Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 02/28/2019, including: The Daily Mail reported that home assistants could soon report their owners to the police for breaking the law based on a “Moral A.I.” system, if the ideas of academics in Europe are implemented. Academics at the University of Bergen in Norway discussed the idea of a “moral A.I.” for smart home assistants, like the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod, during a conference.
Moral A.I. would reportedly make home assistants have to “decide whether to report their owners for breaking the law,” or whether to stay silent. Michael Cohen is testifying about Trump – Should we believe a word he says? Cohen is scheduled to begin a three-year prison sentence in May after pleading guilty to lying to the Internal Revenue Services about the taxes he owed, lying to financial institutions and lying to Congress. He’s also been disbarred in New York State. Hearings on 'sky-high' drug prices show how little has changed in 60 years. The CEO’s of “Big Pharma” are set to face senators Tuesday who say drug costs are "sky-high" and "out of control." But they don’t need new talking points. Sixty years ago, a different panel of senators held hearings about the same problem. To a striking degree, the subjects likely to surface Tuesday -- high drug prices and profits, limited price transparency, aggressive marketing, alleged patent abuse and mediocre, "me-too" drugs -- are identical to the issues senators investigated decades ago. Each year, the average American household spends $2,279 on real-estate property taxes plus another $440 for residents of the 27 states with vehicle property taxes. With such high costs, it’s no surprise that more than $14 billion in property taxes go unpaid each year, according to the National Tax Lien Association. In order to determine who pays the most relative to their state, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its 2019 Property Taxes by, which compares home and vehicle taxes across the nation and features insights from a panel of experts. State lawmakers are again trying to abolish daylight saving time in Texas, arguing it's antiquated. But supporters of the practice argue it gives Texans a crucial extra hour of light in the evenings during the summer months.