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• The U.S. Defense Department announced AI procurement contracts with seven companies: Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Reflection AI, which raised $2 billion in funding last year. • The AI products will be deployed in Impact Level 6 and 7 Defense Department systems capable of storing classified information, with access provided through an internal portal called GenAI.mil. • Anthropic notably was excluded from the contracts after the Trump administration designated it as a supply chain risk in February, though the Pentagon reportedly continues using Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview model.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences juga telah menulis ulang peraturan tentang kelayakan film internasional The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mengumumkan sejumlah perubahan besar untuk Oscars pada hari Jumat, termasuk kebijakan baru yang memungkinkan beberapa nominasi untuk satu aktor dalam satu kategori, serta melarang penghargaan akting dan penulisan untuk karya yang dihasilkan oleh AI. Menurut undang-undang baru yang ditetapkan oleh dewan gubernur grup tersebut, hanya penampilan yang “terbukti secara nyata dilakukan” oleh manusia dengan persetujuan mereka yang akan memenuhi syarat untuk Oscar akting, sementara hanya skenario karya manusia yang dapat diajukan untuk penghargaan penulisan apa pun. Lanjutkan membaca...

Islamabad dilaporkan telah beralih ke peran yang lebih tertutup namun meyakini bahwa perdamaian dapat mengalami kemajuan tanpa pertemuan tatap muka. Pakistan sedang menyampaikan berbagai proposal antara Iran dan AS untuk menjaga agar pembicaraan tetap berlangsung di balik layar dan berangsur mendekati kesepakatan damai, ungkap para pejabat dan pakar. Pejabat Pakistan mengatakan bahwa mereka menyadari fakta bahwa yang dipertaruhkan bukan hanya perdamaian regional, tetapi juga kesehatan ekonomi global dan mata pencaharian jutaan penduduk termiskin di dunia – termasuk di Pakistan, yang tagihan impor energi bulanannya melonjak hampir tiga kali lipat sebagai akibat dari perang tersebut. Lanjutkan membaca...

Kenaikan 3% pada bulan April, laju tahunan tercepat dalam 11 bulan, membuat nilai properti tipikal sebesar £278.880, kata Nationwide Bisnis langsung – pembaruan terkini Pertumbuhan harga rumah di UK telah mengejutkan agen properti dan ekonom dengan melonjak pada bulan April pada laju tahunan tercepat dalam 11 bulan, menurut Nationwide. Building society terbesar di UK tersebut mengatakan data mortgage menunjukkan bahwa harga rumah secara tidak terduga naik 3% pada bulan April dibandingkan tahun sebelumnya, dari 2,2% pada bulan Maret, yang membuat properti tipikal UK bernilai £278.880. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Departemen Kehakiman mengumumkan perluasan penyelidikan kriminal terhadap pola penggalangan dana dan pengeluaran kampanye kepresidenan Donald Trump tahun 2024 serta komite aksi politik terkait, yang berfokus pada kepatuhan terhadap undang-undang pendanaan kampanye federal dan hukum terkait donor asing. • Para penyelidik tengah memeriksa setidaknya selusin donasi besar yang kemungkinan disalurkan melalui akun perusahaan cangkang atau entitas yang memiliki keterkaitan dengan luar negeri, menurut pejabat penegak hukum yang menerima pengarahan mengenai penyelidikan tersebut. • Juru bicara Gedung Putih membingkai tindakan ini sebagai bagian dari “tinjauan rutin pasca-pemilu”, sementara para sekutu Trump menuduh departemen tersebut atas bias partisan dan memperingatkan bahwa tuntutan apa pun dapat memicu badai politik menjelang pemilu sela 2026.

• Meta melaporkan komitmen kontraktual senilai $107 miliar untuk layanan cloud Q1 2026 guna mendorong pengembangan model AI. • Investasi agresif mencakup ekspansi pusat data dan kesepakatan rantai pasokan untuk komponen perangkat keras AI. • Perusahaan mengharapkan terobosan AI pada akhir tahun 2026, berupaya memonetisasi riset tingkat lanjut.

Harga iklan untuk listing sewa baru naik pada laju tercepat sejak Oktober 2024. Ikuti pembaruan Dapatkan email berita terkini kami, aplikasi gratis, atau podcast berita harian. Pasar perumahan Australia berada pada titik terlambat dalam hampir 18 bulan karena pembeli tetap memilih properti yang lebih murah dan meninggalkan minat pada pasar kelas atas. Angka hari ini dari firma data Cotality menunjukkan harga rumah di Melbourne dan Sydney turun 0,6% pada bulan April. Nilai rumah di Melbourne kini telah turun 1,9% sejak November, dengan Sydney turun 1%. Lanjutkan membaca...

