Tag: Social Issues

Latest AI Model Shows Signs of ‘Human-Level’ Intelligence: Microsoft Research

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence system GPT-4 has shown “sparks of artificial general intelligence (AGI),” displaying abilities in a wide range of knowledge domains with a performance that is almost at the “human-level,” according to a paper by Microsoft Research. An AGI would be able to understand the world as human beings do and have a similar…


Corporations Threatening Free Speech and Religious Freedoms Exposed in Business Index

Non-profit Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has published this year’s Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index, putting the spotlight on corporations with little respect for freedom of faith and speech that put Americans at risk of getting punished for their beliefs. The index measures how tolerant a corporation is when it comes to respecting free speech and…


Homeless Veterans Replaced by Illegal Immigrants at Hotel in NY Suburb

To make room for illegal immigrants transported from New York City, 15 homeless military veterans were moved from their housing at a hotel in New York state’s Hudson River Valley region. The veterans, who were staying at The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, a city in Orange County about 70 miles north of New York, were…


Riley Gaines Details ‘Traumatic’ Experience of Being ‘Held Against Her Will’ by Protesters Who ‘Demanded Ransom’

Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines has detailed her “traumatic” experience of being physically assaulted and held against her will at San Francisco State University (SFSU) last month after giving a speech on the “injustices” surrounding women’s participation in sports. Gaines told members of Congress during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on May 16 that she…


DeSantis Signs Bills Strengthening Fight Against Human Trafficking

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed four bills on May 16 continuing the state’s crackdown on human trafficking—including provisions toughening penalties, expanding public awareness outreach to halfway houses and foster homes, and extending laws to cover businesses such as hotels and strip clubs that may benefit from it. Arrests for human trafficking, primarily of women and…


COVID-19 Patient With Lungs Destroyed by Ventilator Passes Away After Long Fight Against Hospital Protocol

Toy designer Mark Boudreaux has died after being left on a ventilator by a Cincinnati hospital for more than a year following his diagnosis with COVID. “We lost Mark this morning,” his wife Judy said in a text sent to The Epoch Times on Mother’s Day (May 14). Mark Boudreaux designed some of America’s most…


‘Gender Expression’ May Become a Protected Right in Maine Constitution

The recent shifting of majorities in the Maine Legislature from the GOP to the Democrats has encouraged Democrat lawmakers to try to protect the rights of transgender people by enshrining “gender expression” in the state Constitution. Gender expression is the way a person shows their gender identity by means of dress, appearance, and behavior. Though…


House GOP Says Politics Is Behind Lack of Consequences for Pro-Abortion Extremists

With attacks on pro-life organizations around the country on the rise, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have charged that the Department of Justice is unequally enforcing the law to the detriment of such groups. “Politics is driving the agenda in far too many agencies in our government, and today, it’s not limited to presidential…


Musk Says ‘Woke’ Ideology Turned Once-Thriving San Francisco Into ‘Derelict Zombie Apocalypse’

An article blaming San Francisco’s problems of crime and rampant homelessness on progressive policies drew a scathing reaction from Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who said that the “woke mind virus” had driven the “once beautiful and thriving” area to ruin. Musk was responding to a post on Twitter about a recent performance at a San…


Chinese Homebuyers Move Into Unfinished Apartments in Coastal City

A group of homebuyers has been waiting for a decade to live in the homes they’ve been paying mortgages on but were left unfinished to this day. Despite no utilities, they moved into their unfinished apartments in Qingdao city, in the coastal province of Shandong, earlier this month. “We just want to live in our…