Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed his controversial support for a 1% tax on groceries after a state tax is set to expire during a press conference. The Chicago Tribune warned on Thursday that Mayor Brandon Johnson's progressive policy proposals may scare businesses away from the already struggling city. As officials anticipate a 1.2 billion deficit, Johnson spoke to reporters on Tuesday about his plans to fix the local economy, particularly how the "billionaires and ultra-rich" can have "more skin in the game." "Everything has to be on the table. Everything has to be on the table," Johnson said of his plans.

CNN host Jake Tapper told Joe Scarborough during a Wednesday conversation on "Morning Joe" that former President Biden made an effort to convince the MSNBC host that he was fit to run for re-election. The Washington Post editorial board called for more oversight of the Oval Office on Wednesday to ensure a cover-up of the president's health doesn't happen again following revelations in a bombshell book alleging the White House hid former President Joe Biden's decline from the public. "It now seems that, for a considerable time, Biden might have lacked the stamina and cognitive capacity the job demands -- and that his family and closest aides concealed this from the public," the paper's editorial board wrote. "Their apparent decision to put personal loyalties ahead of their duty to the country must be reckoned with. A legal mechanism should be considered to ensure that this doesn't happen again," the board proposed.

This week, Emily Bazelon and David Plotz are joined by Henry Blodget to discuss the financial and political fallout from the President's threats to fire Fed Chair Powell and subsequent retreat; a Supreme Court case over free exercise of religion that could have broad implications; and why Trump stands by Hegseth after Signalgate Part 2. Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Colby Smith for The New York Times: Trump Says He Won't Fire Powell. His Fed Battle May Not Be Over Yet. America's economy is collateral damage Nicole Narea for Vox: Trump's tariffs are driving a gold rush Megan K. Stack for the New York Times (Opinion: Guest Essay): My School District Could Have Avoided This Supreme Court Case Neal McCluskey for Reason: The Supreme Court Is About To Hear 2 Education Cases. Ian Millhiser for Vox: The Supreme Court's "Don't Say Gay" argument went disastrously for public schools Aaron Blake for The Washington Post (Analysis): Even on the gravest of issues, GOP can't summon the will to question Trump Michael Crowley for The New York Times: Critics Call Rubio's Overhaul Plan a Blow to U.S. Values Here are this week's chatters: Henry: Christopher Lamb, Alicia Johnson, Jhasua Razo, and Sarah-Grace Mankarious for CNN: Who will be the next pope?

Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned "with heartfelt sadness and great regret," according to Retraction Watch, which helpfully provided an online PDF of the editors' full statement. It's the 20th mass resignation from a science journal since 2023 over various points of contention, per Retraction Watch, many in response to controversial changes in the business models used by the scientific publishing industry. "This has been an exceptionally painful decision for each of us," the board members wrote in their statement. "The editors who have stewarded the journal over the past 38 years have invested immense time and energy in making JHE the leading journal in paleoanthropological research and have remained loyal and committed to the journal and our authors long after their terms ended. The [associate editors] have been equally loyal and committed. We all care deeply about the journal, our discipline, and our academic community; however, we find we can no longer work with Elsevier in good conscience."

Advances in the field of artificial intelligence resulted in incorporation of these technologies into the process of scientific research and in the field of photonics. Such methods as machine learning and deep learning have become popular design tools for development of photonic devices. Design in this case implies prediction of a physical response of a given structure (forward design) as well as the reverse process of finding parameters of a structure required to provide a desired response (inverse design). While design procedures arguably remain the most widespread implementation of machine learning in photonics, novel applications begin to emerge leading to evolvement of a new research area of intelligent photonics.

Traditional computer scientists and engineers are trained to develop solutions for specific needs, but aren't always trained to consider their broader implications. Each new technology generation, and particularly the rise of artificial intelligence, leads to new kinds of systems, new ways of creating tools, and new forms of data, for which norms, rules, and laws frequently have yet to catch up. The kinds of impact that such innovations have in the world has often not been apparent until many years later. As part of the efforts in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) within the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, a new case studies series examines social, ethical, and policy challenges of present-day efforts in computing with the aim of facilitating the development of responsible "habits of mind and action" for those who create and deploy computing technologies. "Advances in computing have undeniably changed much of how we live and work. Understanding and incorporating broader social context is becoming ever more critical," says Daniel Huttenlocher, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

Traditional computer scientists and engineers are trained to develop solutions for specific needs, but aren't always trained to consider their broader implications. Each new technology generation, and particularly the rise of artificial intelligence, leads to new kinds of systems, new ways of creating tools, and new forms of data, for which norms, rules, and laws frequently have yet to catch up. The kinds of impact that such innovations have in the world has often not been apparent until many years later. As part of the efforts in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) within the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, a new case studies series examines social, ethical, and policy challenges of present-day efforts in computing with the aim of facilitating the development of responsible "habits of mind and action" for those who create and deploy computing technologies. "Advances in computing have undeniably changed much of how we live and work. Understanding and incorporating broader social context is becoming ever more critical," says Daniel Huttenlocher, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

It has been almost half a year since the mass resignation of the editors and editorial board of the Journal of Field Robotics. In a new turn of events, Peter Corke has recently relaunched Field Robotics as an online open-access journal with the old editorial board. Papers are now being accepted at their website. The story of the mass resignation was reported on Silicon Valley Robotics on 26 August, in their post Is it farewell to the Journal of Field Robotics?, which we will reproduce below. First COVID-19 has forced the cancellation (eg.

More than 100 of the world's leading experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ethics have signed up to be part of a new journal created by a North East professor. University of Sunderland's Pro-Vice-Chancellor John MacIntyre launches'AI and Ethics' this month alongside his co-Editor-in-Chief, Professor Larry Medsker of George Washington University in the US, and Rachel Moriarty, Publishing Editor at Springer. Five years in the making, the journal has attracted around 100 of the world's leading thinkers and practitioners in this field of study to be part of its editorial board and aims to promote informed debate and discussion of the ethical, regulatory and policy implications that arise from the development of AI. Professor MacIntyre said: "Our objective is to be useful to a wide range of audiences – the academic and scientific community, the commercial and product development community, users of AI, those developing governance and regulatory frameworks for AI, and the public. We want to provide an outlet to publish high-quality work and making it available to be used by those audiences."

Act quickly when you receive an invitation to review. If you wait several days before deciding that you just don't have time, those are days that have gone by without the journal being able to seek another reviewer. Honor the time allotted for your review – the editors and the authors are counting on you! You get a "sneak peek" about scientific advances months before others will see them published in a journal! Respect the authors' intellectual efforts and maintain the confidentiality of their manuscript.