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☆ David McBride: Former Australian military lawyer who exposed alleged war crimes jailed for leaking documents
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

However, during proceedings against McBride, the court heard that he did not bring the documents to the media’s attention to highlight the alleged war crimes. “David McBride leaked documents to our national broadcaster which contained credible evidence of war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan. Pender and others pointed out that no one had yet been prosecuted over Australia’s alleged war crimes in Afghanistan – except the man who had brought it to the country’s attention. Australian Federal Police officers raided the ABC offices in Sydney in 2019 seeking documents as they pursued potential charges against the journalists behind the story. The Australian Federal Police is working with the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) to investigate potential charges.

Persons: CNN —, ”, David Mossop, David McBride, McBride, Mark Davies, Brereton, Mossop, “, ” McBride, Justice Mossop, ” Mossop, McBride’s, Kieran Pender, “ David McBride, Pender, Australia’s, “ Will, Peter Greste, Greste, ” “ David, ” Greste, he’ll, Anthony Albanese, “ I’m, Mark Dreyfus Organizations: CNN, Australian Army, Canberra, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC, Australian Defense Force, Australian Special Air Service, SAS, Human Rights Law, Australian, Journalists, Australian Federal Police, Commonwealth, Public Prosecutions, ADF, AFP Locations: Afghanistan, Egypt, Sydney, New South Wales

☆ Gridcog wants to make planning commercial renewable projects easier. Check out the 13-slide pitch deck it used to raise $4.2 million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA startup helping Shell, Origin Energy, and Mitie spin up renewable energy projects has just raised £3.3 million, around $4.2 million, in funding from London-based AlbionVC. Gridcog, founded in 2020 in Australia but now headquartered in London, has built a software platform for modeling and simulating renewable energy projects. It helps customers figure out where best to put solar, energy storage, and EVs, and optimize those plans for commercial and climate goals. "With energy projects, there can be hundreds or even thousands of ways of building them," said Gridcog's UK and European head Genna Boyle. Renewable energy capacity needs to double to reach net zero in the energy sector by 2050, per the International Energy Agency.

Persons: —, Genna Boyle, you've, Boyle, Gridcog, Pete Tickler, Fabian Le Gay Brereton, Tickler Organizations: Service, Shell, Origin Energy, Business, International Energy Agency, Power, Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Locations: London, Australia, New Zealand

With one team scoring after just 18 seconds and another after 21 seconds, the Premier League made an explosive return Tuesday following the competition's short winter break. Arsenal left it much later for its goals in a win that kept the pressure on Liverpool at the top. Arsenal might be able to maintain a title push heading into the final months of the campaign, but can Aston Villa? Adebayo's first came after just 18 seconds and it was barely the quickest of the night, with Ben Brereton Diaz scoring after 21 seconds for Sheffield United in its 3-2 loss at Crystal Palace. Ollie Watkins grabbed a consolation for Villa, which will drop to fifth place if Tottenham beats Brentford on Wednesday.

Persons: Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo, Aston, Unai, Villa, Elijah Adebayo, Ben Brereton Diaz, JESUS, ARSENAL Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Matt Turner —, Jesus, Taiwo Awoniyi, Villa hadn't, Fabian Schar, Alex Moreno’s, Ollie Watkins, ___ Steve Douglas Organizations: Premier League, Arsenal, Liverpool, Arsenal's, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Champions League, Luton, Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Everton, ARSENAL, Forest, Chelsea, VILLA, Newcastle, Villa, Tottenham, Brentford, Wednesday Locations: Liverpool, Newcastle, Brighton, Brazil, Oleksandr

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Last-place Sheffield United scored the latest goal on record in the Premier League — in the 13th minute of a wild period of stoppage time — to salvage a 2-2 draw with West Ham on Sunday. Two players had already been shown red cards in added-on time when Oli McBurnie was fouled by West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola in an aerial collision. “That is the least we deserved," Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder said. Vladimir Coufal was booked for his part in a melee after Brewster's foul and picked up a second yellow card moments later for a foul on James McAtee. West Ham stayed in sixth place and is five points behind Tottenham in fifth.

Persons: —, Oli McBurnie, Alphonse Areola, McBurnie, Fabianski —, Dirk Kuyt's, Chris Wilder, “, Ben Brereton Diaz, Maxwel Cornet, James Ward, Prowse, Danny Ings, Gustavo Hamer, Rhian Brewster, Vladimir Coufal, James McAtee, West Ham, ___ Organizations: SHEFFIELD, Sheffield United, Premier League —, West, Premier League, Liverpool, Arsenal, Burnley, Villarreal, Emerson, Tottenham Locations: England, West Ham, Chile

Liverpool appears to have the squad depth to last the pace in the Premier League title race. Jurgen Klopp's rebuild after an offseason overhaul could hardly be going any better, with Liverpool on top of the league, looking well set to reach the English League Cup final, and still in the FA Cup and Europa League. But the biggest drama arrived when West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola came out to punch clear a cross, only to make contact with McBurnie. West Ham twice went ahead at Bramall Lane, first through Maxwel Cornet in the 28th and then James Ward-Prowse from the penalty spot in the 79th. Ben Brereton Diaz, on loan from Villarreal, scored Sheffield United's initial equalizer on his Premier League debut.