Harapan bahwa sesi terapi berbantuan MDMA dapat membantu tentara bertempur lebih lama dengan membantu mereka memproses trauma. Seiring berakhirnya perang melawan narkoba, doktrin baru mungkin akan segera diterapkan: obat-obatan psikodelik bagi tentara aktif yang menderita PTSD. Dalam dua studi yang didanai oleh Department of Defense (DoD), 186 personel militer dengan PTSD kemungkinan besar tahun depan akan menjalani beberapa sesi terapi berbantuan MDMA. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Putusan tersebut telah melumpuhkan ketentuan yang dimaksudkan untuk mencegah diskriminasi rasial dalam pemungutan suara. • Ditambah lagi, harga minyak melampaui $126 per barel untuk mencapai level tertinggi sejak 2022.

Juru bicara mengatakan hanya dua dari 14 warga Australia yang tetap dapat dihubungi, setelah rekaman CCTV menunjukkan angkatan laut Israel menaiki kapal di perairan internasionalDapatkan email berita terkini, aplikasi gratis, atau podcast berita harian kamiKeluarga dari seorang pria Newcastle di antara setidaknya enam warga Australia di atas kapal yang dicegat oleh personel angkatan laut Israel di perairan internasional telah menyampaikan permohonan penuh air mata demi keselamatannya dan mengecam keras pemerintah Australia karena tidak melakukan intervensi. Lebih dari 50 kapal berlayar menuju Gaza dari Italia pada hari Senin sebagai bagian dari armada Global Sumud dengan harapan dapat mengirimkan 500 ton bantuan dan sukarelawan ke Jalur Gaza, yang tetap berada di bawah blokade angkatan laut oleh Israel. Lanjutkan membaca...

Taipan media dianugerahi penghargaan secara in absentia di saat para kritikus mengecam hukuman 20 tahun penjaranya di bawah undang-undang keamanan nasional. Pengusaha media yang dipenjara, Jimmy Lai, telah dianugerahi penghargaan kebebasan berbicara dari Deutsche Welle atas kontribusinya pada gerakan pro-demokrasi Hong Kong. Lembaga penyiaran publik Jerman tersebut menyatakan pada hari Kamis bahwa Lai akan dianugerahi penghargaan edisi ke-12 tersebut secara in absentia pada 23 Juni di DW Global Media Forum di Bonn. Lanjutkan membaca...

Programme of events announced on anniversary of Bristol bus boycott aimed at inspiring societal manifesto for cityBristol has long been a city of activists prepared to work for change, from followers of John Wesley in the 18th century to the 21st-century citizens who toppled the statue of slave trader Edward Colston.On Wednesday, a new campaign was launched – on the anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking 1963 Bristol bus boycott – aimed at making the city the UK’s capital of civil rights. Continue reading...

• The FCC announced it will review eight broadcasting licenses owned or managed by Disney due to the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. • The move came one day after President Trump called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel over a controversial joke likening First Lady Melania Trump to an 'expectant widow.' • Kimmel faces backlash amid debates on whether his late-night monologue could incite political violence following recent assassination attempt charges.

Prime minister says the middle of a global fuel crisis is ‘the worst possible time to jeopardise’ Australia’s partnerships with Asian trading partnersThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has confirmed next month’s federal budget will not include a new tax on existing gas export contracts as he criticised the “populist” campaign calling for a levy on producers.As reported last week, Albanese was poised to reject pressure to introduce a 25% tax on gas exports amid concerns the intervention could alienate the same Asian trading partners Australia is relying on for supplies of diesel and petrol. Continue reading...

Niesr says even under best-case scenario, economy would grow at slower pace in 2026 and 2027 because of conflictBritain is facing a £35bn economic hit and the risk of a recession this year as the fallout from the Iran war adds to the pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, a leading thinktank has warned.The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said that even under a best-case scenario the UK economy would grow at a much slower pace this year and next because of the Middle East conflict. Continue reading...

A Nevada judge sentenced Dances With Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse on Monday to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls.

Home secretary is challenging high court decision that PA’s proscription interfered with freedom of speechThe ban on Palestine Action has created a “culture of fear” among those campaigning for Palestinian rights and judges were right to deem it unlawful, the court of appeal has heard.Shabana Mahmood is challenging the high court’s decision in February that Palestine Action’s proscription, the first of a direct action protest group, represented a “very significant interference” with the rights to freedom of speech and assembly. It also found that the ban, which remains in place pending the appeal, was a breach of the home secretary’s own policy on proscription. Continue reading...

