Elon Musk sounds another chilly warning about artificial intelligence. He says programmers are training AI to lie. Lawmakers are demanding answers on the Pentagon document leak. They want to know how a 21-year-old airman was given access to highly classified intelligence materials. Twitter is labeling media outlets around the world if it finds that they’re somehow…
NTD News Today (April 17): ‘They Train AI to Lie’: Elon Musk and Experts; Lawmakers Demand Answers on Pentagon Leak
Twitter Labels CBC as ‘Government-Funded Media’
Twitter labelled Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a “Government-funded Media” on April 16. The social media platform under the leadership of business tycoon Elon Musk had earlier applied the same label to the National Public Radio (NPR) in the Untied States and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the UK. CBC didn’t immediately respond to…
Poilievre Asks Twitter to Label CBC as ‘Government-Funded Media’
Public broadcaster CBC should be labelled as “government-funded media” on Twitter, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre told the social media company in a letter. Poilievre wrote to Twitter on April 11 saying that CBC should receive a label based on its practice of identifying accounts of this type. In recent days, the British Broadcasting Corporation…
Ethics Commissioner Launches Probe on Whether AB Premier Smith Interfered in Justice
Alberta’s Ethics Commissioner has started an investigation into whether Alberta Premier Danielle interfered with the administration of justice in a prosecution case related to COVID-19 restrictions. “The Premier welcomes this investigation, is fully cooperating with the Commissioner, and is confident this examination will confirm there has been no such interference,” Smith’s office said in a statement…
Alberta Premier Smith Says UCP Is Paying for Legal Action Against CBC
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith recently deflected many reporter questions on matters related to a defamation lawsuit she is considering against the CBC, but when asked recently who is funding the legal action, she answered, “the party.” She did not elaborate on why the United Conservative Party (UCP) is covering the bill instead of the government,…
Alberta Premier Gives CBC Deadline to Retract, Apologize for Alleged Defamatory Articles
Legal counsel for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has given CBC a deadline of April 28 to retract and apologize for articles alleging she tried to interfere in criminal cases before the courts. The letter, from the law firm Bennett Jones, accuses the media outlet of defamation. The letter says that CBC’s recent articles “seek to…
CBC Refuses to Testify at Senate Committee on Islamophobia, Citing Journalistic Independence
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has refused to answer questions posed by a Senate committee studying Islamophobia, citing journalistic independence. Shaun Poulter, CBC’s executive director for public affairs and government relations, in a March 2 letter declined the request of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Human Rights to meet with CBC/Radio-Canada “news leaders,” as reported…
Poilievre Calls for Spending Cap, Tax Cuts in Coming Federal Budget
The coming federal budget should lower taxes, cap spending and make it easier to build new houses, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Sunday as he pinned blame for current economic woes on the Liberals. Poilievre spelled out his party’s budget priorities in advance of the government’s latest fiscal blueprint, to be presented to Parliament on…
Number of CBC Employees Earning 6 Figures Doubled Since 2015: Canadian Taxpayer Federation
The number of employees at the taxpayer-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) making six-figure salaries each year has doubled since the Liberal government took office in 2015, according to the Canadian Taxpayer Federation (CTF). In fiscal year 2015–2016, CBC had 438 hires who took home six-digit salaries that year. That group of CBC staff has steadily…
Poilievre Responds to Remarks From CBC President That He’s Stoking ‘CBC Bashing’ in Canada
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has responded to recent comments by CBC’s President and CEO, Catherine Tait, who said that the federal opposition leader has been stoking criticism of the government-funded public broadcaster. “CBC’s overpaid President & CEO is not even pretending to be unbiased,” Poilievre wrote in a Twitter post on Feb. 9. “She launched…
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