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Its approach differs from that of other Western countries. While the EU is trying to prevent the worst AI harms proactively, the American approach is more reactive. The US waits for harms to emerge first before regulating, says Amir Ghavi, a partner at the law firm Fried Frank. Ghavi is representing Stability AI, the company behind the open-source image-generating AI Stable Diffusion, in three copyright lawsuits.  “That’s a pro-capitalist stance,” Ghavi says. “It fosters innovation. It gives creators and inventors the…

Meta launched their new platform, Threads, and this action has sparked a power tussle with Twitter. Regular users of Twitter are already rushing to Meta’s new platform to share ideas and interact. However, in recent times, sources have found out that politicians are also joining the migration. This is yet another blow to Twitter’s face, as they previously had a firm grip on politics. Musk’s idea of free speech on Twitter was an aim towards letting people share their ideas on the platform. Issues relating to politics…

Over the past few months, there have been several contentious debates about the ills and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), with AI researchers and experts even claiming that it could bring about humanity's extinction if we're not careful. The spread of misinformation has been one of the hot topics, with cases related to AI "hallucinations" and Deepfakes causing controversy. Recently, Midjourney, the popular generative AI program, was used to create fake images of politicians that were shocking. They quickly went…

Could this be what politicians have in mind when they invoke the “hardworking family”? Credit: Shutterstock In Germany, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won a district council election for the first time on Monday. Robert Sesselmann's victory as district administrator—the equivalent of a mayor—in the Eastern town of Sonneberg comes only a day after Greece's conservatives clinched an outright majority in the…

Donald Trump wants you to know he’s an “innocent man” after breaking the news that he’s being caught up in “yet another witch hunt.” The former president has been indicted on seven counts in a special counsel probe into his handling of a cache of classified documents, allegedly retained long after his presidency ended. It’s the first time a former president has faced federal charges. You can read the full indictment here. Trump Went Through Twitter WithdrawalIn a four-minute video ramble posted to his Truth Social…

Land Rover Defender SUV (Photo: Cartoq)The Land Rover Defender 110 comes with a maximum water wading capacity of 900 mm and gets a permanent 4WD system Kunchako Boban, a well-known Malayalam actor, has added a magnificent Land Rover Defender SUV to his impressive car collection. Boban, who recently joined the elite group of Indian celebs, shared on Instagram how thrilled he was to receive his personalized Defender SUV.Due to its tough yet chic look, the Land Rover Defender has become a symbol of prestige and power among…

Following a decision to pull Twitter out of the EU’s (voluntary) disinformation Code of Practice last week, the reactions have not been long in coming. Upon receiving the news, the bloc’s industry chief Thierry Breton said that Twitter would still need to abide by EU rules soon enough. Or, as Monsieur Breton put it (tweeted, in fact) when referring to the Digital Services Act (DSA), which will make fighting disinformation a legal obligation from 25 August, “You can run, but you cannot hide.”…

This week, US senators heard alarming testimony suggesting that unchecked AI could steal jobs, spread misinformation, and generally “go quite wrong,” in the words of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (whatever that means). He and several lawmakers agreed that the US may now need a new federal agency to oversee the development of the technology. But the hearing also saw agreement that no one wants to kneecap a technology that could potentially increase productivity and give the US a lead in a new technological revolution.Worried…

Percentage of citizens who trust parliament ‘Not at All’. Note: Afrobarometer Round 7 data, combined weights applied. Case of Nigeria indicated in black, other cases mentioned in the paper indicated with dotted bars. Credit: Party Politics (2021). DOI: 10.1177/13540688211030219 Since 2017, political scientist Leila Demarest has immersed herself into the dynamics of Nigeria's National Assembly, the federal parliament of the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Do politicians internalize the consequences of their war-related votes? A new paper published in the Journal of Political Economy finds that they do—when their family is involved. In "No Kin in the Game: Moral Hazard and War in the U.S. Congress," authors Eoin F. McGuirk, Nathaniel Hilger, and…