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Feb 06 2024
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Arlington man under investigation over fake Biden robocalls ahead of New Hampshire primary
An Arlington man and Texas-based Life Corporation are facing a “cease and desist” order from the New Hampshire attorney general for violating state election laws that prohibit people from engaging in voter suppression by knowingly deterring anyone from voting or registering to vote using fraudulent information. A man identified as Walter Monk and Life Corporation were identified as the source
Fort Worth Star-TelegramDec 29 2020
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Researchers developed an AI system that predicts the likelihood people will spread misinformation based on words they use
University of Sheffield researchers Yida Mu and Dr. Nikos Aletra report they’ve developed an artificial intelligence system to help identify Twitter users who are more likely to share unreliable news sources.
In their study published in the journal PeerJ Computer Science, the researchers found strong correlations between specific language patterns and the propensity to share false
PoynterFeb 06 2024
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Mystery Company Linked to Biden Robocall Identified by New Hampshire Attorney General
On Tuesday, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said that a Texas-based telecom company was behind the reportedly AI-generated robocalls impersonating President Joe Biden that went out ahead of the state’s presidential primary last month. At a press conference on Tuesday, Formella announced that he had identified Life Corporation and its owner, Walter Monk, as the source behind the
WiredFeb 06 2024
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America's attorneys general issue warning to company allegedly responsible for election robocalls
All 51 attorneys general in the United States have joined together and sent a warning letter to Life Corporation, which allegedly sent New Hampshire residents scam election robocalls during the state’s primary election. The calls allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate President Joe Biden and discourage voters from participating in the primary. “The right to free and fair
Augusta Free PressFeb 06 2024
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What Bobby Witt Jr’s contract extension with KC means for the Guardians
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Another day, another long-term extension signed by a pre-arbitration eligible budding Major League superstar. This time, Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. signed an 11-year deal worth more than $288 million that could end up as much as 14 years and $378 million. On Tuesday’s podcast, Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga break down what Witt’s deal means for the Guardians and they look back at
Cleveland Plain DealerMay 23 2019
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Samsung deepfake AI could fabricate a video clip of you from a single photo
Imagine someone creating a deepfake video of you simply by stealing your Facebook profile pic. Luckily, the bad guys don't have their hands on that tech yet.
But Samsung has figured out how to make it happen.
Software for creating deepfakes -- fabricated clips that make people appear to do or say things they never did -- usually requires big data sets of images in order to
CNETJan 17 2024
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Altman says ChatGPT will have to evolve in “uncomfortable” ways
OpenAI's next big model "will be able to do a lot, lot more" than the existing models can, CEO Sam Altman told Axios in an exclusive interview at Davos on Wednesday.
Why it matters: Altman told Axios' Ina Fried that AI is evolving much more rapidly than previous technologies that took Silicon Valley by storm. But he also conceded that the evolution and proliferation of OpenAI's
AxiosFeb 23 2024
Perspectives Blog
Amid Google Gemini Controversy, A Look at Google’s History of Bias
Google has a long history of media bias and favoring media outlets and views on the left.
Back in 2018, AllSides found a 65% left bias in Google News. That number has remained relatively steady: our latest look found Google News curated 63% of news articles from liberal media outlets in 2023; just 6% of media outlets were on the right.
Google was making headlines back in 2018
AllSides StaffFeb 14 2024
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OpenAI, Microsoft shut down malicious accounts linked to China, others
OpenAI and Microsoft Threat Intelligence shut down accounts linked to five state-affiliated actors, some tied to China and Russia, trying to use AI for malicious reasons, the companies announced Wednesday.
“We terminated accounts associated with state-affiliated threat actors,” OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, said in an official statement. “Our findings show our models offer only
NewsNationJan 31 2024
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Taylor Swift's label UMG to pull music from TikTok, accusing the social media app of bullying
UMG said in an open letter published on Wednesday that it has been "pressing" TikTok during contract discussions on three issues — "appropriate compensation for our artists and songwriters, protecting human artists from the harmful effects of AI, and online safety for TikTok's users." A music licensing agreement between UMG and TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, expired on
CNBC