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Speculation about Priebus's ouster had grown since the hiring of Scaramucci. The new communications director told CNN on Thursday about his relationship with Priebus: "I don't know if this is repairable or not." He also told The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza that he believed Priebus was leaking information and called him a "paranoid schizophrenic." Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Fox News co-host who had dinner with Trump, Scaramucci and others on Wednesday, also reportedly told the president that Priebus needed to go. … [Read more...] about Who is General John Kelly, Trump’s Replacement for Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff?

Weiss discovered GPT-2, a program released earlier that year by OpenAI, an AI company in San Francisco, and realized he could generate fake comments to simulate a groundswell of public opinion. “I was also shocked at how easy it was to fine tune GPT-2 to actually spit out the comments,” Weiss says. “It's relatively concerning on a number of fronts.” … [Read more...] about AI-Powered Text From This Program Could Fool the Government

Upgrading the security of important religious places across the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced special dedicated posts of Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) for security at the Ramjanmabhoomi in Ayodhya, Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi and the Mathura’s Krishna Janmabhoomi.While senior police officer Jai Prakash Singh is named DSP (Security) for the Ramjanmabhoomi in Ayodhya, Kailash Chandra Pandey, Ram Mohan Sharma and Om Prakash Arya will oversee security at the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura. Further the notification named Deputy Superintendents of Police Anil Rai, Praeep Singh Chandel and Ratneshwar Singh, all posted in Varanasi, as DSP (Security) at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.According to a recent notification issued by the state government, the officers picked for the dedicated services are from the provincial police forces, either direct entrants at that rank or promoted from inspector. Assistant commissioners of police, who are members of the … [Read more...] about UP announces dedicated DSP force for temple security in Ayodhya

A: Each drug company has an independent data and safety monitoring board that reviews the Phase 3 clinical trial data. Once companies complete trials, they will submit the data to the FDA. The agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will meet publicly to discuss the data. The FDA’s career scientists will review the data and decide whether to grant the vaccine emergency use authorization.vaccine review board. Once the FDA has authorized a vaccine or vaccines, the state board — made up of 11 vaccine experts, researchers and health officials — will analyze the safety and efficacy of the vaccines. … [Read more...] about COVID vaccines are coming soon. Here’s what Bay Area residents should know

> Arrests: A federal judge on Thursday ordered retired firefighter Robert Sanford, 55, of Chester, Pa., to be detained pending trial, after prosecutors filed charges alleging he hurled a fire extinguisher (captured on video) that hit three police officers during last week’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol (Reuters). ... A former occupational therapist with the Cleveland, Ohio, school system was arrested on federal charges after being identified as a participant in breaching the Capitol. Christine Priola, 49, appears in a photograph without a mask standing at the main desk in the Senate chambers clutching a placard. Priola, who is among dozens of people charged since the siege, was arrested on Thursday and accused of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building; violent entry; and unlawful activities on Capitol grounds (Cleveland.com). … [Read more...] about The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden asks Congress to expand largest relief response in U.S. history