Gates cancels high-profile AI speech amid Epstein backlash

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday canceled his speech at India’s AI Impact Summit amid ongoing criticism over his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “After careful consideration and to ensure that the focus remains on the key priorities of the AI ​​Summit, Mr. Gates will not deliver the keynote address at the AI ​​Summit,”…

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Top FDA regulator to leave the agency

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Macri announced Friday that the agency’s top regulator Vinay Prasad will leave next month. “A year ago, Dr. Prasad came to the FDA to implement 4 key long-term reforms: the 2-to-1 pivotal trial requirement, National Priority Review, a risk-stratified COVID vaccine framework, and the new Plausibility Mechanism Framework……

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Trump’s Nobel dreams meet economic reality

In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, the cold caller was U.S. President Donald Trump, and the request for Norway’s Finance Minister Jens…

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