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Delay, deny and deflect: How Facebook’s leaders fought through crisis — The New York Times

Facebook has gone on the attack as one scandal after another, writes Sheera Frenkel, Nicholas Confessore, Cecilia Kang, Matthew Rosenberg and Jack Nicas.

Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html

Facebook responded to the article: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/11/new-york-times-update/

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AI-controlled drone goes rogue, kills human operator in USAF simulated test — Vice

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California State Assembly votes to ban driverless trucks — FreightWaves

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OpenAI is pursuing a new way to fight A.I. ‘hallucinations’ — CNBC

OpenAI is taking up the mantle against AI “hallucinations,” writes Hayden Field. 

The FDA will apparently let Elon Musk put a computer in a human’s brain — The Verge

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink says it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to launch its first in-human clinical study, writes Sean Hollister and Jay Peters.

Sam Altman says OpenAI will leave the EU if there’s any real AI regulation – Gizmodo

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s overseas charm offensive is continuing...