TECHNOLOGY

Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

George Carlin’s daughter has criticized an artificial intelligence-generated voice of her comedian father used for an hourlong standup comedy special based on his catalog of work.

“My dad spent a lifetime perfecting his craft from his very human life, brain and imagination,” Kelly Carlin said on X. “No machine will ever replace his genius. These AI-generated products are clever attempts at trying to recreate a mind (more…)

Authored by Robert Blumen via The Brownstone Institute,

The European Commission is an EU legislative body with regulatory authority over digital technology. The EC’s eIDAS Article 45, a proposed regulation, would deliberately weaken areas of internet security that the industry has carefully evolved and hardened for over 25 years. The Article would effectively grant the 27 EU governments vastly expanded surveillance powers over internet (more…)

Lockheed Martin Corp. and NASA will roll out the X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft from the defense contractor's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, later this afternoon. 

Quest is NASA's move to demonstrate how the X-59 can fly supersonic without generating loud sonic booms overhead metro areas. The design of the aircraft allows for sonic "thumps," and data after flight trials will be shared with regulators to rewrite new sound-based rules for (more…)