The semi-humanoid robot Pepper is being used by police in the United Arab Emirates to uncover crimes against children such as abuse and exploitation, a sensitive area where a friendly android face could prove more approachable and less traumatic for those involved.
The project from the multinational IT company Inetum uses Pepper’s artificial intelligence-driven ability to read emotions and understand human behavior to interact with the children and assess their responses to questioning when faced with a potentially distressing or even life threatening situation.
“It is one of our most beautiful and resilient projects,” head of innovation at Inetum Spain, Jesus Otero, told Efe at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona.
“The presence of the robot helps the children to open up and be more expressive in therapy despite the fear they are experiencing,” Otero said.
Since 2021, the District Mayor’s Office of Barranquilla appointed 600 seats to study intensive English and thus connect citizens with job opportunities in the so-called BPO companies.
Those interested can complete their registration through the website of the Ministry of Economic Development. There is everything related to the program called English for work.
“Before entering university, a young person without work experience could generate an income equivalent to twice the minimum wage in Colombia,” explained a spokesperson for the program, which guides foreign language training through various institutions.
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After the covid-19 pandemic, one of the sectors that has registered the greatest growth in labor demand is BPO or Business Process Outsourcing (outsourcing of business processes), which specializes in support tasks for an organization using various technologies.
The guild announces that there are available near 1,000 monthly vacancies for bilingual people who were not being covered by local human talent.
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There are already 600 students who have been part of the program, to which more than 4,000 new beneficiaries will be added in 2022
Against this background, since the previous year, the District has offered full scholarships to those seeking to study English intensively. Subsequently, the 32 BPO companies operating in the city are responsible for choosing the staff.
“There are already 600 students who have been part of the program, to which more than 4,000 new beneficiaries will be added in 2022,” said the Secretary of Economic Development, Ricardo Plata.
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“With a national growth of more than 17% in 2021, As announced by MinComercio, BPOs have been positioning themselves as great drivers of the economy. That is why we are committed to providing the tools to generate jobs that join the more than 11,000 people currently employed by the sector, allowing young people to have certified experience, in addition to exploring cutting-edge technologies and facing new job challenges. ”, added the official.
The secretary explained that to complement the training in the language with an intensive course in 380 hours, the development of activities such as conversation clubs and cultural agenda is contemplated; workshops on customer service, after-sales service; job immersion in BPO companies and other sectors, as well as the management of technological tools.
Salaries for bilingual people must range between one million 800 thousand and 3 million pesos.
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Explosion in Battalion 21 of Granada, Meta.
Explosion in Battalion 21 of Granada, Meta.
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After a Security Council led by the Minister of the Interior, Daniel Palacios, the Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, the heads of the National Army and the Government of Meta, a reward of up to 200 million pesos was placed for anyone who offers information that allows find the capture of those responsible for the terrorist attack in the municipality of Granada.
After the meeting, the Minister of the Interior, with presidential functions, assured that the military and police forces are advancing in operations against these “symbols of evil” and that regional objectives that must be neutralized or subdued as soon as possible were prioritized.
Finally, an elite team was designated to clarify the attack, which will be accompanied by a specialized prosecutor. This group will be commanded by the sectional chief of criminal investigation in the southeast of the country, who will have four other expert investigators who have participated in other relevant cases in regions such as Norte de Santander.
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The United States said on Monday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million each for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS-K leader Sanaullah Ghafari and for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for a deadly August 2021 attack at Kabul airport.
The Islamic State-Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K, is the regional Islamic State affiliate that first appeared in 2014 and was named after an old term for the region. It has fought both the Taliban and the Western-backed government that fell in August.
In June 2020, Ghafari was appointed by the extremist group to lead ISIS-K. Ghafari was responsible for approving all ISIS-K operations throughout Afghanistan and arranging funding to conduct operations, the U.S. State Department said.
In November, the U.S. State Department designated Ghafari as a “specially designated global terrorist.”
The U.S. military said on Friday that a single Islamic State bomber killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 170 Afghans at Kabul airport last August.
The bombing occurred on August 26 as U.S. troops were trying to help Americans and Afghans flee in the chaotic aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover, and it compounded America’s sense of defeat after 20 years of war.
It also left President Joe Biden’s administration struggling to answer accusations that the State Department could have evacuated Americans sooner instead of putting U.S. troops at risk.
U.S. officials said in November they believed ISIS-K could develop the ability to strike outside of Afghanistan within six to 12 months.