Persons: Mohamed Salah —, Dominik Szoboszlai, Jurgen Klopp's, Diogo Jota, Darwin Núñez, Núñez, Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Joe Gomez —, Trent Alexander, Arnold, Andrew Robertson —, Alexander, Robertson, Salah's, Sheffield United's Oli McBurnie, Dirk Kuyt, McBurnie's, Rhian Brewster, Vladimir Coufal, Alphonse Areola, Areola wasn't, Lukasz Fabianski, West Ham, Bramall Lane, Maxwel Cornet, James Ward, Prowse, Ben Brereton Diaz, ___ Steve Douglas Organizations: Liverpool, Premier League, Africa, Nations, Bournemouth, Sunday, Manchester City, Reds, Tottenham, English League, FA, Europa League, Uruguay striker's, Sheffield, Arsenal, Sheffield United, West, Villarreal Locations: Uruguay, Africa, Egypt, Liverpool, West Ham, Bramall

Brereton C. Jones, a Republican turned Democrat who led efforts to improve health care and strengthen ethics laws during his one term three decades ago, has died, Gov. He moved to Kentucky and switched parties, first winning election as lieutenant governor before running for and winning the state's highest elected office. Once in office, Jones got the legislature to create an ethics commission for executive branch officials and employees. But despite his frequent speeches about ethics, Jones seemed to many to have a blind spot when it came to his own finances and business dealings. The major initiative of Jones’ administration was access to health care and controlling the cost of health coverage.

Persons: —, Brereton C, Jones, Andy Beshear, ” Beshear, “, ”, I’ve, “ I’m, Republican Larry Hopkins Organizations: — Former Kentucky Gov, Republican, Delegates, “, Airdrie Stud Locations: FRANKFORT, Ky, West Virginia, Kentucky

☆ Australia's war memorial mulls changing war hero display after defamation case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Kirsty Needham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Roberts-Smith, who quit his television excutive job on Friday, has not been charged with any offences. Australian civil courts require a lower threshold to prove accusations than criminal courts do. A four-year investigation known as the Brereton report found in 2020 that Australian special forces had allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan. Kim Beazley, chair of the Australian War Memorial and a former defence minister, said the memorial in the national capital Canberra - where Roberts-Smith's uniform, medals and portrait are displayed - helps Australians to understand the conduct and consequences of war. Greens Senator David Shoebridge had earlier called for Roberts-Smith's uniform and medals to be removed from the memorial.

Persons: Ben Roberts, Smith, Roberts, Anthony Albanese, Brereton, Albanese, Chris Moraitis, Kim Beazley, David Shoebridge, Kirsty Needham, Byron Kaye Organizations: SYDNEY, Victoria Cross, Australian Federal Police, Special Forces, Australian, Canberra, Greens, U.S, Thomson Locations: Afghanistan, Australia, Sydney

☆ Australia's most decorated soldier loses multiple defamation claims against media who alleged war crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In some cases, he found the papers established contextual truth, which is also a defense under Australia’s Defamation Act. “Today is a day of some small justice for the Afghan victims of Ben Roberts-Smith,” said McKenzie. Ali Jan was a husband … He was kicked off a cliff by Ben Roberts-Smith, and he was murdered with Ben Roberts-Smith’s participation. Claims of violent acts committed by elite troops were echoed in the Brereton Report, a four-year investigation into the alleged war crimes in Afghanistan released in November 2020. The responsibility for these atrocities does not end with Ben Roberts-Smith,” he said.

Persons: Australia CNN —, solider, –, Anthony Besanko, Besanko, Ben Roberts, Smith, Roberts, ”, James Chessell, newsrooms, ” Chessell, Peter Bartlett, MinterEllison, “, Nick McKenzie, Chris Masters, McKenzie, “ Ali Jan, Ali Jan, …, ” Besanko, Angus Campbell, Campbell “, unreservedly ”, It’s Organizations: Australia CNN, Federal Court, Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times, Australia’s, Cross, SAS, Nine, CNN, Australian, Australian Defence Force Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Afghanistan, Bali , Indonesia, Sydney, “

