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Originally published in The DCist. Vanessa and Michael Collazos say they could never have imagined that a United States Post Office would be named after their father, Jesus Collazos, an immigrant from Colombia who worked as a mail carrier in the community for 25 years. But that’s exactly what happened late last month, when a post office in Arlington was dedicated to his life. “You… Read more »

Originally published on WUSA 9. A beloved mail carrier in Arlington has received a posthumous honor. Jesus Collazos worked at the Arlington Post Office on George Mason Drive for 25 years. Sadly, the Colombia native died in June 2020 after contracting Covid while undergoing cancer treatment. On Sunday, the post office where he worked was officially renamed the Jesus Collazos… Read more »

Originally published on ABC News. With the rise of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, members of Congress are trying to get ahead of the curve and ensure the technology doesn't get out of control. And they're taking different approaches to find the best solution. U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is taking graduate level courses on AI for his machine learning master's degree at… Read more »

Originally published in The New York Times. In recent weeks, two members of Congress have sounded the alarm over the dangers of artificial intelligence. Representative Ted Lieu, Democrat of California, wrote in a guest essay in The New York Times in January that he was “freaked out” by the ability of the ChatGPT chatbot to mimic human writers. Another Democrat,… Read more »

Originally published on Patch. Retired U.S. Army Col. Paris Davis of Arlington received the highest award for bravery in the U.S. military for his actions as one of the nation's first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, almost 60 years after he was first recommended for the award President Joe Biden awarded Davis with the Medal of Honor on Friday in a ceremony… Read more »

Originally published in Alexandria Times. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) attended a ceremony at the White House to cheer on constituent Colonel Paris Davis, who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Jos Biden, according to a news release. Beyer, who has long supported Col. Davis in receiving the honor, applauded Davis from the front row. While serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces in… Read more »

Originally published on Semafor.  ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool that creates human-like responses on demand, has Congress playing catch up. For decades, sci-fi writers and futurists have been telling the world to prepare for an era of disruption as AI takes off, but this year’s high-profile breakthroughs have alarmed some members who are already thinking about how to… Read more »

Originally published in The Hill.  A Democratic member of Congress on Monday said that the Biden administration is not going far enough to protect people from deadly air pollution.  Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) joined environmental advocates at an event discussing soot pollution — which has been linked to heart attacks, asthma and premature deaths —  saying… Read more »

Originally published on Inc. The news of a successful fusion energy test at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California was met with both fascination and trepidation. All this talk of nuclear energy and “unleashing the energy of the sun” makes people squeamish.  But there is a reason why many scientists are so excited about the breakthrough.… Read more »

Originally published in: Annandale Today The $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill approved by Congress on Dec. 23 includes $2 million to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission to complete planning for the Envision Route 7 project. Envision Route 7 is a planning process for bringing a bus rapid transit system along the Route 7 corridor between the Mark Center in… Read more »