust ethical standards as well as support for media fellowships at the International Center for Journalism and other institutions.
To do AI research for the public interest from an entirely new perspective, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, the Omidyar Network (a philanthropic investment firm) and the Knight Foundation (which invests in journalism and arts) have put together a $27 million fund for AI research. Called the “Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund,” it applies the humanities, social sciences and other disciplines to the development of AI.
MIT Media Lab and Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center will serve as the founding academic institutions for the initiative. Together with Hoffman (who contributed $10 million), the Knight Foundation (which contributed $5 million) and Omidyar (which contributed $10 million), they’ll form a governing board to distribute awards and facilitate other activities at the intersection of AI and other disciplines. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Jim Pallotta, founder of the Raptor Group, have also each committed $1 million to the fund, which is expected to grow as other funders come on board.
One of the most critical challenges is how do we make sure that the machines we ‘train’ don’t perpetuate and amplify the same human biases that plague society,”said Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab. “How can we best initiate a broader, in-depth discussion about how society will co-evolve with this technology, and connect computer science and social sciences to develop intelligent machines that are not only ‘smart,’ but also socially responsible?”
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
a reply to: imthegoat
You probably missed my earlier posts on Pulte. He's a conman.
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Paxton said the probe will focus on Google’s advertising business, “but the facts will lead where the facts lead.” So far, all of the facts the group has requested have centered around advertising, Paxton said.
The probe includes attorneys general from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. California and Alabama are not involved in the probe, Paxton said at a press conference.
originally posted by: combatmaster
Honestly... whats going on here.... where is Q? I thought 5 Sep was gonna be a big day but 8 chan testimony was closed... what the hell is Q upto? is this going anywhere?
originally posted by: crankyoldman
Google faces a new antitrust probe by 50 attorneys general
Paxton said the probe will focus on Google’s advertising business, “but the facts will lead where the facts lead.” So far, all of the facts the group has requested have centered around advertising, Paxton said.
The probe includes attorneys general from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. California and Alabama are not involved in the probe, Paxton said at a press conference.
Q#1105
Alabama? hmmm.
originally posted by: cherokeetroy
Joi Ito leaves Board roles at MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation
Founded in 1999 by John Launchbury, Galois quickly became close to numerous government agencies that now – according to the Galois website – form the vast majority of its clientele. In fact, Galois currently only lists the following U.S. government agencies in its “clients” section: DARPA, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, “Intelligence Community” (i.e., CIA, NSA, etc.) and NASA. However, other clients of Galois include top U.S. weapons manufacturer General Dynamics.
Another partner of Galois’ Free & Fair is the Open Source Election Technology Institute (OSET Institute, or OSETI), whose flagship initiative is called “TrustTheVote.” One of OSETI’s co-founders and its current CTO is E. John Sebes, who has previously done work for DARPA and DHS. OSETI’s strategic board of advisors includes Chris Barr of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which is a top investor in Newsguard; former Oregon Secretary of State Phil Keisling; former Deputy Director of the NSA William Cromwell; former head of DHS’ Cybersecurity Directorate and former DARPA project manager Doug Maughan; and Norm Ornstein of the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute and co-director of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project.
President Trump's administration is considering a proposal to study whether monitoring people with mental illnesses could prevent future violence, The Washington Post reported Monday.
Advisers to former NBC Chairman Bob Wright, a friend of the president, proposed the study to discover if technology like phones and smart watches could be utilized to determine if someone is at risk to commit a violent crime, according to the Post.
This potential study sparks public concerns regarding the invasion of privacy of those with mental illness.
All participants in the study would be volunteers, and steps would be taken to "protect each individual's privacy," according to a copy of the proposal obtained by The Washington Post.