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AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - In order to regulate AI, programmers need to be aligned with humanity

By Noel S. Williams AI executives need to stop passing the buck to Congress, whose members can barely self-regulate, let alone come to grips with new technologies, and realize they hold the keys to the AI kingdom.

AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - A California deputy faces a Katana

By Mike McDaniel The devil is always in the details, but in this case, the Deputy acted fully within the law and common sense.

NYTIMES (Maxine Joselow) - How Trump Has Disrupted National Parks

Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president’s favored projects in Washington.

NYTIMES (Tim Balk, Oralandar Brand-Williams and Jesse Ellison) - Trump Won Their Votes. Now His Trade War Is Dividing Them.

The president’s standoff with Canada has drawn criticism from voters in some of the border states and industrial states that could decide control of the Senate in the midterms.

NYTIMES (Emily Davies) - Sherrod Brown Tries a New Retort to Criticism on Transgender Issues

A spot from the Senate candidate in Ohio seeks to dismiss the Republican Party’s focus on transgender rights as a distraction from economic issues.

NYTIMES (Simon Romero, Rebecca F. Elliott and César Rodríguez) - A Small Country’s Huge Windfall from the War in Iran

Oil-rich Guyana is enjoying red-hot growth. But the boom is magnifying tensions over corruption, inequality and strained ties with Venezuela.

NYTIMES (Simon Romero, Rebecca F. Elliott and César Rodríguez) - How Guyana Is Feeding the Profits of Exxon Mobil, the Largest U.S. Oil Company

Exxon Mobil found a coveted growth engine in Guyana. Now it must navigate Guyana’s fractious politics and a territorial dispute with Venezuela.

NYTIMES (Alex Klavens, Walt Bogdanich and Jenny Vrentas) - At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose

Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.

NYTIMES (Dylan Freedman and Dustin Volz) - Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.