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Google Gemini under fire again for refusing to condemn pedophilia

Breadcrumb Trail LinksWeirdTechnologyPublished Feb 26, 2024  •  2 minute read Google Gemini generates image of pope as South Asian woman. Photo by Frank J. Fleming /XArticle contentStill stinging from a controversy where its image generator spit out factually and historically inaccurate photos, Google’s AI chatbot Gemini is failing again.Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city…

She Escaped Her Father’s Polygamous, Child-Abusing Mormon Cult

It’s been a long, complicated journey for Rachel Jeffs Blackmore since escaping the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous Mormon cult led by her father, Warren Jeffs.  Blackmore, who recently celebrated her 40th birthday, left her old life behind nearly a decade ago and is now living in Idaho with her husband Brandon, another FLDS member, and all of their children. In the past decade, she’s been outspoken about the horrors and abuses she experienced at the hands of her father,…

Todd Haynes Believes He Got a Better Performance Out of Barbie

Todd Haynes is, in this writer’s opinion, one of our greatest living filmmakers. Ever since his 1987 film, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, a moving examination of the singer’s battle with anorexia using Barbie dolls and created while he was at Bard College, his unique voice has enraptured audiences. Safe. Velvet Goldmine. Far From Heaven. Carol. The Velvet Underground. There are too many classics to mention. In his latest film, May December, Haynes has reunited with his muse Julianne Moore for their fifth…

Meta vows to take action after report found Instagram’s algorithm promoted pedophilia content

Meta has set up an internal task force after reporters and researchers discovered its systems helped "connect and promote a vast network of accounts" devoted to underage-sex content, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Unlike forums and file transfer services, Instagram not only hosts such activities but promotes them via its algorithms. The company acknowledged enforcement problems and has taken actions including restricting its systems from recommending searches associated with sex abuse.  "Child exploitation is a…