😂 #WompWomp

Former #NewYork Rep. George #Santos, who was expelled from the House and is facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his bid for Congress in New York’s 1st District.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/george-santos-ends-independent-bid-new-york-1?cid=ios_app

Telling detail from the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse (by Nate Schweber for the NY Times): The NYPD is working in the service of the defendant Trump, rather than the people of New York.

#Trump #NewYork

Trump’s Lawyers Didn’t Disclose Proposal to Put Up Full $464 Million Bond
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An appeals court reduced Trump’s bond by more than 60% after his attorneys claimed it was a “practical impossibility” to pay the full amount.

Their failure to disclose a proposal from a billionaire financier may have violated #ethics rules.

#Trump #Law #NewYork #News #Courts

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bond-disclosure-appeals-court-hankey?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Trump’s Lawyers Didn’t Disclose Proposal to Put Up Full $464 Million Bond

An appeals court reduced Trump’s bond by more than 60% after his attorneys claimed it was a “practical impossibility” to pay the full amount. Their failure to disclose a proposal from a billionaire financier may have violated ethics rules.

^ProPublica

Decision Desk HQ projects Joe #Biden wins the #NewYork Democratic presidential primary.

DecisionMade: 9:01pm ET

Follow results here: https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/2024/Primaries/races/new-york-president-democratic-primary

New York President Democratic Primary | DDHQ

Live Election Results, Analysis, and Projections

^{Decision Desk HQ (decisiondeskhq.com)}

#NYC’s #government #chatbot is lying about city laws and regulations

Source: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/03/nycs-government-chatbot-is-lying-about-city-laws-and-regulations/

That tendency seems poised to cause some serious problems now that a chatbot run by the #NewYork City government is making up incorrect answers to some important questions of local law and municipal #policy.

#ai #technology #problem #news #usa #fail

NYC’s government chatbot is lying about city laws and regulations

You can be evicted for not paying rent, despite what the "MyCity" chatbot says.

^{Ars Technica}

#NYC #subway testing out weapons detection #technology, Mayor Adams says

source: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-subway-crime-weapons-detection-technology-mayor-eric-adams/

The technology-loving mayor is seeking bids from tech companies around the globe, but he had #police demonstrate one system in which a red box appears on an iPad if there's a #weapon, and shows where it is.

#news #NewYork #security #crime #politics #ai

NYC subway testing out weapons detection technology, Mayor Adams says

New York City plans to use new technology to detect weapons in the subway system.

^{Marcia Kramer (CBS New York)}

Here's a little more foreshadowing, featuring "Elektro the Robot" at the 1939 #WorldsFair in #NewYork, which was labeled the "World of Tomorrow":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxEhy8hU3LI

Like with today's "#AI", the key was to plausibly appear intelligent, not to actually be intelligent, and like today, reproducing stereotypes and prejudice (wait for the "joke" on "numbers") are considered a feature, not a bug.

[4k, 50fps, color] 1939 New York World's Fair."The world of tomorrow" Featuring "Elektro the Robot"

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^YouTube