Collaborate Disseminate
Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem Ince withdrew from the race after an alleged sex tape circulated online. Ince claims it’s a deepfake using footage taken from “an Israeli porn site.” The Guardian reports: Ince, a two-time presidential candidate … Continue reading Turkish Presidential Candidate Quits Race After Release of Alleged Deepfake
The raw GPT-4 language model – and any model like it – is capable of writing more or less anything a human might. That includes obscene and pornographic content – anecdotally, a big favorite among many early users – as well as content many would define… Continue reading Mightier than the sword: OpenAI’s impossible truth and bias dilemmas
In 2017, Japan created a pioneering national hydrogen strategy, envisaging a carbon-neutral “hydrogen society.” But a Renewable Energy Institute report slams the policy as catastrophically misguided, with 70% of its 10-year budget “spent on bad ideas.”… Continue reading Report: Japan’s “hydrogen society” policy is a “complete failure”
The community feedback process makes for great internet videos and terrible public policy. Continue reading CYBER: Why ‘Community Feedback’ Doesn’t Work
The authors of a new study can’t say if this impacted the midterms, but say that it’s “plausible given just how stark the differences in vaccination rates have been, among Democrats and Republicans.” Continue reading Almost Twice as Many Republicans Died From COVID Before the Midterms Than Democrats
The year is 2035. The weekend is looming. You’re thinking maybe some fun down at the beach with friends is on the cards. It’s not really looking like an alcohol-fueled gathering so instead of going to the liquor store you swing by a psychedelic clinic … Continue reading The ideological war at the heart of the psychedelic renaissance
The Synthetic Party in Denmark is dedicated to following a platform churned out by an AI, and its public face is a chatbot named Leader Lars. Continue reading This Danish Political Party Is Led by an AI
Google is launching a pilot program to keep emails from political campaigns from going to users’ spam folders this week, the company told Axios. From the report: Google asked the Federal Election Commission in June if a program that would let campaigns… Continue reading Gmail Launches Pilot To Keep Campaign Emails Out of Spam
A new Mozilla report found that most pregnancy and period-tracking apps could be doing a whole lot more to protect users’ privacy. Continue reading Period-Tracking Apps Won’t Say Whether They’ll Hand Your Data Over to Cops
The Georgia rep just won her primary and has launched a new show on Facebook Live where she communicates her theories directly to the public. Continue reading Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Bill Gates Will Force You to Eat Burgers Made in a ‘Peach Tree Dish’