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- 1AI is increasingly deciding who receives medical care●AI is deciding whether or not people receive medical care
Insurers in the United States are using artificial intelligence algorithms to help decide whether to approve or deny coverage for medical care, including for patients in UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, Cigna and Humana plans. Vox's Good Medicine newsletter examines the practice, and critics warn the tools can wrongly delay or deny treatments that doctors consider necessary.
- 2Unregulated AI risks becoming a 'two scorpions in a bottle' standoff▼VOX POPULI: Unregulated AI damns us with ‘two scorpions in a bottle’ dilemma
An Asahi Shimbun column warns that artificial intelligence left unregulated could trap humanity in a dilemma likened to 'two scorpions in a bottle', a phrase used to describe nuclear deterrence, where rivals are locked in mutual vulnerability. The piece argues that, as with nuclear weapons, safety depends on international rules and cooperation rather than a free-for-all among competing developers.
- 3Why Democrats stopped talking about climate▼Why Democrats stopped talking about climate https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.vox. com/america-actually/504178/william-
Vox has published a piece examining why Democrats have largely stopped making climate change a central talking point. The article, built around an interview with William Lawrence, a climate activist from Michigan's 7th district associated with the Sunrise Movement, suggests the party has shifted focus toward other issues, including data centers and economic concerns, as climate politics have grown quieter in national debate.
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A demonstration has been held in Ceuta calling for regional elections, and the march has highlighted the growing rift between Spain's Popular Party and Vox. Reports from El Confidencial say the protest underscores the political distance between the two right-wing parties over the situation in the North African enclave. The protest has drawn wide attention in Spain, where competition between PP and Vox has become increasingly contentious in regional politics.