Armenians waiting for the big moment: 'Hell is empty and all the devils are here'
Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on 7 June.
Four political forces are among the frontrunners in the election: the ruling 'Civic Contract' party, the 'Prosperous Armenia' party, the 'Strong Armenia' bloc and the 'Armenia' bloc.
The election campaign is currently in full swing.
The outcome of the upcoming parliamentary elections will undoubtedly shape the political landscape across the South Caucasus and further geopolitical developments.
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Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on 7 June.
Four political forces are among the frontrunners in the election: the ruling 'Civic Contract' party, the 'Prosperous Armenia' party, the 'Strong Armenia' bloc and the 'Armenia' bloc.
The election campaign is currently in full swing.
The outcome of the upcoming parliamentary elections will undoubtedly shape the political landscape across the South Caucasus and further geopolitical developments.
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Lunatics have taken charge of the asylum: Peer-reviewed paper says genetically engineering ticks to spread meat allergies is "morally obligatory"
This is absolutely absurd.
A recent peer-reviewed paper titled, Beneficial Bloodsucking, argues that alpha-gal syndrome — the tick-borne condition that can make people allergic to red meat — should be treated as a form of "moral bioenhancement." The authors (Western Michigan University professors) argue that because they believe eating meat is morally wrong, intentionally spreading a meat allergy using CRISPR-edited ticks could make people more "virtuous" by forcing them away from mammalian meat.
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This is absolutely absurd.
A recent peer-reviewed paper titled, Beneficial Bloodsucking, argues that alpha-gal syndrome — the tick-borne condition that can make people allergic to red meat — should be treated as a form of "moral bioenhancement." The authors (Western Michigan University professors) argue that because they believe eating meat is morally wrong, intentionally spreading a meat allergy using CRISPR-edited ticks could make people more "virtuous" by forcing them away from mammalian meat.
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🇮🇱BEST OF THE WEB: Israel Uber Alles: Rep. Massie 'loses' Kentucky primary - Trump's 'MAGA' purge continues
Comment: We're being asked to believe that the electorate is upset at Massie for forcing the release of the Epstein Files... Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday in another test of President Donald Trump's power over his party after he handpicked challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein to oust the incumbent.
The result showed the president's persisting influence over GOP voters, adding to a growing number of Trump-backed primary challengers to defeat Republican lawmakers who angered him in his second term.
Comment: Yep, that's Gaetz, Taylor-Greene, and Massie gone - the core of the 'MAGA Caucus' in the House.
Also Tuesday, in Alabama, former Senate race rivals U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Doug Jones are headed to a rematch in the Alabama governor's race.
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Comment: We're being asked to believe that the electorate is upset at Massie for forcing the release of the Epstein Files... Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday in another test of President Donald Trump's power over his party after he handpicked challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein to oust the incumbent.
The result showed the president's persisting influence over GOP voters, adding to a growing number of Trump-backed primary challengers to defeat Republican lawmakers who angered him in his second term.
Comment: Yep, that's Gaetz, Taylor-Greene, and Massie gone - the core of the 'MAGA Caucus' in the House.
Also Tuesday, in Alabama, former Senate race rivals U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Doug Jones are headed to a rematch in the Alabama governor's race.
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Investigation underway after woman killed in apparent dog attack in Chatham County, North Carolina
A death Investigation is underway in Chatham County after family members say a woman was attacked by dogs.
The Chatham County Sheriff's Office said the incident happened around 11 a.m. in the 200 block of Alston Road near Apex.
The victim was identified as 85-year-old Betty Alston.
Alston's daughter told ABC11 that Betty Alston was in her yard when three dogs attacked her.
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A death Investigation is underway in Chatham County after family members say a woman was attacked by dogs.
The Chatham County Sheriff's Office said the incident happened around 11 a.m. in the 200 block of Alston Road near Apex.
The victim was identified as 85-year-old Betty Alston.
Alston's daughter told ABC11 that Betty Alston was in her yard when three dogs attacked her.
