Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’

Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called β€œa scam.” But repeated scientific studies say it’s a documented and quantifiable harm. Again and again, research has found increasing disease and deaths β€” thousands every year β€” in a…

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UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections

UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections

TANZANIA – The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who established the panel, called the adoption β€œa foundational step toward global scientific understanding of AI.” β€œIn a world where AI…

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UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections

UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections

TANZANIA – The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who established the panel, called the adoption β€œa foundational step toward global scientific understanding of AI.” β€œIn a world where AI…

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