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U.S. Defense Dept. research arm seeks to improve ‘machine learning’

DARPA wants to improve how we build machine-learning applications. To that end, the agency—tasked by the U.S. Department of Defense with researching advanced technologies for military use—has launched the Probabilistic Programming for Advanced Machine Learning (PPAML) program, with the aim of creating……

Oliver Stone calls on U.S. military to stop ‘violently dismembering live animals’

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone has urged the U.S. Department of Defense in a recent video to stop using thousands of goats in medical training drills. “Each year, the U.S. military and its contractors shoot, stab, mutilate, burn, and kill more than 10,000 live animals in cruel and archaic trauma training…