Hard Pass

This idea combines a neuro-symbolic AI system (take a LLM and use it to generate logical code; then make inferences from it, see Neural | Symbolic Type) with Attempto Controlled English, which is a controlled natural language that looks like English but is formally defined and as powerful as first order logic.

The main benefit is that the result of the transformation from document/natural language to the logical language would be readable by not IT experts, as well as editable. They could check the result, add their own rules and facts, as well as queries.

I created a small prototype to show in which direction it would be going (heavily work in progress though). What do you think of this? Would love to here your opinions :)

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said Wednesday following days of testimony about the environmental impacts of the Everglades immigration detention camp that she plans to rule no later than Aug. 21 on a request to temporarily shut it down.

Were she to side with the plaintiffs, it would be a significant blow to the Trump and DeSantis administrations, which have touted the hastily constructed detention center as a successful new tool in the president’s mass-deportation campaign.

Williams, an Obama appointee, is presiding over a lawsuit filed by Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice and the Miccosukee Tribe alleging the federal government and the state dodged federal environmental regulations.

As of right now, Zohran Mamdani is the overwhelming favorite to be elected mayor of New York. Beyond his appeal to many New Yorkers on a variety of issues—most notably his extremely left-leaning policies intended to deal with the issue of affordability—in a race where three other candidates are poised to split the anti-Mamdani vote, his victory is all but assured.

Many major interest groups in New York believe a Mamdani victory would be disastrous. It is almost impossible to find a business leader who thinks Mamdani would not be highly destructive to the interests of the city. Similarly, many Jewish leaders think that a city with the biggest Jewish population outside of Tel Aviv shouldn't have a mayor who still cannot disassociate himself completely from slogans supporting a "global intifada," especially during a time of rising antisemitic incidents.

Moreover, hardly anyone who has expertise in law enforcement and crime reduction believes Mamdani is the best candidate to protect public safety—and for a large proportion of New Yorkers, that issue is right up there with affordability as a top concern.

. . . Tom Rogers is executive chairman of Claigrid, Inc. (the cloud AI grid company), an editor-at-large for Newsweek, the founder of CNBC and a CNBC contributor. He also established MSNBC, is the former CEO of TiVo, a member of Keep Our Republic (an organization dedicated to preserving the nation's democracy). He is also a member of the American Bar Association Task Force on Democracy.

Jesus Fuck. Whatever the fuck NY passes as Democratic is losing its fucking mind. Lol. Cuomo’s money pimps should pay off Adams to not run. Insanity.

A POLITICO analysis found more than 130 bills aimed at regulating ultraprocessed foods and improving nutrition, over 60 bills restricting the application of pesticides and other chemicals, and more than 130 bills expanding vaccine exemptions or prohibiting mandates this year. Lawmakers also introduced dozens of bills to promote the use of psychedelics, authorize sales of raw milk and ivermectin, and ban the fluoridation of drinking water.

The measures emerging from state legislatures, long seen as testing grounds for federal policy, show how Kennedy’s movement to combat chronic disease has struck a chord across the country — even as it conflicts with traditional Republican views about regulating industry. The number of bills on the subjects has increased at least 45 percent from the prior year and in 2023 for the four states that convene biennially. The outpouring of interest in Kennedy’s agenda also shows how he has outmaneuvered a public health establishment that has condemned aspects of his agenda, such as expanding vaccine exemptions and ending water fluoridation, as unscientific and dangerous.

What’s next you tech bro wankers, is AI going to drink the pint for me?

… just when you thought they couldn’t force AI into any more things. The epitome of a solution in search of a problem

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35817720

• Patients and frontline staff could see huge benefits from new AI helping people out of hospital quicker and slashing bureaucracy.
• Tool is one of the Prime Minister’s AI Exemplars, including real-world projects using AI to make people’s lives easier and modernise services across health, justice, tax and planning.
• Group of leading projects will receive support to expand the use of their technology more quickly, helping to drive efficiencies and boost growth through Plan for Change.

Undermining California’s nationally recognized model for fair redistricting would set a harmful precedent nationwide. In Texas, the League of Women Voters is actively fighting extreme partisan gerrymanders, including filing an amicus brief in the case challenging Governor Greg Abbott’s attempt to expel State Representative Gene Wu. To maintain a consistent national standard, states like California must reject partisan gerrymanders – even those framed as temporary – so we can stand united in opposing them wherever they occur.

Furthermore, temporary exceptions rarely stay temporary. Once you break a safeguard, you don’t just risk one or two or three elections, you set a precedent that future politicians can and will use again. This precedent would invite future gerrymanders in California, including from political actors whose policies we may deeply oppose. Long-term damage to democratic norms will outlast any short-term gain.

We understand the urgency. Authoritarianism is not abstract; it is here, and it is dangerous. President Trump has created a constitutional crisis on multiple fronts – assaults to democracy that the League is at the vanguard of fighting. But the way to fight is not to abandon one of California’s greatest democratic reforms.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250814123313/https://lwvc.org/opposition-mid-cycle-redistricting/

Blue States Need To Defeat Trump with his playbook. There are blue states like NY that have laws in place to prohibit gerrymandering. They need to redraw their maps anyways before the 2026 midterms. Have the conservatives take them to court, and fight it, dragging they feet, until whoops, it's after the election. Trump does things knowing they are unconstitutional but he won't stop until he loses in court and has no further appeals, and even then might not stop. We should do the same. To save our country, to once again be a nation where the law applied to everyone, we need to temporarily throw out the rules and ignore the laws, just like Trump does, then when we have control, pass laws and put measures in place to prevent that from happening again in the future. So that no state can be allowed to gerrymander their Congressional maps. No President can blatantly defy our nations laws and get away with it for months while it is fought out in court. There needs to be a method to remove a president and members of Congress via a recall by their constituents.

As of June 2025, over 1,400 veterans of Israeli intelligence are now working in U.S. tech—with 900 of those coming from Unit 8200 alone. That number comes from a database of people who publicly identify themselves as being both former Israeli intelligence officers and holding a job in U.S. tech on their LinkedIn profiles.

The database was assembled by an independent researcher, who is remaining anonymous for personal security and has dubbed the database the “Eagle Mission” influence network. The 1,400 people are self-identified veterans or active reserve members of Unit 8200, Israeli military intelligence, and the IDF Cyber Defense Directorate working in senior and mid-level engineering and security roles at major U.S. tech firms with offices in Israel, the U.S., and Europe. Drop Site crosschecked many of the records in the database for accuracy.

“This does not mean that every person who served in Unit 8200 is an Israeli spy looking to send classified data back to Tel Aviv,” the researcher emphasized. “But it does create a serious vulnerability. No other country has this kind of access to the American tech sector. We obsess over Chinese involvement in the tech industry and worry about corporate espionage, but Israeli penetration rarely gets mentioned.”

The global tech giant Microsoft is one of the most prominent employers of Unit 8200 alumni, employing roughly 250 veterans of the unit, alongside other major multinational companies including Nvidia, Meta, Google, Intel, and Apple, many of whom employ dozens of individuals drawn from the unit. Microsoft was recently revealed to have closely collaborated with Unit 8200 leadership on the creation of cloud services intended to store millions of private communications of Palestinians living under military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. Microsoft declined to comment.

La veille technologique IT n'a jamais été aussi cruciale qu'aujourd'hui, surtout pour les entreprises qui évoluent dans la tech. Comme consultant chef de projet IT, je m'efforce depuis des années à travers mon blog de décrypter l'actualité, d'apporter des analyses concrètes et surtout, de m'engager dans une recherche d'informations actuelles qui dépasse le simple relai de communiqués marketing.