AI & disinformationAn AI-Based Counter-Disinformation Framework By Linda Slapakova Published 31 March 2021 There are different roles that AI can play in counter-disinformation efforts, but the current shortfalls of AI-based counter-disinformation tools must be addressed first. Such an effort faces technical, governance, and regulatory barriers, but there are ways these obstacles could be effectively addressed

AI & national securityDecoding the “Black Box” of AI to Tackle National Security Concerns Published 31 March 2021 When the discussion involves the detection of nuclear explosions or the movement of materials that endanger the nation’s security, scientists, policy makers, and others demand to know the basis of AI-based insights. Explainable AI—understanding and explaining the

Our picksU.S. 2020 Murder Surge | FBI Terror Watch List | Plugging Cyber Blind Spots, and more Published 31 March 2021 ·  In 2020 America Experienced a Terrible Surge in Murder. Why? ·  Russia Suspected of Stealing Thousands of State Department Emails ·  Man’s Skin “Peeled Off” in Rare Reaction to Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine ·  DHS

PandemicWorld Leaders Call for Treaty to Prepare for Next Pandemic Published 30 March 2021 COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic. Leaders from 23 countries, the World Health Organization and the EU called for a new international treaty to better prepare for future pandemics in an op-ed published on Tuesday. Leaders from 23 countries, the World

Electric gridBatteries: Reshaping the Future of the Electric Grid Published 30 March 2021 Research begun at the Department of Energy’s Joint Center for Energy Storage Research and continued at spinoff company Form Energy may launch a new era of renewable energy. A new era of energy provided by renewables may be close at hand, thanks to

CybersecurityNew Initiative Aims to Ensure 5G Networks Are Reliable, Secure Published 30 March 2021 The transition to 5G will affect every device connected to the internet. Later this year, a team of Stanford researchers will demonstrate how a tight formation of computer-controlled drones can be managed with precision even when the 5G network controlling it

PandemicPandemic Apologies and Defiance: Europe’s Leaders Increasingly Rattled By Jamie Dettmer Published 30 March 2021 European leaders are handling rising public frustration, economic distress and mounting coronavirus case numbers in different ways, with most showing the strain of dealing with a yearlong pandemic, say analysts and commentators, who add that the leaders seem to be

Climate challengesClimate Change Significantly Increases Population Displacement Risk Published 30 March 2021 The risk of people being forced from their homes by flooding increases by half for each additional degree of global warming, as an international research team led by the Weather and Climate Risks Group at ETH Zurich demonstrate. Every year, millions of people around

Mass shootingsUnderstanding Mass Shootings in America Published 29 March 2021 A mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, left 10 people dead less than a week after a spate of shootings at three spas in the Atlanta area claimed eight lives. There is no official definition of “mass shooting,” though it is often understood as an incident

Mass shootingsStanford’s John Donohue on Mass Shootings and the Uniquely American Gun Problem Published 29 March 2021 As Americans emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the reality of the other U.S. epidemic—gun violence—has been made very clear after two mass shootings within a week. On 16 March, a gunman killed eight people at three Atlanta-area massage