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Jake Sullivan pressed on Syria drone strike after US walks back claim it killed major al Qaeda leader

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Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, criticizes America's stance on the world stage at the hands of President Joe Biden in an exclusive interview on'Sunday Morning Futures.' White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan was pressed in an interview Sunday over an alleged civilian casualty – a father of 10 who was tending sheep – by U.S. forces in Syria. CNN's Jake Tapper asked Sullivan about the reportedly botched missile strike, which the Pentagon initially claimed was a successful assassination of a "senior Al Qaeda leader," but later backtracked and launched an investigation. Sullivan said he could not comment on the matter until the Pentagon's "full and thorough investigation" was complete – and instead touted President Biden's record on military accountability. "It was President Biden who stood up with Secretary Austin's guidelines for this administration to ensure there would be accountability and oversight of any potential civilian casualties from counterterrorism strikes," Sullivan said. "So far we do not have evidence to validate the claims being made in Syria. But I am going to withhold any judgment on what actually happened here until the Pentagon's investigation is complete."


'Fox News Sunday' on August 29, 2021

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This is a rush transcript of "Fox News Sunday" on August 27, 2021. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. A drone strike takes out two high profile ISIS-K targets, as U.S. troops continue their evacuation mission with just 48 hours to go in Afghanistan. JOHN KIRBY, PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY: They lost a planner and they lost a facilitator and that got one wounded. WALLACE (voice-over): But warnings the threat is far from over. JEN PSAKI, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Our troops are still in danger, that continues to be the case every day that they are there. WALLACE: With the clock ticking down, what does it mean for the security of our troops and civilians looking to get out of harm's way? We'll ask White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan about the situation on the ground and the danger in the final days of the mission. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY), MINORITY LEADER: The Taliban should not be allowed to tell us how long we are there to get our personnel out. WALLACE: We'll get reaction from Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who's calling on the president to extend the evacuation beyond Tuesday. We'll ask our Sunday panel about the latest test for the nation's schools. We begin with breaking news on two stories. But first, the next two days could be the most tense and dangerous for U.S. They are trying to evacuate some of the thousands of Americans and Afghan civilians while at the same time rolling up their own operation. Meanwhile, President Biden making good on his promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing in Kabul, ordering a drone strike that killed two ISIS-K planners and wounded another -- as his advisors warn another attack the airport is likely before the U.S. completes its exit. In a moment, we'll discuss all this with the president's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan. We begin with FOX team coverage. David Spunt is at the White House, but first, Trey Yingst in Doha, Qatar, with the latest on the ongoing withdrawal -- Trey.


You Won't Survive a Merger with AI - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus

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The idea that humans should merge with AI is very much in the air these days. It is offered both as a way for humans to avoid being outmoded by AI in the workplace, and as a path to superintelligence and immortality. For instance, Elon Musk recently commented that humans can escape being outmoded by AI by "having some sort of merger of biological intelligence and machine intelligence."1 To this end, he's founded a company, Neuralink. One of its first aims is to develop "neural lace," an injectable mesh that connects the brain directly to computers. Neural lace and other AI-based enhancements are supposed to allow data from your brain to travel wirelessly to one's digital devices or to the cloud, where massive computing power is available.