Russian 'Rubikon' drone operator defects to Ukraine after witnessing civilian killing: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/russian-rubikon-drone-operator-defects.html
A Mathematical Rubicon Has Been Crossed By AI - Ordinary Times
https://ordinary-times.com/2025/12/17/a-mathematical-rubicon-has-been-crossed-by-ai/
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Minnesota law enforcement authorities have said the FBI is refusing to share any evidence on its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal immigration authorities in late January.
Pretti was shot on 24 January by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Minneapolisduring the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement operations in the city.
His killing came just two weeks after an immigration official shot and killed Renee Good an…
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Members of UK performing arts union Equity vote overwhelmingly in favor of refusing to be scanned while on set to prevent their likeness being used by AI (Lanre Bakare/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2
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Trump acknowledged this week that “most” NATO members have said they’ll stay out of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.
So far, the only NATO members that have come out in support of the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran are the Czech Republic, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Others, including Denmark, Finland and Luxembourg, have remained neutral in their opinions of the strikes, while issuing broad criticisms of the Iranian regime.