Strange News: Disaster in Iran, Clearview AI, and the Cargo Cult of Prince Philip

Strange News: Disaster in Iran, Clearview AI, and the Cargo Cult of Prince Philip

Clearview AI is back in the news with more reports of its facial recognition software being used for dodgy ends. An attack on an Iranian nuclear facility prompts international observers to ask about the timing of the operation as the US signals interest in returning to the nuclear deal. A small island community in the Pacific struggles to understand what they should do next in the wake of Prince Philips' death -- after all, they literally worshipped the man as a God. All this and more in this week's Strange News.

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A Suicide Epidemic in the Banking World?

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What was COINTELPRO?

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