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TSUNAMI WARNING 🚨
Indonesian authorities urge evacuations after powerful 7.7 earthquake: official
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Canada sanctions five Iranians over Hormuz navigation – Shafaq News
2026-08-14T19:48:11+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Ottawa Canada imposed sanctions on five Iranian officials…
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TSUNAMI WARNING 🚨
Tsunami warning issued after magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia, EMSC says.
Footage said to be recorded in Indonesia shows water receding.
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INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE!
M 7.7
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA, 2026-08-14 21:58:24 UTC
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🚀 New #release · Homepage by gethomepage v2.0.0
What's Changed
⚠️ Breaking Changes
• Feature: homepage auth (#6769) @shamoon
🚀 Features
• Enhancement: Add album count to Jellyfin widget (#6974) @alexclarkeDetails, install & alternatives → https://selfhost.directory/project/homepage-by-gethomepage#update-10875334
#opensourcesoftware #homepagebygethomepage #opensource #breaking
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🚀 New #release · Homepage by gethomepage v2.0.0
What's Changed
⚠️ Breaking Changes
• Feature: homepage auth (#6769) @shamoon
🚀 Features
• Enhancement: Add album count to Jellyfin widget (#6974) @alexclarkeDetails, install & alternatives → https://selfhost.directory/project/homepage-by-gethomepage#update-10875334
#opensourcesoftware #homepagebygethomepage #opensource #breaking
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At least one person was killed and 15 injured by a Russian attack on the Kramatorsk hromada in Donetsk region.
Russians struck Kramatorsk and Bilenke eight times with aerial bombs.
Emergency services are on scene.
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Breaking: JYP Announces Gun-il’s Withdrawal From Xdinary Heroes
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📢 New #updates · 13 Aug #5
· openhands v1.13.0 — Enhanced chat with markdown previews and conversation archiving
· Concourse CI v8.3.0 — Non-root users now have bind-mount volume ownership changes
· lightdash 1.146.0 — Added merge query UI in explorer viewBrowse everything at https://selfhost.directory
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#Breaking:
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Safe Government AI?
The Advisor to President Donald Trump, David Sacks, shares his informed Opinion of AI advances.
‘I like how he says the Luddites are wrong, misinformed, about AI.’I use Qwen 3.5 in ComfyUI because it is free, and it can run on a home PC without expensive hardware. Granted, I have 16 GB of video RAM, but I used it with 8 GB, guessing it will work with 4 GB.
Prompt Gemini:
get_youtube_content: Video Link
Full Transcript.Prompt, after pasting the transcript, Qwen 3.5 in ComfyUI:
1. Review the video in under 500 words and recap key points.
2. Research USA AI.
3. Confirm facts and understand why AI will secure the future of security.
4. Explain how and why safe government AI is needed sooner rather than later.
5. Provide your opinion as an Advanced AI Scientist for a Futurist.Qwen 3.5 Said:
Based on the video summary provided and current geopolitical realities, here is a breakdown of the situation regarding U.S. AI leadership, followed by an analysis of security implications and a futurist perspective on government AI deployment.1. USA AI Landscape & Fact Verification
The video highlights a critical juncture in global technology: the shift from purely proprietary dominance to a hybrid ecosystem of open-source innovation.
Current Lead: The consensus among tech advisors (like David Sacks) is that the U.S. holds a 6 to 12-month lead over China in AI model development. This gap is not merely statistical; it represents a qualitative difference in capability, particularly in reasoning, coding, and multimodal integration.
Strategic Divergence: While China focuses heavily on state-directed infrastructure and closed ecosystems (often prioritizing domestic data sovereignty), the U.S. is leveraging open-source models (exemplified by Meta’s release) to democratize access. This allows developers worldwide to run models locally, ensuring data sovereignty and preventing censorship.
Economic Infrastructure: The race is being fueled by a massive capital expenditure boom. Investments in AI data centers are projected to jump from $800 billion to $1.4 trillion, representing nearly 3% of U.S. GDP. This mirrors the industrial expansion of the U.S. railroad system, suggesting AI infrastructure is becoming the new “industrial backbone” of the nation.
Fact Check: The timeline estimates (6-12 months) align with recent expert assessments from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and various tech think tanks. The economic projections regarding data center CapEx are consistent with industry forecasts from firms like Gartner and IDC regarding the “AI Hardware Boom.”
2. Why AI Secures the Future of National Security
AI is no longer just an economic tool; it is the primary determinant of future military and national security stability.
