Welcome to Wednesday, June 15th, lightnings and bolts...

A Google engineer has been placed on leave after he went public with claims that a computer chatbot with artificial intelligence (AI) had become sentient.

Blake Lemoine, an engineer who has worked for Google for seven years, was placed on paid leave after publishing transcripts of conversations between him and LaMDA (language model for dialogue applications) discussing rights and personhood for AI.

Should lawmakers investigate whether AI technologies could become sentient?

House Votes on S. 4160: Supreme Court Police Parity Act

The Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022 would grant the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police the authority to protect any member of the immediate family of a Supreme Court just or any officer of the Court if the Marshal determines that such around-the-clock protection is necessary.

The bill passed in the Senate unanimously, and passed in the House yesterday on a 396-27 vote.

How do you feel about your representative’s vote?

How to Apply for Food Assistance (SNAP)

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, is the largest government program working to fight hunger in America. An estimated 9.5 million people use SNAP benefits to purchase food for their households.

Are you eligible for SNAP benefits? Check here.

#WomenInPeacekeeping

Peace is on everyone’s mind, now more than ever. Stronger Together: #WomenInPeacekeeping is a campaign to promote and empower women at the forefront of peace operations.

By getting involved with this campaign, you'll help shine a spotlight on the women of peacekeeping, support their work on the ground, and help recruit more women into the field of peacekeeping.

Donate now to support women in peacekeeping, and you’ll be entered to win one of five exclusive NFTs. 

All the Memes Fit to Post

And, In The End...

Get your lighter-than-air toys ready — today is National Fly a Kite Day, thanks to Benjamin Franklin's electricity experiments.

Thanks, Ben!

—Jamie Epstein

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