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Yesterday β€” 17 May 2024Main stream

Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way

The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.

Β© An Rong Xu for The New York Times

For years, Taiwan has been one of the world’s top targets of online disinformation, much of it originating in China.
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OpenAI Releases β€˜Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers

The prominent A.I. start-up is also joining an industrywide effort to spot content made with artificial intelligence.

Β© Jim Wilson/The New York Times

OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. The company said that its new detector can identify 98.8 percent of images created by DALL-E 3, its own generator.

Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide

America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

Β© Amir Hamja/The New York Times

A protester with a Palestinian flag on a Columbia University building on Monday. So far, there is little evidence that U.S. adversaries have provided material or organizational support to the protests.

Meta Faces EU Investigation Over Election Disinformation

30 April 2024 at 09:55
The inquiry is intended to pressure the tech giant to more aggressively police Facebook and Instagram ahead of the European Union’s closely watched elections in June.

Β© Frederick Florin/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, which is investigating Meta over election disinformation.

Racist AI Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest

26 April 2024 at 14:41
A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.

Β© Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun

Myriam Rogers, superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, speaking about the arrest of Dazhon Darien, the athletic director of Pikesville High.

TikTok Broke the Tech Law Logjam. Can That Success Be Repeated?

25 April 2024 at 08:57
For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.

Β© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Experts on tech legislation say that the unique speed of the passage of the TikTok legislation is highly unlikely to be repeated.

Nina Jankowicz Forms New Group to Defend Disinformation Research

The group intends to fight what its leader, Nina Jankowicz, and others have described as a coordinated campaign by conservatives and their allies to undermine researchers who study disinformation.

Β© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Nina Jankowicz of the American Sunlight Project, a new advocacy group in Washington, D.C., that aims to push back against disinformation online.

States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes to Fight Sexually Explicit Images of Minors

22 April 2024 at 16:12
Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors.

Β© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

Caroline Mullet, a ninth grader, prompted her father, Mark, a Washington State senator, to work on a bill to ban A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors. The ban is set to take effect in June.

Jackson Hinkle Rides Rage Over Israel to Prominence

Jackson Hinkle’s incendiary commentary has generated over two million new followers on X since October β€” a surge that some researchers say is aided by inauthentic accounts.

Β© Ysa PΓ©rez for The New York Times

Jackson Hinkle has become an online celebrity at age 24, a Gen Z symbol of the modern internet.

Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools

8 April 2024 at 11:53
Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit images of female classmates and shared the doctored pictures.

Β© Shuran Huang

After boys at Francesca Mani’s high school fabricated and shared explicit images of girls last year, she and her mother, Dorota, began urging schools and legislators to enact tough safeguards.

An A.I. Researcher Takes On Election Deepfakes

2 April 2024 at 13:07
Oren Etzioni was once an optimist about artificial intelligence. Now, his nonprofit, TrueMedia.org, is offering tools for fighting A.I.-manipulated content.

Β© Kyle Johnson for The New York Times

Oren Etzioni at The AI Institute.

OpenAI Unveils Audio Tool That Recreates Human Voices

By: Cade Metz
29 March 2024 at 13:00
The start-up is sharing the technology, Voice Engine, with a small group of early testers as it tries to understand the potential dangers.

Β© Jason Henry for The New York Times

OpenAI is warning about the dangers of a new A.I. system it has created.

Joni Mitchell, Following Neil Young, Returns to Spotify After Protest

22 March 2024 at 13:27
Her music has quietly reappeared on the streaming service, two years after a departure over what she called β€œlies” about Covid-19 vaccines in podcasts.

Β© Kevin Winter/Getty Images for the Recording Academy

Joni Mitchell onstage at the Grammys last month. Many of the musician’s albums have quietly returned to Spotify.
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