After the loss of 96 units of red blood cells belonging to the Fundación Hematológica Colombia that were to be destined for three city clinicsthe mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina announced a $20 million reward to clear up this situation.
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“This is a vital resource, a lifesaver and therefore the great concern that these units have been lost,” said the Cali president, who asked the Attorney General’s Office to appoint a prosecutor for the investigation to proceed.
The mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina.
Although the first reports on this event indicated that it was a robbery, Mayor Ospina comments that according to the report he received, it is not clear what happened.
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“It is not necessary that it is a robbery. In the report that I have, it does not indicate that there have been armed men stealing the blood units, that is why the request that a prosecutor take charge and letters in the matter because above all it is about red blood cells aimed at saving lives, “said Ospina Gómez. .
As a doctor, this fact represents a great concern for Mayor Ospina, due to the affectation that red blood cells may have.
“There is a loss of rigor in the chain of custody, the cold chain and the responsibility that the transporter of a blood product like the one that has been lost should have. The loss of these globules is very strange and there will have to be a pertinent clarity in the company responsible for the distribution,” Ospina said.
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Journalists at the Beijing Olympics have a tough assignment. Not only do they face a vast number of pandemic-related restrictions, they also will be working in one of the world’s least friendly countries for media.
Amid concerns about China’s surveillance and mistreatment of the press, many journalists at the Winter Games tell VOA they are using “burner” devices, such as phones and laptops completely wiped of personal data, to protect their digital privacy.
“I set up a burner computer … I have a burner phone. I even have a burner iPad with me,” said James Griffiths, Asia Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper. “I haven’t come across anyone who isn’t using at least some kind of burner device.”
Ahead of the Winter Olympics, the Committee to Protect Journalists warned that reporters’ phones and laptops could be contaminated with malware while in China. “Assume that everything you do online will be monitored,” read a CPJ advisory.
China ranked 177th out of 180 in Reporters Without Borders’ 2021 World Press Freedom Index, only two places above North Korea. Not only does the country employ an army of censors to maintain its so-called “Great Firewall,” it is also the world’s largest jailer of journalists, with at least 128 detained, the organization said.
Earlier this week, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China released a report warning media freedom in the country is declining at “breakneck speed.” It said China-based foreign reporters faced physical assaults, cyber hacking, visa denials, and growing threats of legal action.
FILE – The National Stadium and the Beijing Olympic Tower are lit in red on the eve of the Chinese New Year, Jan. 31, 2022, China.
A bubble tradeoff
Foreign journalists at the Beijing Olympics have reported no problems so far, even if they have extremely limited mobility due to COVID-19 precautions.
“I’m currently connected to the Beijing 2022 Internet, which you can get across the various venues and as far as we can tell it’s completely uncensored. I don’t know how monitored it might be, of course, but at least things aren’t blocked,” said Griffiths.
“They said they were going to do this, and they have delivered. But then of course, we’re in a bubble,” he added.
Reporters at the Beijing Olympics won’t see much of China at all. Instead, they’ll be in a closed loop, taking only official buses from venue to venue. It’s part of China’s “zero-COVID” strategy, which has attempted to eliminate COVID-19, despite the emergence of the highly transmissible omicron variant.
The restrictions have made journalism more difficult, in certain respects.
“It’s really hard to get a feel for what these Games mean to the people here in Beijing, because the only person you could really ask is a member of the workforce or a volunteer. Trying to report on what’s happening outside the closed loop is not an option,” said Donna Spencer, a sports reporter for The Canadian Press news agency.
Spencer says she, too, brought “clean” laptops and phones to Beijing and is using virtual private networks, or VPNs, which can provide a degree of privacy for Internet connections. So far, she says she’s experienced no problems.
“It’s this very weird sort of juxtaposition. We are free to report — within the closed loop,” she said.
The only way in
The conditions may not be ideal, but for many journalists it was the only way to get back into China, said Eryk Bagshaw, North Asia correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald.
“The Olympics presented an opportunity that we may not get again,” said Bagshaw, who also brought clean laptops, phones, and even new email addresses to Beijing.
In recent years, Beijing has delayed or refused the issuance of visas for foreign journalists. However, many journalists at the Beijing Games were issued visas through the International Olympics Committee.
But Bagshaw conceded that the bubble has greatly simplified reporting in China — for better and for worse.
“You’re essentially submitting yourself to such total surveillance that there’s almost freedom in that,” he said. “There’s cameras absolutely everywhere — you’re not looking over your shoulder wondering if you’re being tailed because you’re speaking to a Chinese dissident.”
