AI-generated spam is starting to fill social media. Here's whywww.npr.org A Jesus made of vegetables, bizarre log cabins, products that don't exist. AI-generated images are creating new forms of clickbait and causing some users to doubt what's real.
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Is that an AI image in your Facebook feed? Tell NPR about itwww.npr.org NPR wants to know if you've seen Facebook posts you suspect may be AI-generated, and what you think of them.
Racial disparities in voter turnout have grown since Supreme Court ruling, study sayswww.npr.org A new study finds that the gap between white and nonwhite voters is growing fastest in places that were stripped of federal civil rights-era voting protections by a 2013 Supreme Court ruling.
Seeking Reliable Election Information? Don’t Trust AIwww.proofnews.org Experts testing five leading AI models found the answers were often inaccurate, misleading, and even downright harmful
Cameo is being used for political propaganda — by tricking the stars involvedwww.npr.org Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities were tricked into calling for the ouster of Moldova's president. It's the latest example of the Cameo app being used for an apparent political propaganda operation.
Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreakwww.washingtonpost.com Florida surgeon general Joseph A. Ladapo failed to urge parents to vaccinate their children or keep unvaccinated students home from school as a precaution.
How AI reduces the world to stereotypesrestofworld.org Rest of World analyzed 3,000 AI images to see how image generators visualize different countries and cultures.
A magician says a Democratic operative paid him to make the fake Biden New Hampshire robocall that is under investigationwww.nbcnews.com Dean Phillips’ presidential campaign denounced the alleged actions of one of its consultants and said it may take legal action against him.
China-based propaganda accounts flourish on X as others try to curb themwww.washingtonpost.com X hasn’t sent a representative in months to biweekly information-sharing meetings with other social media companies.
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Gun violence killed them. Now, their voices will lobby Congress to do more using AIwww.npr.org On the 6th anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., gun control advocates experiment with AI-generated audio messages of recreated voices of victims of gun violence pleading for change.
When a funeral is clickbaitwww.theverge.com AI-generated obituaries are beginning to litter search results, turning the deaths of private individuals into clunky, repetitive content.
Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 in Rafah as international alarm mounts over anticipated ground offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Dozens of people, including children, have been killed as “extremely intense” Israeli airstrikes and shelling pounded multiple locations in Rafah overnight Monday, according to the Palestine Red Cresc...
Trump Complains About Possible Biden Endorsement From Taylor Swiftwww.nytimes.com Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been the subject of right-wing conspiracy theories for months.
Behind the Inclusive-Sounding Ads of this $100 Million PR-Blitz-for-Jesus it's the Same Old Conservative Christian Fantasyreligiondispatches.org This month, a $100 million advertising campaign and website have been launched nationwide to help a particular figure rebrand. In the current climate, just who, do you think, might warrant such a mass...