Pentagon Official Calls Ex-White House AI Architect ‘Village Idiot’ In China Policy Spat

A senior Pentagon official publicly mocked former White House artificial intelligence adviser Dean Ball on Sunday over regulation of Chinese artificial intelligence models. War Department Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael unloaded on Ball — now a top executive at OpenAI — when Ball suggested the Trump administration should discourage use…

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EFCC Dismisses Claims Of Investigation Against Immigration CG Nandap

EFCC Dismisses Claims Of Investigation Against Immigration CG Nandap

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nanna Nandap The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed media reports insinuating that the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, is being investigated over alleged visa racketeering, saying it has no case whatsoever against her. The Commission, in a statement on Monday…

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery ‘Megamerger’

A federal judge on Monday granted a 14-day temporary restraining order to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The move comes after a dozen Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on July 13 to halt the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin — who then-President Joe Biden nominated in…

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