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C. Tripoli is on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in northwest Libya, and it is the country’s capital and largest city. Libya has been racked by civil wars and sectarian fighting ever since the 2011 overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi who had ruled the nation for 42 years.
D. Russia, the United States South Korea, Israel and Australia were identified as the main countries opposing a 2018 call to negotiate a treaty to ban the use of killer robots. “The heavy investment militaries around the globe are making in autonomous weapons systems made this inevitable,” one researcher said of the reported Libyan attack.
A. About two months after the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the first missiles fired from a U.S. drone killed several al-Qaida leaders in Kabul, Afghanistan. Before that strike, the United States used remote controlled UAVs for reconnaissance.
B. China plans to spend $150 billion on AI by 2030, according to Analytics Insight magazine. U.S. venture capitalists have invested $10 billion in AI, making it the second biggest spender. Tech firms in Britain have raised at least $8.6 billion to rank third. Fifth-ranked Russia invests $12.5 million annually on AI. Canada was ranked fourth in spending by the magazine.