Government Corruption
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, can be used to reduce “vaccine hesitancy” among the general public and also provide advice on sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to a new study.
The research, which will be presented at the end of April at the Conference of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, found that ChatGPT’s responses to questions about vaccination were similar to those given by professional medical organizations and official guidelines.
People who mistrust public health institutions may turn to ChatGPT for answers, as the popularity of the AI tool grows, it said. And if they do, the research shows they will get the responses the public health agencies would provide anyway.
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Read MoreCompanies are increasingly using fast-track approval processes to get unproven treatments to patients.
One ALS drug made $400 million in sales for its maker. It doesn’t work. A cancer treatment brought in $500 million. That one turned out to have no effect on survival. A blood cancer medication made nearly $850 million before being withdrawn for two of its uses. That drug had been linked to patient deaths years prior.
All of them were allowed to be sold to Americans because of the US Food and Drug Administration’s drive to get new drugs to patients
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Read MoreCanada’s long march towards suppressing free expression on the internet is about to run headlong into the federal government’s other great nemesis — the People’s Republic of China (PRC). And the battleground is dance videos.
Last month, the US House of Representatives passed a bill with broad bipartisan support requiring the owner of TikTok — a Chinese company called ByteDance — to sell the popular social media platform or cease operations in America because of concerns over Chinese government involvement and data collection.
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Read MoreAlberta’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, Ric McIver, has shut down a proposal put forth by Calgary city councillors seeking to grant voting rights to permanent residents in municipal elections.
The move, spearheaded by Ward 8 Councillor Courtney Walcott, aimed to amend the Local Authorities Election Act to allow non-citizen residents to participate in local polls.
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Read MoreRecent financial disclosures to Elections Alberta have shown that former leader Rachel Notley is leaving the Alberta NDP in utter shambles, both in terms of membership and funding.Despite having secured significant financing in years prior, the NDP under Rachel Notley managed to blow it all and started the year off saddled with a debt of $624,000. For the sake of comparison, the United Conservative Party is in the green by over $1 million.
This was a total reversal of the financial situation when the NDP was facing (and lost to) Jason Kenney in 2019.DP started 2023 with $5.5 million saved and managed to blow through that along with $9 million from the year’s fundraising
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Read MoreAlberta Minister of Transportation Devin Dreeshen organized a meeting with Indigenous leaders who are pleading for the construction of new road infrastructure in the region.
Liberal Minister Sean Fraser’s parliamentary secretary failed to attend the planned meeting and “threw staff” members at the attendees, according to Dreeshen.
The Transportation Minister was hoping this meeting could secure the federal government’s commitment to First Nation road funding; however, they have proceeded to ignore the issue
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Read MoreProperty taxes in Edmonton are expected to increase by 8.7% this year due to the city’s financial troubles.
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Read MoreAd blockers might seem like an unlikely defense in the fight against spyware, but new reporting casts fresh light on how spyware makers are weaponizing online ads to allow governments to conduct surveillance.
Spyware makers are reportedly capable of locating and stealthily infecting specific targets with spyware using banner ads.
One of the startups that worked on an ad-based spyware infection system is Intellexa, a European company that develops the Predator spyware. Predator is able to access the full contents of a target’s phone in real time.
Delivering malware through malicious ads, often referred to as malvertising, works by injecting malicious code into the ads displayed on websites on computer and phone browsers. Much of these attacks rely on some interaction with the victim, such as tapping a link or opening a malicious file.
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Read MoreThe evolution of Justin Trudeau ‘s story:
1) No foreign interference
2) If there was foreign interference, then I wasn’t briefed
3) If I was briefed, then not fully briefed
4) If I was fully briefed, then I didn’t read the briefing
Get it?
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