☆ Doyle's late strike fires Sheffield United into FA Cup semis
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SHEFFIELD, England, March 19 (Reuters) - Sheffield United came from behind twice to edge Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in an entertaining FA Cup quarter-final after Tommy Doyle's superb 91st minute strike on Sunday booked a Wembley trip. With the score at 2-2 in added time, Doyle fired a shot from 25 metres that arrowed into the top corner with keeper Aynsley Pears unable to palm it away despite getting a hand to it. Blackburn's Sam Gallagher then scored an own goal seven minutes later after Max Lowe's shot from range took a deflection off the striker's knee to nestle in the corner of the net. Gallagher made amends on the hour when he sprang the offside trap to put Sammie Szmodics through as the midfielder restored Blackburn's lead by firing low past keeper Wes Foderingham. Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Microsoft knows Bing's AI chatbot gives out some eyebrow-raising answers. An exec said decreasing them is a priority.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Since then, Microsoft has restricted Bing users to five questions per session. A Microsoft spokesperson didn't respond to Insider's request for additional comment ahead of publication. The emerging AI arms race has sparked debate among industry experts and users over whether Bing's AI launch was a responsible choice. When asked about Bing's responses, a Microsoft spokesperson told Insider last week that user feedback is necessary to pinpoint flaws in the chatbot so they can be improved. "It's important to note that last week we announced a preview of this new experience," the Microsoft spokesperson said at the time.

☆ Bing's first week with AI superpowers was a Wild West of excitement, misinformation, and dystopia — and showed Google has nothing to worry about just yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Microsoft Bing had an up-and-down first week after relaunching with new AI superpowers. Bing, Microsoft's search engine, has been revamped with artificial intelligence superpowers. Google's eponymous search engine is getting the same treatment. For one, its launch hasn't gone completely to plan — and even Microsoft admitted Bing has gone rogue in certain circumstances. And in Google, Bing faces a mighty foe.

☆ It's not just Google — closer inspection reveals Bing's AI also flubbed the facts in its big reveal
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dmitri Brereton said Bing's new AI chatbot "got some answers completely wrong" during its demo. As part of Microsoft's unveiling of the new tech, Bing's AI was asked to list the pros and cons of the three best-selling pet vacuums. "I hope Bing AI enjoys being sued for libel," he wrote. The AI arms race may lead to the spread of misinformationBrereton's observations come as Big Tech companies like Google and Microsoft enter an AI arms race. While Brereton told Insider that generative AI search engines like the new Bing can be "quite transformative," he noted that releasing it prematurely "could lead to big problems."

☆ Microsoft’s Bing AI demo called out for several errors
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Microsoft’s public demo last week of an AI-powered revamp of Bing appears to have included several factual errors, highlighting the risk the company and its rivals face when incorporating this new technology into search engines. At the Bing demo at Microsoft headquarters, the company showed off how integrating artificial intelligence features from the company behind ChatGPT would empower the search engine to provide more conversational and complex search results. When asked, “What were Meta’s fourth quarter results?” the Bing AI feature gave a response that said, “according to the press release,” and then listed bullet points appearing to state Meta’s results. But Bing stated information that appeared to be attributed to the article that was, in fact, not actually there. For example, Bing said one crib had a “water-resistant mattress pad,” but that information was listed nowhere in the article.

☆ Microsoft's Bing A.I. made several factual errors in last week's launch demo
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In Microsoft's demo in front of reporters, the ChatGPT-like technology embedded in the company's Bing search engine analyzed earnings reports from Gap and Lululemon . "Bing AI got some answers completely wrong during their demo. Brereton identified possible factual issues in the Microsoft demo in its responses about vacuum cleaner specifications and travel plans to Mexico in addition to the financial errors. When it came time to demo Bing AI's response to a query on corporate earnings, there were some problems. These are screenshots from Microsoft's demo:

☆ Montana defies order on transgender birth certificates
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

— Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the Republican-run state on Thursday said it would defy the order. District Court Judge Michael Moses chided attorneys for the state during a hearing in Billings for circumventing his April order that temporarily blocked a 2021 Montana law that made it harder to change birth certificates. Moses said there was no question that state officials violated his earlier order by creating the new rule. ACLU attorney Malita Picasso expressed dismay with the agency’s stance and said officials should immediately start processing requests for birth certificate changes. State officials denied that the new rule preventing birth certificate changes was adopted in bad faith.

☆ Argentina a obținut prima victorie la Copa America
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Argentina a obținut prima victorie la Copa America! Messi și compania au reușit să învingă reprezentativa Uruguayului, în echipa cărei se aflau vedetele Luis Suarez și Edinson Cavani. Argentinienii s-au impus cu 1-0 în meciul care a contat pentru etapa a doua a fazei grupelor și care s-a jucat la Brasilia. Selecţionata "albiceleste" a marcat golul ce s-a dovedit a fi decisiv în primul sfert de oră a meciului. Ben Brereton, atacantul născut în Anglia, care joacă la Blackburn Rovers, a înscris, singurul gol al partidei în minutul 10.

Persons: Luis, Argentinienii, Guido Rodriguez, Lionel Messi, Ben Brereton Organizations: ! Messi, Real Betis Sevilla, Boliviei, Blackburn Rovers Locations: Argentina, Uruguayului, Brasilia, Selecţionata, Chile, Anglia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia

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