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"My advice would be to President Trump, at all costs, avoid a showdown over Taiwan," says historian Niall Ferguson. "You don't want a Cuban missile crisis to happen with Taiwan as the island and you in the role of Nikita Khrushchev." Follow on Spotify: bit.ly/4mpmJ7e

"My advice would be to President Trump, at all costs, avoid a showdown over Taiwan," says historian <a href="/nfergus/">Niall Ferguson</a>.

"You don't want a Cuban missile crisis to happen with Taiwan as the island and you in the role of Nikita Khrushchev."

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Both Israel and hospital officials in Gaza City confirmed the deaths of Anas al-Sharif and colleagues, which the Committee to Protect Journalists and others described as retribution against those documenting the war in Gaza. to.pbs.org/4myrdaD

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NEW: President Donald Trump said at a Monday news briefing that he was “deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law order and public safety in Washington, D.C., and they’re going to be allowed to do their job properly.” to.pbs.org/4fCp6Ra

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"Should the United States be a country where the president has the opportunity to enrich himself by the position that he has been entrusted with by the public?" MargaretHoover asks Niall Ferguson amid concerns that Trump's family is profiting off the presidency. "No," Ferguson says.

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"We're not allowed to draw by race, but we are allowed to be partisan in drawing up the maps and that's what we're going to do," says GOP state Rep. Carl Tepper. "We're not going to try to fool you. We're not going to lie to you. These are partisan maps." to.pbs.org/45Kdh7T

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"He has been talking about wanting to take over Democratic-run cities since he ran for president the first time in 2016. This is not a new theme for him in any way," Tamara Keith says. "He's also trying to send a signal to other cities. You saw what happened in Los Angeles with

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"There's a sense in which this is turning the clock back in American economic and political history, maybe all the way back to the 1890s, to the Gilded Age." Historian Niall Ferguson assesses the start of #PresidentTrump's second term. Follow on Spotify: bit.ly/4mpmJ7e

"There's a sense in which this is turning the clock back in American economic and political history, maybe all the way back to the 1890s, to the Gilded Age."

Historian <a href="/nfergus/">Niall Ferguson</a> assesses the start of #PresidentTrump's second term.

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The figures suggest that slowing rent increases and cheaper gas are offsetting some impacts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Many businesses are also absorbing some of the cost of the duties. to.pbs.org/45f7oQ4

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"Some of the goods that are most exposed to tariffs are showing pretty substantial increases in their prices. I think the worst is yet to come," said Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute. "Over the next few months, we're going to see more and more evidence of the

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The State Department released its annual human rights report Tuesday, but this edition has come under scrutiny for omitting some issues. to.pbs.org/46THORV

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"No technology will by itself do good or bad," says Fei-Fei Li, known as the godmother of AI, as artificial intelligence rapidly advances, creating potential benefits and dangers. "It can be used in both ways." FRIDAY PBS Local listings: to.pbs.org/39hI6Tf

"No technology will by itself do good or bad," says <a href="/drfeifei/">Fei-Fei Li</a>, known as the godmother of AI, as artificial intelligence rapidly advances, creating potential benefits and dangers.

"It can be used in both ways."

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"There's a lot AI could do to make life and work better." AI scientist Fei-Fei Li, co-founder of Stanford HAI, says artificial intelligence could lead to advances in health care, economics, government, and more.

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As the U.S. and China race to advance artificial intelligence, Fei-Fei Li says building AI with "democratic values" is important. "If we're a society that believes in... dignity, agency, and liberty, then we know we need to create technology that doesn't harm these values."

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AI pioneer @Drfeifei explains why diversity matters in scientific fields like artificial intelligence. "When we invite more people with different backgrounds, their insights, their knowledge, their emotional understanding of the downstream application will impact the input of

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"Every technology is a double-edged sword." Fei-Fei Li, known as the godmother of AI, discusses the state of artificial intelligence, its potential uses, and the challenges of regulation. TONIGHT 8:30 pm ET PBS listings: to.pbs.org/39hI6Tf

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"This technology is a civilizational technology," says Fei-Fei Li of artificial intelligence. "It changes every industry, it changes many aspects of life, and many people in the community and many different communities are gonna be impacted." On Spotify: bit.ly/4kzK7Nv

"This technology is a civilizational technology," says <a href="/drfeifei/">Fei-Fei Li</a> of artificial intelligence.

"It changes every industry, it changes many aspects of life, and many people in the community and many different communities are gonna be impacted."

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"It is great to be hopeful, to want to use technology for good, to come from that right place," says "godmother of AI" Fei-Fei Li. "But we need to know that any technology can harm people. And we cannot be naive about that." FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/3H3xcoH

"It is great to be hopeful, to want to use technology for good, to come from that right place," says "godmother of AI" <a href="/drfeifei/">Fei-Fei Li</a>.

"But we need to know that any technology can harm people. And we cannot be naive about that."

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AI scientist Fei-Fei Li explains how the "vibrancy" of the artificial intelligence industry is a product of cooperation between the government, the private sector, and academia--and why she is worried that dynamic is changing. "The university has been so drained of resources."

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"This is too important to be a political topic." Fei-Fei Li, co-founder of Stanford HAI, says politicians need to "keep the technologists and the experts at the table" as regulations are being made. Follow on Apple: bit.ly/3SOuRAj

"This is too important to be a political topic."

<a href="/drfeifei/">Fei-Fei Li</a>, co-founder of <a href="/StanfordHAI/">Stanford HAI</a>, says politicians need to "keep the technologists and the experts at the table" as regulations are being made.

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A "pragmatic" approach to AI regulation would encourage basic research, says Fei-Fei Li. "But by the time this technology is closer and closer in the hands of consumers and users and small businesses, we do need to put guardrails around it." On Apple: bit.ly/3SOuRAj