Shareholder agm briefly adjourned after protesters wearing T-shirts labelled ‘No more big oil’ burst into songThe chair of NatWest was forced to defend the bank against accusations of “climate backtracking” at a chaotic annual shareholder meeting, which was temporarily suspended owing to singing protesters.Not long after the meeting began in Edinburgh, it was adjourned for about half an hour after a protester interrupted Rick Haythornthwaite’s opening speech. Continue reading...

Exclusive: State government commits to strengthening laws as Higgins labels Albanese government’s response to women’s safety issues ‘disheartening’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government will strengthen laws regarding the use of victim-survivors’ confidential communications after a push by advocates including Brittany Higgins, who described her experience of having counselling records subpoenaed as a “violation”.In an interview with Guardian Australia, Higgins was also critical of the federal government’s lack of action following a sweeping review into the justice system’s responses to sexual violence, saying it had “completely fallen off the agenda”.Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html Continue reading...

Lawsuit alleges DoJ breached transparency law by withholding records on Jeffrey Epstein and over-redacting disclosuresTodd Blanche, the acting attorney general, engaged in a “brazen, shocking, and ongoing violation” of a law requiring the justice department (DoJ) to release the entirety of the so-called Epstein files, a lawsuit filed in Washington DC alleges.The action on Monday by Katie Phang, an investigative journalist and legal analyst, seeks to hold Blanche personally responsible for the DoJ’s alleged failure to publish all the documents the government holds about Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender. A full release was mandated by a landmark transparency act passed by Congress in November, with a deadline of 19 December. Continue reading...

Neither political party is immune to conspiracies in a time of intense distrust in government and media, experts say After an armed man attempted to breach the ballroom where Donald Trump was set to speak to White House journalists on Saturday, conspiracies immediately spread about whether the event was staged.The rhetoric has become a common refrain from both sides of the aisle in an era of deeply fractured politics and intense distrust in political institutions and media, and in the president himself. Continue reading...

Actions expected to exceed 3,000 as unions and groups expand protests inspired by Minnesota ICE crackdownLabor unions, democratic organizations and community groups are organizing an economic blackout this year to commemorate May Day, International Workers Day, inspired by the economic blackout in Minnesota during the massive ICE operation in the state.May Day Strong events are being planned across the US, with organizers calling for “no school, no work, no shopping”, in protest of government policies they say put billionaires’ needs above those of workers. Continue reading...

• The Philippines formally protested on Monday what Manila characterized as 'provocative and illegal' Chinese Coast Guard operations near Second Thomas Shoal, accusing Beijing of obstructing Philippine supply missions. • Philippine Defense Secretary stated that Chinese vessels used water cannons against Filipino boats, damaging equipment and endangering personnel conducting routine resupply operations to occupied Philippine outposts. • The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reaffirmed commitment to freedom of navigation operations, with Pentagon officials stating they will continue sending naval assets through disputed waters to assert international law compliance.

Exclusive: Mayor raises concerns about using public money to support firms ‘who act contrary to London’s values’UK politics live – latest updatesSadiq Khan may oppose Scotland Yard using Palantir’s AI systems to process criminal intelligence because of his “concerns about using public money to support firms who act contrary to London’s values”.The mayor of London’s office made the statement after the Guardian revealed last week that Palantir, whose software has been used in Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and by Israel’s military, has held talks with the Metropolitan police over a wide-ranging contract that could run into tens of millions of pounds. Continue reading...

Families say ‘Ulm 5’ have been detained under extreme prison conditions since arrest last SeptemberFive pro-Palestinian activists are due to appear in court over an attack on an Israeli arms company in Germany, in proceedings their families say could become a “show trial”.The Berlin-based activists, who are British, Irish, German and Spanish citizens, have been held in pre-trial detention in separate prisons since 8 September. They are alleged to have broken into Elbit Systems, in the city of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, in the early hours of 8 September, causing hundreds of thousands of euros of damage before calling the police to arrest them. Continue reading...

Trump and first lady were safely evacuated and police arrested Cole Tomas Allen of southern California at eventThe gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration, the acting US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Sunday morning.Blanche also said officials believe that the suspect traveled by train from California to Chicago and then on to Washington, where he checked in as a guest at the hotel where one of the capital’s glitziest annual events was being held, the Washington Hilton. Continue reading...