Powerful technology has perhaps never presented a bigger set of regulatory challenges for the U.S. government. Before the state primary in January, Democrats in New Hampshire received robocalls playing AI-generated deepfake audio recordings of President Biden encouraging them not to vote. Imagine political deepfakes that, say, incite Americans to violence. This scenario isn’t too hard to conjure given new research from NYU that describes the distribution of false, hateful or violent content on...
It has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the “negative depictions” and “inaccurate storylines” which it says are contributing to mounting recruitment and retention challenges. ‘Change the Script’ urges TV and filmmakers to portray the job more accurately and show the positive impact England’s 100,000 social workers have on people every day. It follows research by YouGov, on behalf of Social Work England, that found negative representations are a common theme on screen. Just 10 per cent...
Darby Malone worked in the airline industry for three years as a luggage handler. In a TikTok, she shows a simple hack to get live and reliable flight updates. The clip quickly went viral and has been watched more than 14.5 million times
Donald Trump faces big civil judgments, but the merger of Digital World Acquisition and his social media company could net him a $3 billion windfall.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday in the 2021 shooting death of a former teenage gang member who as an adult worked at a nonprofit aimed at turning around high-risk youth.
March is Social Work Month, a time to recognize social workers and the good they do each day in our communities. This year’s theme is “Empowering Social Workers” as social workers empower people to improve their lives, whether young or old.
Broadsheet: “Meta has already done this in other countries, and could do
Donald Trump is returning to the stock market, and the former president stands to reap a sizeable payout in the process. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition, a publicly traded shell company, approved a deal to merge with Trump’s media business in a vote on Friday. That means Trump Media & Technology Group, whose flagship product […]
Facebook is trying to bring the “poke” feature back from the dead and everyone, depending mostly on their age, is experiencing different feelings about its unexpected return. Backing up to the beginning, when it was first introduced, the feature on Facebook was described this way by the company: “A poke is a way to interact […]
Facebook's "poking," which has been a part of the social media platform since Facebook launched in 2004, is having a renaissance. about Gen Z and Facebook, here.
Louisiana lawyer faced tough questions from liberal and conservative justices.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said three construction workers from Wichita, Kansas were struck by a car at a job site Monday morning. One of the workers was killed. The workers were part of a Wildcat Construction crew