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'Coordinated Cyberattack' Hits More Than 30 Minnesota Water Systems Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, A “coordinated cyberattack” targeted more than 30 community water systems ‌in Minnesota on July 26 and July 27, the state’s information technology agency said in a statement. Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) stated on July 28 that it activated its incident response capabilities immediately after learning of the attack. MNIT stated that an investigation remains active, and responders continue to “assess affected systems.” “At this time, they are not aware of any active requests from Minnesota cities...

When The Cost of Truth Is High, We (And AI) Lie... Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, When we can no longer tell the truth because the cost is so high that it threatens our reward for compliance, we're unimaginably impoverished. Truth has an intrinsic, irreplaceable value.  There's the truth, and then there's everything else. Truth has value, and so it has a cost.  Whatever has the highest value has the highest cost, and high cost commands sacrifices. When the cost of truth is high, we lie.  And since AI is a distorted reflection of...