Shadowy Group Recruits Unlikely Candidates In Key Swing Districts Investigation uncovers Patriots Run Project recruiting Trump supporters as independent candidates, raising election manipulation concerns. Top News · Sep 16, 2024
What is the dead internet conspiracy? With the rise of AI models and automated bots, we find out whether there is any weight to the idea that the internet is now mostly dominated by machines or if it’s still a human hangout. LiveScience · Sep 16, 2024
What we know about the latest apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump Former US president and Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump appears to have been targeted by another assassination attempt while playing at his golf course in Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday. Here’s what we know so far. France 24 · Sep 16, 2024
Donald Trump: 'Pro-Ukraine' suspect named after apparent assassination attempt on ex-President at golf course US news sites have identified the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, from Hawaii Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2024
‘I’m afraid’: Aftermath of Trump’s misinformation on Springfield’s Haitians How a debunked rumour amplified anti-migrant sentiments and caused chaos in Springfield, Ohio. Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2024
Real v fake: how the Harris-Trump debate laid out different takes on AI One candidate revels in AI-generated images of cats and geese, while the other posts real photos of her grandparents The Guardian - US · Sep 15, 2024
'Be a lawyer, doctor, or failure,' instead this CEO built her success with a fashion empire Cassey Ho’s father gave her three options for her career: “Be a lawyer, doctor, or failure.” Instead, she chose to do what made her happy and built two successful businesses with it. Fortune · Sep 15, 2024
Beware 'Deepfakes' Of Famous Doctors Promoting Scams: Experts Social media is being flooded by digitally created "deepfake" videos using the trusted identities of famous doctors to promote dangerous miracle cures for serious health problems, experts warn. International Business Times · Sep 14, 2024
Your Facebook and Instagram posts will be used to train Meta's AI soon – here's how to opt out Meta has announced that it'll use your public Facebook and Instagram posts in the UK to train its AI models -here's how to opt out. TechRadar · Sep 13, 2024
Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI Move to use shared posts follows information commissioner concerns and sets collision course with EU over privacy The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2024
UK users' Facebook and Instagram posts to be used to train AI, Meta announces FACEBOOK and Instagram parent firm Meta has said it will soon begin training its AI models using public posts to the social media sites from UK… The National (Scotland) · Sep 13, 2024
Independence group to match donations as crowdfunder for Yes campaign grows A SCOTTISH independence campaign group has hit one-third of its fundraising target in just 24 hours – and has pledged to match any donations… The National (Scotland) · Sep 13, 2024
Watch: The Rams pranked players by digging up embarrassing old photos of them The Rams asked players to sign embarrassing old photos of themselves and their reactions were spectacular USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 13, 2024
Glasgow 'pro-UK' rally organiser breaks silence on funding raised THE organiser of the right-wing “pro-UK” rally in Glasgow has broken his silence after he failed to show up at his own event ... The National (Scotland) · Sep 13, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2024 ‘I set a goal to make her famous’: the baby pygmy hippo who became a giant online Moo-Deng from Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand has amassed a legion of fans across TikTok, Facebook and Instagram
The Conversation · Sep 13, 2024 The death of printed newspapers has long been predicted – but there are still some pleasing signs of life This piece is part of a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the rest of the series here.
Barchart · Sep 12, 2024 Why One Analyst Says the 'Magnificent 6' Will Dominate Future AI Waves The 'Mag 7' stocks, except for Tesla, will continue to rule the next waves of artificial intelligence, says this analyst.
Bored Panda · Sep 12, 2024 “This Isn’t Funny At All”: Littered Snack Causes Environmental Chaos In Isolated Cave “Contrary to popular belief, the cave is NOT a big trash can The post “This Isn’t Funny At All”: Littered Snack Causes Environmental Chaos In Isolated Cave first appeared on Bored Panda.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024 Parents ‘don’t use’ parental controls on Facebook and Instagram, says Nick Clegg Meta’s global affairs chief points to ‘behavioural issue’ around child safety tools on the social media platforms
Fortune · Sep 12, 2024 Gen Z’s new TikTok news habit widens the generational gap with TV-loving boomers TikTok has been “growing in popularity as a source of news” for about 11% of U.K. adults—up from just 1% in 2020, an Ofcom report found.
The Conversation · Sep 12, 2024 Facebook has scraped public data from Australian users without an opt out. What can we do? Facebook acknowledged in a Senate inquiry yesterday that it is scraping the public photos of Australian users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models.
TechRadar · Sep 12, 2024 Meta admits it scraped all Australian Facebook posts since 2007 to train its AI Meta has been using Instagram and Facebook user photos and posts train generative AI models.
The Conversation · Sep 11, 2024 How well is the federal government regulating social media in Australia? This is the fourth piece in a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the rest of the series here.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 11, 2024 Meta’s AI is scraping users’ photos and posts. Europeans can opt out, but Australians cannot Meta’s director of privacy policy declines to say whether such an option would be offered to Australians in the future
AAP · Sep 11, 2024 Privacy law calls as Meta admits farming Aussie photos Experts are calling for changes to privacy laws after Meta revealed Australian photos from Facebook and Instagram were being used to train AI tools.