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The Emerging Age of AI Diplomacy - Foreign Affairs In a vast conference room, below chandeliers and flashing lights, dozens of dancers waved fluorescent bars in an intricately choreographed routine. Green Matrix code rained down in the background on a screen that displayed skyscrapers soaring from a desert landscape. The world was witnessing the emergence of “a sublime and transcendent entity,” a narrator declared: artificial intelligence. As if to highlight AI’s transformative potential, a digital avatar—Artificial Superintelligence One—approached a young boy and together they began to sing John Lennon’s “Imagine.” The audience applauded enthusiastically. With that, the final day dawned on what one government minister in attendance described as the “world’s largest AI thought leadership event.”
This surreal display took place not in Palo Alto or Menlo Park but in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the third edition of the city’s Global AI Summit, in September of this year. In a cavernous exhibition center next to the Ritz Carlton, where Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman imprisoned hundreds of wealthy Saudis on charges of corruption in 2017, robots poured tea and mixed drinks. Officials in ankle-length white robes hailed Saudi Arabia’s progress on AI. American and Chinese technology companies pitched their products and announced memorandums of understanding with the government. Attendants distributed stickers that declared, “Data is the new oil.”
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WorkDoug Emhoff Condemns Antisemitism as Democrats Court Jewish VotersWhile Jewish Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic — and many are sharply critical of the Israeli government and in some cases uneasy with its devastating military response in Gaza — both Democratic and Republican Jewish strategists say there are signs of potential erosion this year in the community’s traditional support for the Democrats. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkAmerican Airlines just flew its longest flight ever“If you take a look at our long-haul capability, our long-haul fleet capability, we’re growing front cabin by about 30%,” he said. “We’ll be ready to take advantage of that, and my expectations are that we’re going to be able to produce.” WorkMore American farms are turning to automation as labor shortages get worseAssociated Press reporter Amy Taxin in Santa Ana, California, and Dorany Pineda in Los Angeles contributed to this report. Walling reported from Chicago and Horn-Muller reported from Homestead, Florida. This article originally appeared in Grist at https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/more-farms-are-turning-to-automation-amid-labor-shortages/. Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Learn more at Grist.org WorkCorporate America Braces for Trump 2.0The reason for such outreach is clear, Trump associates told CNN: Trump has gone after many of their companies and re-establishing relations is at the least a hedge in case he wins next week. (An unidentified source told CNN that Jassy’s call, made at the company’s request, was a general exchange of pleasantries.) WorkWorkDelta, CrowdStrike sue each other over widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations"While we aimed to reach a business resolution that puts customers first, Delta has chosen a different path," a CrowdStrike spokesperson told CNBC in an email. 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