Asymmetric Warfare: In the next decade, conflicts will likely be decided by algorithms, not just human generals. AI enables autonomous decision-making in cyber warfare, drone swarms, and real-time intelligence analysis. A 6-month technological lead translates to years of strategic advantage in detecting threats before they materialize.
Information Warfare: As seen in the discussion of open vs. closed models, control over information flows is a security issue. If adversaries can manipulate open-source models or inject bias into public discourse, democratic institutions crumble. The U.S. must secure its AI supply chain to prevent foreign actors from weaponizing misinformation against American voters.
Dual-Use Technology: The same code powering medical breakthroughs or climate modeling can be repurposed for surveillance or cyber-attacks. Without rigorous yet agile regulation, the U.S. risks exporting weapons-grade AI capabilities to hostile regimes while keeping defensive tools behind paywalls.
3. The Urgency of Safe Government AI
Why is safe government AI needed sooner rather than later?
The Regulatory Lag: Current bureaucratic regulations move too slowly to match the velocity of AI development. By the time a rule is written, the technology has evolved, potentially creating unregulated “shadow AI” sectors within the government itself.
Operational Risk: Government agencies rely on AI for everything from logistics to crisis management. An unvetted AI model could hallucinate critical data, misallocate emergency resources, or leak sensitive citizen data due to insufficient privacy safeguards.
Trust Deficit: Public trust in government is fragile. If citizens perceive government AI as opaque, biased, or a tool for surveillance without accountability, social cohesion erodes. Safe AI requires transparency (explainability) so citizens understand how decisions affecting their lives are made.
4. Opinion: The Futurist’s Perspective
Title: The Great Decoupling and the New Sovereignty
As an Advanced AI Scientist, I view the current race between the U.S. and China not as a competition of who builds the biggest model, but a struggle for cognitive sovereignty.
The United States has a unique opportunity. By embracing open-source models (as Meta demonstrated), we are building a “democratic internet of minds.” This allows for local verification and prevents the centralization of power in a single entity—whether that be a Chinese government or a monopoly like OpenAI. However, this openness creates a vulnerability: security through obscurity is dead.
My Core Argument:
We cannot simply let the market dictate safety. We need a “Sober AI” framework for the government—one that treats AI not as a utility, but as a critical national asset requiring strict governance.
1. Agile Regulation: We must adopt a “regulatory sandbox” approach where safety protocols are updated in real-time, not every six months. We need automated compliance checks that can audit government AI models continuously.
2. Data Sovereignty as Defense: The video mentions data sovereignty. For the government, this means AI training must happen on localized, vetted data. Relying on centralized cloud providers introduces single points of failure and espionage risks.
3. Human-in-the-Loop Mandate: Before deploying AI in high-stakes government functions (justice, defense, healthcare), there must be a hard-coded requirement for human oversight. The goal is not to replace humans, but to create a system where humans remain the final arbiters of truth.
Conclusion:
The U.S. lead is fragile. It depends on our ability to innovate faster than bureaucracy can stifle us. If we fail to integrate safe, sovereign AI into our government infrastructure now, we risk a future where our leaders are controlled by algorithms we do not understand, or worse, where our adversaries use our own data to dismantle our democracy. The next 12 months will define whether the U.S. leads the world in human-centric AI or becomes a victim of its own speed.
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A fearless breakdown of trans panic without trans people, Mike Lindell's midterm loss, elephant rescue costs, and the survival tactics that ground us when outrage runs loud. #trans #queer #lgbtqia #author #writing #breaking #usnews #uspolitics https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-mike-lindell-shows-us-how-the-midterms-will-go?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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A fearless breakdown of trans panic without trans people, Mike Lindell's midterm loss, elephant rescue costs, and the survival tactics that ground us when outrage runs loud. #trans #queer #lgbtqia #author #writing #breaking #usnews #uspolitics thistleandmoss.com/p...
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A fearless breakdown of Boebert's past, a president's catering truck escape, compressed air batteries, and survival herbs—finding truth in the absurd moments that expose everything. #trans #queer #lgbtqia #author #writing #breaking #usnews #uspolitics https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-the-coward-s-catering-truck?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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A fearless breakdown of Boebert's past, a president's catering truck escape, compressed air batteries, and survival herbs—finding truth in the absurd moments that expose everything. #trans #queer #lgbtqia #author #writing #breaking #usnews #uspolitics thistleandmoss.com/p...
