![]() ![]() Attorney General Andrea Campbell said her office would also chip in $10,000 from settlements reached by the state’s top prosecutor.” Kim Driscoll said philanthropic organizations and private donors have committed $100,000 to the newly-created private fund. farmers reeling from rains, floods,” by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald: “A series of torrential rains over the past two weeks caused roughly $15 million in damages to about 2,000 acres of farmland in Massachusetts, which the Healey administration hopes to help save with a private relief fund announced Thursday afternoon. “Private donors commit $100K to relief fund for Mass. From AI and the metaverse to disinformation and cybersecurity, POLITICO Tech explores how today’s technology is shaping our world - and driving the policy decisions, innovations and industries that will matter tomorrow. Sunday.Īre you Team Barbie or Team Oppenheimer (or Team Barbenheimer)? Email us: and and we’ll tell you which side we’re on!Ī NEW PODCAST FROM POLITICO: Our new POLITICO Tech podcast is your daily download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy around the world. ![]() Lori Trahan is on WCVB’s “On the Record” at 11 a.m. Sunday and joins Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty on at 12:30 p.m. THIS WEEKEND - NAACP Boston President Tanisha Sullivan is on WBZ’s “Keller Large” at 8:30 a.m. Ayanna Pressley campaigns for Tennessee state Rep. Jim McGovern visits free meals sites in Turners Falls, Greenfield and Worcester with Project Bread. Warren visits Pittsfield Senior Center at 3:15 p.m. Auditor Diana DiZoglio visits Greater Lowell Technical High at 11:30 a.m. Richard Neal announces federal funding at 10:30 a.m. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu paints a basketball court with Celtics star Jaylen Brown at 10 a.m. That’ll give Markey more time to mull his answer to the other great theological question on his mind: “What would I eat in between the movies?” Warren and Markey said they probably won’t be able to catch either flick this weekend. “This bill will send a powerful signal to the world that the United States will never take the reckless step of automating our nuclear command and control.” “Humans must always maintain sole control over nuclear weapons - this technology is too dangerous to gamble with,” Bird said in a statement. ![]() Markey walked away with Bird’s endorsement of an amendment he filed to the National Defense Authorization Act that would bar the use of artificial intelligence to launch nuclear weapons, his office first told Playbook. They also discussed ways to increase awareness of nuclear issues among the younger set, according to a Markey spokesperson. In their meeting Thursday, Bird and Markey shared their mutual concerns over the proliferation of artificial intelligence in national security and defense without guardrails, and the risks of using nuclear weapons in South Asia and elsewhere. Bird co-wrote the biography with the late Martin Sherwin, a nuclear history scholar and former Tufts University professor who was a friend of Markey’s. Robert Oppenheimer that inspired the film - to discuss the dovetailing threats of nuclear war and artificial intelligence. While other senators were staking out their “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer” allegiances, Markey was meeting with Kai Bird - one of the authors of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book on J. Promotional art for "Barbie," left, and "Oppenheimer." (Warner Bros Pictures/Universal Pictures via AP) | AP After deep consideration, he settled on “Oppenheimer.” (He said his wife, however, is passionate about Barbie.) “This is the great theological question,” Markey told Playbook, closing his eyes and letting out a dramatic sigh. “Bahbenheimah goes together like peanut buttah and jelly,” he said.īut team double-feature is facing a dilemma: Which movie do you watch first? “How could you not be Team Barbie?”Įd Markey declared himself “Team Barbenheimer” - well, actually, “Team Bahbenheimah,” because, you know, Malden. “Barbie! Are you kidding?” Elizabeth Warren exclaimed after casting her final vote of the week in the Senate chamber. So Playbook stalked the halls of Congress to see where the state’s two senators stand. The two disparate feature flicks - one about the iconic Mattel plastic doll, and the other about the man at the center of creating the atomic bomb - are dividing Americans from Boston to the Beltway. ![]() This Barbie has an ‘Oppenheimer’-backed billīAHBENHEIMAH - The Senate is out today, but the “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” movies are finally in. ![]()
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