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🇮🇳Honey badger terrorises village in Odisha, India injures 5 in repeated attacks
Panic gripped Khudputli village in Odisha's Udala forest range of Mayurbhanj district after a honey badger went on a rampage, repeatedly attacking villagers over the past 24 hours.
The aggressive wild animal has left five people seriously injured, triggering fear among residents of the remote hamlet.
According to locals on Tuesday, the honey badger entered the village on Monday night and attacked two people, biting them severely.
The victims were immediately rushed to Udala Medical for treatment.
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Panic gripped Khudputli village in Odisha's Udala forest range of Mayurbhanj district after a honey badger went on a rampage, repeatedly attacking villagers over the past 24 hours.
The aggressive wild animal has left five people seriously injured, triggering fear among residents of the remote hamlet.
According to locals on Tuesday, the honey badger entered the village on Monday night and attacked two people, biting them severely.
The victims were immediately rushed to Udala Medical for treatment.
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🇷🇺Ash from Bezymianny volcano eruption covers 2 villages in Kamchatka, Russia - ash column of up to 10 km high
In the Ust-Kamchatsky district in the village of Mayskoye and the settlement of Kozyrevsk fell out Ash from the eruption of Bezymyanny volcano.
Ash column burst out to a height of up to 10 km with the volcano's height being 3020 meters.
Volcanologists have assigned the volcano a "red" hazard rating, meaning it poses a hazard to air travel.
Emergency services have not received any complaints or calls from residents.
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In the Ust-Kamchatsky district in the village of Mayskoye and the settlement of Kozyrevsk fell out Ash from the eruption of Bezymyanny volcano.
Ash column burst out to a height of up to 10 km with the volcano's height being 3020 meters.
Volcanologists have assigned the volcano a "red" hazard rating, meaning it poses a hazard to air travel.
Emergency services have not received any complaints or calls from residents.
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Record cold follows U.S. front; South America's cold push deepens
Record Cold Follows U.S. Front A sharp cold front is sweeping the United States, flipping the central, northern, and eventually eastern states from spring warmth to late-season freezes.
The Weather Prediction Center has stark lows spreading from the Southern Plains into the Midwest and Northeast through week's end, as a very cold air mass drops in, returning the Rockies, Plains and Upper Midwest to snow, frost and freeze territory.
The likes of Wyoming have already taken a hit.
On Tuesday, Rawlins fell to 8F (-13.3C), breaking its May monthly low-temperature record of 10F (-12.2C), set on May 2, 2013, in books dating back to 1951.
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Record Cold Follows U.S. Front A sharp cold front is sweeping the United States, flipping the central, northern, and eventually eastern states from spring warmth to late-season freezes.
The Weather Prediction Center has stark lows spreading from the Southern Plains into the Midwest and Northeast through week's end, as a very cold air mass drops in, returning the Rockies, Plains and Upper Midwest to snow, frost and freeze territory.
The likes of Wyoming have already taken a hit.
On Tuesday, Rawlins fell to 8F (-13.3C), breaking its May monthly low-temperature record of 10F (-12.2C), set on May 2, 2013, in books dating back to 1951.
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Mount St. Helens: the eruption that changed the U.S. in 1980 has an unexpected "culprit"... and no, it is not a volcano (it is animals, and the story is surreal)
What can a pocket gopher do against a volcano?
At Mount St.
Helens, the answer may be far more than anyone expected.
A study of the mountain's recovering soils suggests that one brief gopher experiment in the early 1980s helped restart an underground recovery process after the famous 1980 eruption.
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What can a pocket gopher do against a volcano?
At Mount St.
Helens, the answer may be far more than anyone expected.
A study of the mountain's recovering soils suggests that one brief gopher experiment in the early 1980s helped restart an underground recovery process after the famous 1980 eruption.
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U.S. DOJ accuses Yale medical school of illegally using race in admissions
The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school — the second institution to face discrimination allegations by the federal agency this month.
In June 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities must stop considering race in admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Now, the Justice Department said Yale is violating that law.
In a letter to a lawyer for Yale, Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said a DOJ investigation found that Black and Hispanic students have a much higher chance of admission to the medical school than white or Asian students, despite having lower grade-point averages and lower test scores.
