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Actor Alia Bhatt was the recent public figure to have her deepfake video go viral on social media platforms. Earlier, Rashmika Mandanna and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi were subjected to such videos, pointing towards the rising menace of deepfake videos. So, what is the govt doing to tackle deepfakes? What can you do if you find a deepfake of yours on the internet today? Let's find out Actor Alia Bhatt was the recent public figure to have her deepfake video go viral on social media platforms. Earlier, Rashmika…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In 2015, more than 140 countries signed up to the goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. For countries in the global south this is a huge task. On the one hand, they have committed to low emissions. On the other their economic survival depends on using resources that produce high emissions. International economic law scholar Olabisi D. Akinkugbe unpacks the issue of climate justice, and…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a "shadow pandemic" of domestic violence against women. The UN includes in its definition of domestic violence what it refers to as "economic violence," which it explains as: "making or attempting to make a person financially dependent by maintaining total control over financial resources, withholding access…

A family walks past a store advertising a Black Friday sale near Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia. The retail sector's efforts to entice holiday gift purchases builds to a crescendo this weekend with the annual "Black Friday" shopping day followed by the newer "Cyber Monday." This year's big post-Thanksgiving sales day—a…

The outdoor recreation industry accounted for 2.2% of the nation’s GDP at $563.7 billion in 2022 and made up 2.8% of Colorado’s GDP at nearly $14 billion. The latest federal numbers on the industry also show that Colorado’s outdoor economy grew by 19.9% last year, the sixth largest increase nationwide. For the first time since the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has released data on outdoor recreation, the industry’s sales crossed the $1 trillion mark. “This is a historic day for the outdoor economy,” Chris Perkins, vice…

Sam Altman will not return as the CEO of OpenAI and ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear will become the new interim CEO, The Information reported on Sunday, citing board director Ilya Sutskever's statement to the company's staff. Shear co-founded Twitch and had stepped down from the Amazon.com Inc.-owned live video streaming platform earlier this year. Sam Altman will not return as the CEO of OpenAI and ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear will become the new interim CEO, The Information reported on Sunday, citing board director Ilya…

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Friday Sam Altman will depart as the company's chief executive officer after the board found he was "not consistently candid in his communications". OpenAI's Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati will serve as interim CEO, the company said, adding that it will conduct a formal search for a permanent CEO. ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Friday Sam Altman will depart as the company's chief executive officer after the board found he was "not consistently candid in his communications". OpenAI's…

Employment is extremely low in urban areas, but even lower in former homelands and rural areas. The country still faces place-based economic challenges. (Source: Lochmann (2022) using South Africa National Census). Credit: The Growth Lab at Harvard University A new report by Harvard's Growth Lab finds that South Africa's economy is performing poorly, and its society is facing the consequences of extreme unemployment and…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In 2024, the youngest of Japan's baby boomers will turn 75. The boomers are called the "bunched" generation in Japan because they were born in a short spurt in the late 1940s, in the aftermath of the end of the second world war. The sheer size of this cohort has made it a lightning rod for many of…

Listen to article(2 minutes)It is a giant question looming over the entire U.S. economy: How much will shoppers spend during the make-or-break holiday season? Early signs—from the number of boxes loaded on railway cars to rising consumer debt—signal a weaker holiday season than the past three, when pent-up demand coming out of the worst of the pandemic sparked shoppers’ spending.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Listen to article(2 minutes)It is a giant…