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Slovakia’s Election Deepfakes Show AI Is a Danger to Democracy

Just two days before Slovakia’s elections, an audio recording was posted to Facebook. On it were two voices: allegedly, Michal Šimečka, who leads the liberal Progressive Slovakia party, and Monika Tódová from the daily newspaper Denník N. They appeared to be discussing how to rig the election, partly by buying votes from the country’s marginalized

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AI Algorithms Are Biased Against Skin With Yellow Hues

After evidence surfaced in 2018 that leading face-analysis algorithms were less accurate for people with darker skin, companies including Google and Meta adopted measures of skin tone to test the effectiveness of their AI software. New research from Sony suggests that those tests are blind to a crucial aspect of the diversity of human skin

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Social Security update: Direct payment worth $914 arrives in 29 days

Social Security update: Direct payment worth $914 arrives in 29 days October 03, 2023 06:30 AM Recipients of the federal Supplemental Security Income program will receive their November payment in just over four weeks, when individual filers could receive a maximum payment of $914. The November check will be distributed in 29 days, on Wednesday

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Here’s Where Conservative House GOP Members Stand On Removing Kevin McCarthy

After Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida announced that he would attempt to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from office, the Daily Caller News Foundation asked several House Republicans if they supported his removal. Ninety Republican lawmakers in the House voted against a continuing resolution passed on Saturday that averted a government shutdown, with Gaetz

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Biden’s Economic Approval Dives To Lowest Point Of His Presidency: POLL

President Joe Biden’s economic approval ratings have hit an all time low as his administration continues to push the claim that “Bidenomics” is working, according to a poll released by Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) on Monday. Approximately 56% of Americans disapprove of Biden’s economic policies as opposed to 24% who approve, a swift drop from

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Rep. Bowman Backtracks On ‘Messaging Guidance’ Shifting Blame To ‘Nazi’ Republicans Amid Fire Alarm Backlash

Democratic New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman is walking back his office’s use of the word “Nazi” to describe members of the Republican Party in a list of suggested talking points obtained by Politico. Bowman’s office sent out “messaging guidance” for his colleagues Monday in an attempt to stymie the Republican push to punish him over

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Social Security update: First round of direct payments worth up to $4,555 arrives in eight days

Social Security update: First round of direct payments worth up to $4,555 arrives in eight days October 03, 2023 06:00 AM Round one of three Social Security retirement payments for October, worth up to $4,555 for those who retired at the age of 70, will be sent to millions of retirees in just over a

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Hunter Biden set for second day in court as investigations continue

Hunter Biden set for second day in court as investigations continue October 03, 2023 06:00 AM Hunter Biden will make his second court appearance on Tuesday as he faces three criminal charges related to his purchase of a firearm in 2018 and the possibility of further charges stemming from his foreign business dealings.The court appearance

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Researchers Tested AI Watermarks—and Broke All of Them

Soheil Feizi considers himself an optimistic person. But the University of Maryland computer science professor is blunt when he sums up the current state of watermarking AI images. “We don’t have any reliable watermarking at this point,” he says. “We broke all of them.”For one of the two types of AI watermarking he tested for

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