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The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school — the second institution to face discrimination allegations by the federal agency this month.
In June 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities must stop considering race in admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Now, the Justice Department said Yale is violating that law.
In a letter to a lawyer for Yale, Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said a DOJ investigation found that Black and Hispanic students have a much higher chance of admission to the medical school than white or Asian students, despite having lower grade-point averages and lower test scores.
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Climate group reverses course on doomsday predictions — and Trump takes victory lap: 'WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!'
President Trump took a victory lap late Saturday after a prominent international climate change panel backed off using some of the most aggressive doomsday estimates after determining that they were not the most plausible outcomes.
The United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had quietly adjusted its modeling framework of a 4-5°C warming by 2100 last month.
That framework had underpinned a myriad of other analyses predicting terrifying consequences for greenhouse gas emissions.
"GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that 'Climate Change' is going to destroy the Planet, the United Nations TOP Climate Committee just admitted that its own projections (RCP8.5) were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!" Trump chided on Truth Social.
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President Trump took a victory lap late Saturday after a prominent international climate change panel backed off using some of the most aggressive doomsday estimates after determining that they were not the most plausible outcomes.
The United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had quietly adjusted its modeling framework of a 4-5°C warming by 2100 last month.
That framework had underpinned a myriad of other analyses predicting terrifying consequences for greenhouse gas emissions.
"GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that 'Climate Change' is going to destroy the Planet, the United Nations TOP Climate Committee just admitted that its own projections (RCP8.5) were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!" Trump chided on Truth Social.
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Three killed after two teen gunmen open fire at San Diego mosque before killing themselves
A total of five people — including two teenage gunmen who inscribed anti-Muslim hate messages on their weapons — are dead after a shooting at a San Diego mosque.
Officers responded to the Islamic Center of San Diego for a report of an active shooter around 11:43 a.m.
Monday.
Outside the center were three adult men dead from gunshot wounds, according to San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl, who spoke to the media after the shooting.
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A total of five people — including two teenage gunmen who inscribed anti-Muslim hate messages on their weapons — are dead after a shooting at a San Diego mosque.
Officers responded to the Islamic Center of San Diego for a report of an active shooter around 11:43 a.m.
Monday.
Outside the center were three adult men dead from gunshot wounds, according to San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl, who spoke to the media after the shooting.
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"Stop Hiring Humans" Billboards Are Appearing In U.S. Cities...
"Stop Hiring Humans." Those words are now plastered on billboards from San Francisco to New York City, courtesy of a San Francisco-based startup pushing virtual AI sales representatives.
The company, Artisan, markets AI agents that handle outbound sales tasks like lead generation, cold emailing, list-building, and prospecting.
Their message is blunt: the era of AI employees is here.
Artisan's campaign highlights a growing trend of AI replacing human roles in sales and beyond.
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"Stop Hiring Humans." Those words are now plastered on billboards from San Francisco to New York City, courtesy of a San Francisco-based startup pushing virtual AI sales representatives.
The company, Artisan, markets AI agents that handle outbound sales tasks like lead generation, cold emailing, list-building, and prospecting.
Their message is blunt: the era of AI employees is here.
Artisan's campaign highlights a growing trend of AI replacing human roles in sales and beyond.
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🇨🇺Alpha-Gal Syndrome up 5,566% in ten Years (+ When the CIA carpet-bombed Cuba with weaponized ticks)
Anecdotal reports, many with accompanying video evidence, from around North America have inundated social media — well, on X at least; I don't know about the others because my accounts all got nuked during COVID — of astronomical increases in tick populations as well as boxes of ticks mysteriously appearing on farms and in woods.
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Anecdotal reports, many with accompanying video evidence, from around North America have inundated social media — well, on X at least; I don't know about the others because my accounts all got nuked during COVID — of astronomical increases in tick populations as well as boxes of ticks mysteriously appearing on farms and in woods.
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🇨🇳Diplomacy of symbols: What Trump's visit to China revealed about the new global balance of power
Trump's China pilgrimage revealed not American strength but the exhaustion of an empire that increasingly mistakes spectacle for strategy, beneath smiling children and waving flags, standing between two civilizations moving in opposite psychological directions: one obsessed with image, the other quietly consolidating power.
