A photo by the Ukrainian Presidential Press reveals a rare sight — a dedicated hotline between two heads of state. Among various other phones in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, lies a Cisco 7975G Unified IP Phone that was used by Zelensky to contact US President Joe Biden in the weeks prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The phone sports a wallpaper of the White House, indicating it was probably a hotline connecting Zelensky’s and Biden’s offices. Read full article here
Societal Issues
AI Predicts Crime A Week In Advance With 90 Per Cent Accuracy
An artificial intelligence model built by Ishanu Chattopadhyay and his colleagues analysed crime data in Chicago from 2014 to 2016 and managed to predict future levels of crime down to the nearest 300 metres, a week before they actually happened. While extremely useful, this artificial intelligence has been shown to expose racial prejudice in law enforcement. Hopefully, as the study’s data and methodology have been made available for others to evaluate, these prejudices can be avoided in the next iteration. Read full article here