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OpenAI has made a number of policy changes to prevent its generative…

OpenAIoutlined limits on using its tools in politics during the run-up to elections in 2024, amid mounting concern that artificial-intelligence systems could mass-produce misinformation and sway voters in high-profile races.OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Dall-E are some of the most powerful AI chatbot and image-generation applications available. The growth of such tools has raised worry that software made by OpenAI and its peers could be used to manipulate voters with false news stories and computer-generated images and…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Early women parliamentary candidates found it harder to make unique appeals to represent the 'woman's point of view' over time because of increasing national control over campaigning, a new study shows. The increasing trend for men to present themselves as diligent workers for their constituents' welfare…

The first time we speak, Joep Meindertsma is not in a good place. He tears up as he describes a conversation in which he warned his niece about the risk of artificial intelligence causing societal collapse. Afterward, she had a panic attack. “I cry every other day,” he says, speaking over Zoom from his home in the Dutch city of Utrecht. “Every time I say goodbye to my parents or friends, it feels like it could be the last time.”Meindertsma, who is 31 and co-owns a database company, has been interested in AI for a couple…

The `Much Ado About Nothing` actor Emma Thompson has recently opened up about campaigning to win an Academy Award and how it made her "seriously ill." "Both times I had to do the Oscars, I got seriously ill," Thompson said in an interview with Radio Times. "I found the pressure and glare of it too much. It`s astonishing. And then afterwards, you want to lie down in a dark room. You think, `Please don`t ask me any questions or make me talk about myself.` I quickly developed a sort of allergy to that part of the job,"…

Emma Thompson has said that campaigning for an Oscar made her “distraught” and “seriously ill”.Speaking to the Radio Times podcast, Thompson said: “Both times I had to do the Oscars I got ill, quite seriously ill, before and during it. I just found the pressure of it and glare of it too much … It’s sort of astonishing – and then you think you want to lie down in a dark room. You think, ‘Please don’t ask me any questions or make me talk about myself.’ It’s horrible. I quite quickly developed a sort of allergy to that, but…

On Tuesday, Kerry Washington joined Vice President Kamala Harris and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass for a meet-and-greet at a breakfast spot on Pico Boulevard, encouraging maximum civic participation on Election Day. But just before this, the actress and activist completed a three-day, four-state trip that she has termed the “S.O.S. Tour,” where she hosted rallies and discussions, filmed TikToks and took photographs, and visited local radio outlets to raise awareness about the power of the…

Image via Marvel Studios Warning: This article contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Angela Bassett is receiving mountains of praise from international Marvel fans who already watched Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in theaters. Her performance was powerful throughout the whole movie and it’s prompted some fans to campaign for the actress’ nomination in the 2023 Academy Awards. Bassett played the role of Queen Ramonda, the leader of Wakanda after King T’Challa died due to an unspecified health…

Match Group and its subsidiary Tinder launched an advocacy campaign on Tuesday in support of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would require the federal government to recognize the validity of same-sex marriages. The bill was passed in the House earlier this summer, but still has a steep hill to climb in the Senate. In the campaign, Match Group, which also owns Hinge and OkCupid, is highlighting LGBTQIA+ couples who were married after meeting on Tinder and asking users to contact their Senators.Fast Company spoke with…