The Ceremony of Decline Upon arrival, young men and women stood along the tarmac waving small American and Chinese flags in careful unison while cameras captured the choreography from every angle, the sort of polished diplomatic pageantry modern states have perfected for international consumption.
Yet one detail lingered beneath the surface of the spectacle: Xi Jinping himself was notably absent from the reception.
The symbolism mattered.
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Trump's China pilgrimage revealed not American strength but the exhaustion of an empire that increasingly mistakes spectacle for strategy, beneath smiling children and waving flags, standing between two civilizations moving in opposite psychological directions: one obsessed with image, the other quietly consolidating power.
The Ceremony of Decline Upon arrival, young men and women stood along the tarmac waving small American and Chinese flags in careful unison while cameras captured the choreography from every angle, the sort of polished diplomatic pageantry modern states have perfected for international consumption.
Yet one detail lingered beneath the surface of the spectacle: Xi Jinping himself was notably absent from the reception.
The symbolism mattered.
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SPD leader faces backlash after saying migrants burdening welfare system is a lie pushed by 'right-wing extremists'
"Any responsible local politician could provide her with enough examples from their own city to prove the opposite," a former SPD member chimed in.
Labor Minister and Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-leader Bärbel Bas (SPD) says nobody is immigrating to Germany to take advantage of its social welfare system.
However, she has received substantial pushback directed at her claim.
Bas' comment came during a session of the Bundestag, when AfD MP René Springer asked Bas why she wasn't cutting spending on immigration due to the current budget crisis, given the clear burden it is putting on social welfare, a situation that is making German taxpayers increasingly angry.
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"Any responsible local politician could provide her with enough examples from their own city to prove the opposite," a former SPD member chimed in.
Labor Minister and Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-leader Bärbel Bas (SPD) says nobody is immigrating to Germany to take advantage of its social welfare system.
However, she has received substantial pushback directed at her claim.
Bas' comment came during a session of the Bundestag, when AfD MP René Springer asked Bas why she wasn't cutting spending on immigration due to the current budget crisis, given the clear burden it is putting on social welfare, a situation that is making German taxpayers increasingly angry.
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"Digital enslavement" is a subtle weapon of social subordination and global control
In a recent Buddhist retreat in Lima, Peru, about 200 participants were urged to abstain for the three-day retreat from our enslavement screens, "smart" phones, computers and television.
Difficult to say how many really followed the advice, but many did.
What was amazing is that during the first day, ignoring constant phone notifications was not easy for the many.
But consciously resisting it made it easier.
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In a recent Buddhist retreat in Lima, Peru, about 200 participants were urged to abstain for the three-day retreat from our enslavement screens, "smart" phones, computers and television.
Difficult to say how many really followed the advice, but many did.
What was amazing is that during the first day, ignoring constant phone notifications was not easy for the many.
But consciously resisting it made it easier.
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Starmer hit with legal threat after barring conservative speakers from entering UK for national rally
The group of conservative commentators and politicians has demanded that the British prime minister retract remarks accusing them of being "far-right agitators". U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been issued with a formal letter of claim after several foreign politicians, commentators, and activists were blocked from entering the United Kingdom ahead of a major rally in London last weekend.
The legal threat was announced on Saturday by Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek, who said she and others had instructed a lawyer to act on their behalf over potentially defamatory remarks made by the prime minister last week.
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The group of conservative commentators and politicians has demanded that the British prime minister retract remarks accusing them of being "far-right agitators". U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been issued with a formal letter of claim after several foreign politicians, commentators, and activists were blocked from entering the United Kingdom ahead of a major rally in London last weekend.
The legal threat was announced on Saturday by Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek, who said she and others had instructed a lawyer to act on their behalf over potentially defamatory remarks made by the prime minister last week.
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Supreme Court rules that freight brokers can be held accountable for negligence in commercial vehicle crashes
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on whether freight brokers are protected from lawsuits under state law in injury or fatality crashes involving the commercial vehicles that they hire.
