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Submission + - Copilot used to assess birthing method

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Exclusive: Government maternity review condemned for reliance on AI

“Mothers who suffered traumatic natural labours have claimed an NHS inquiry ignored their concerns after using an AI tool to process their evidence.”

“It has now been revealed that the inquiry team used Microsoft’s AI tool Copilot to help analyse the evidence. When the inquiry’s advisers were provided with AI summaries which they relied upon to produce their final report, these references to normal birth ideology were not included. As a result, it did not form a central part of the review’s discussions.”

Comment Marketing hype masquerading as science (Score 2) 127

AI can never be considered intelligent never mind super intelligent. Processing information, recognizing patterns and generating convincing answers isn't the same as understanding, reasoning or consciousness. AI could be considered to simulate of human intelligence but doesn't actually possesses it. Prediction isn't knowledge, imitation isn't understanding and complexity isn't consciousness. Referring to it as superintelligence is marketing hype masquerading as science.

Comment Resistance is futile :o (Score 1) 49

SystemD people finally building the secure OS they always talked about. After fifteen years of solemnly insisting that systemd was just a simple, modular init system that only happened to also need to own logging, networking, timed jobs, user sessions, containers, home directories, DNS resolution, device management, and the weather forecast, the same crew has finally dropped the pretence and revealed the endgame.

The systemd people have at last delivered the secure operating system they always promised. It only required first absorbing, replacing, or rendering obsolete every other part of the traditional Linux userspace.

Submission + - Method of stabilising coronavirus spike proteins patented

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Inventors at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have developed a novel CoV S protein vaccine antigen.

“Inventors at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have developed a novel CoV S protein vaccine antigen. This technology employs protein engineering to stabilize S in its prefusion conformation, preventing structural rearrangement, and exposing antigenically preferable surfaces.”

“The technology has been applied to several CoV spikes, including those from human-relevant viruses, such as HKU1-CoV, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV. Particularly for MERS-COV, stabilized S proteins have been shown to elicit superior neutralizing antibody responses up to 10-fold higher in animal models and protect mice against lethal MERS-CoV infection. This technology is applicable for delivery via other platforms, such as mRNA.”
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'Unnatural protein made in Chinese lab': McCullough’s explosive COVID vax claim at Allison Inquiry

“During the Allison Inquiry hearing, Dr. Peter McCullough testified about his claims regarding COVID-19 vaccines, spike protein research, and potential vaccine-related injuries.”

Comment Re:So Johnny Depp hired a PR company (Score 0) 36

> Sue. Go look on YouTube Rebecca Watson has a video about it where she describes it in detail. Again it all came out during the trial proceedings and discovery.

In other words you can produce no evidence “Johnny Depp hired a PR company .. To go after his ex”

Submission + - Prosecuted for stealing the King's deer :o

Submitted by Mirnotoriety
Mirnotoriety writes: Police told motorist who picked up dead deer he was ‘stealing from council’

Police told a driver who picked up a dead deer from the side of the road that he was stealing from the council, he claimed.

Guy Carpenter, 42, was stopped by police as he picked up a dead deer on the A66 near Barnard Castle, County Durham, on June 7.

Mr Carpenter, from Dalton, North Yorkshire, was later charged under the Deer Act 1991 and taken to court, though Durham Police has since said it had withdrawn proceedings against Mr Carpenter after a review.

Submission + - Finnish Defence space operations centre established

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Minister of Defence Häkkänen: A Finnish Defence Forces space operations centre will be founded in Tikkakoski

“The founding of a space operations centre is part of a broader process to improve Finland’s defence by reinforcing the Finnish Defence Forces’ space capabilities. It is also our response to the growing importance of space as an operational domain for defence,” Minister of Defence Häkkänen said.

“Space systems are today essential elements of society and military capability. The forthcoming space strategy for defence will build a basis for Finland’s space defence for decades to come. The space operations centre is an important step towards achieving this goal,” Minister Häkkänen said.

Submission + - Strategic alignment of datacentre connections to the grid

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Datacentre grid priority confirmed as connection queue response published

“The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has confirmed it will prioritise strategic demand and strategically align datacentre connections to the grid.”

“It follows reforms that have already deprioritised up to 300GW of battery and solar capacity from the connection queue, as demand for electricity heads towards more than doubling by 2050.”

Comment slashdot reduced to promulgating UFO slop (Score 1, Troll) 22

americanbuildout.com: “Dozens of unexplained drones flew over and near U.S. nuclear facilities .. The story was first reported by the publication The Liberation Times.”

“Liberation Times is an independent news publication covering unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), government transparency, national security, intelligence, space and the scientific and political questions surrounding unexplained phenomena.”

Submission + - Worker sacked after disappearing to Africa

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Boss accused of racism after worker sacked for logging in from Africa

“Osama Hamouda, an analyst at Southern Water, flew to South Sudan when his sibling died to attend the funeral, and planned to work remotely, but did not tell his bosses he was in the African country.”

“The IT department at Southern Water blocked Mr Hamouda’s access to their systems, and when he returned he was subjected to gross misconduct proceedings and given a warning. But a tribunal heard that he had not broken the terms of his contract.”

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