On Thursday, May 14, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion in favor of Shawn Montgomery in the case MONTGOMERY v.
CARIBE TRANSPORT II, LLC. Montgomery suffered severe injuries in a crash involving truck driver Yosniel Varela-Mojena, who was hauling a load of plastic pots through Illinois for motor carrier Caribe Transport II, LLC. when the crash occurred in 2017.
Montgomery's vehicle was parked on the shoulder when it was struck by Varela-Mojena's truck.
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on whether freight brokers are protected from lawsuits under state law in injury or fatality crashes involving the commercial vehicles that they hire.
On Thursday, May 14, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion in favor of Shawn Montgomery in the case MONTGOMERY v.
CARIBE TRANSPORT II, LLC. Montgomery suffered severe injuries in a crash involving truck driver Yosniel Varela-Mojena, who was hauling a load of plastic pots through Illinois for motor carrier Caribe Transport II, LLC. when the crash occurred in 2017.
Montgomery's vehicle was parked on the shoulder when it was struck by Varela-Mojena's truck.
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Donald Trump is considering reversing course in front of Xi Jinping
The G2 summit between the US and China failed to produce any concrete responses to ongoing conflicts, from Taiwan to Iran, nor did it address issues such as tariffs.
President Trump, suddenly displaying good manners, listened attentively to his counterpart Xi Jinping and imagined what relations between their two countries might be like if they weren't at war.
The visit of US President Donald Trump to the People's Republic of China on May 13, 14, and 15, 2026, brought to light profound contradictions.
From a Chinese perspective, the goal was to ensure that Washington would always respect Taiwan as a Chinese province, not an independent state.
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The G2 summit between the US and China failed to produce any concrete responses to ongoing conflicts, from Taiwan to Iran, nor did it address issues such as tariffs.
President Trump, suddenly displaying good manners, listened attentively to his counterpart Xi Jinping and imagined what relations between their two countries might be like if they weren't at war.
The visit of US President Donald Trump to the People's Republic of China on May 13, 14, and 15, 2026, brought to light profound contradictions.
From a Chinese perspective, the goal was to ensure that Washington would always respect Taiwan as a Chinese province, not an independent state.
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🇿🇦South Africa's farming crisis may trigger food shortages across the continent
For decades South Africa has operated as the breadbasket for half of the African continent, and the vast majority of that food was grown by white farmers (Boers and Afrikaners). In other words, the very survival of Africans has long been dependent on the hard labor of the white people they are taught to despise.
South Africa has around 142 race-based laws which largely discriminate against white citizens, especially when property, business and government office is involved.
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For decades South Africa has operated as the breadbasket for half of the African continent, and the vast majority of that food was grown by white farmers (Boers and Afrikaners). In other words, the very survival of Africans has long been dependent on the hard labor of the white people they are taught to despise.
South Africa has around 142 race-based laws which largely discriminate against white citizens, especially when property, business and government office is involved.
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What they really think: CEO scrambles into damage control after "lower-value HUMAN capital" comment triggers outrage
StanChart CEO says quote was 'taken out of context' Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters and his team spent Wednesday in damage-control mode after the head of the London-based international bank told investors on Tuesday that artificial intelligence would be used to replace "lower-value human capital," sparking a backlash online.
"Many of you will have seen media coverage following the Investor Event in Hong Kong, particularly the reporting around automation, AI, and workforce changes," Winters wrote in an internal memo to employees on Wednesday that was seen by Bloomberg.
He continued, "I know this may be unsettling when reduced to simple headlines or a quote out of context."
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StanChart CEO says quote was 'taken out of context' Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters and his team spent Wednesday in damage-control mode after the head of the London-based international bank told investors on Tuesday that artificial intelligence would be used to replace "lower-value human capital," sparking a backlash online.
"Many of you will have seen media coverage following the Investor Event in Hong Kong, particularly the reporting around automation, AI, and workforce changes," Winters wrote in an internal memo to employees on Wednesday that was seen by Bloomberg.
He continued, "I know this may be unsettling when reduced to simple headlines or a quote out of context."
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