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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new paper in Psychological Science, researchers from the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School demonstrate how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the accuracy of the criminal adjudication process. The paper, "Assessing Verbal Eyewitness…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to new research from Rice University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, conservative-leaning job applicants indicate being less likely to pursue positions that require personal statements on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and those negative reactions are not independent of anti-Black racism. …

Ronald Washington, one of the two defendants standing trial for allegedly killing Jam Master Jay, chuckled in court on Wednesday when his attorney, Susan Kellman, invoked Harry Potter in her closing arguments. The moment came as she discussed the prosecution’s theory that Washington and the other defendant, Karl Jordan Jr., were waiting on a fire escape to enter the recording studio where the DJ, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was killed. She said it was impossible, since the two men would have been seen on…

The trial for two men accused of the 2002 murder of Jam Master Jay began with prosecutors alleging that the men had killed the Run-DMC DJ after feeling cut out of a cocaine trafficking deal he was involved in. Defense attorneys for the men countered that the U.S. government had faulty info based on the faded, decades-old memories of witnesses. The opening remarks took place at the United States District Court – Eastern Division of New York in Brooklyn on Monday morning. Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall is presiding over…

SAG-AFTRA issued a statement on Friday addressing the sexually explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift, which provoked intense backlash online earlier this week. Around the same time, the White House also released a statement on the issue. The actor’s union called the deepfake images “upsetting, harmful, and deeply concerning.” The images portrayed the singer in various sexualized positions while partially dressed in Kansas City Chiefs merch and surrounded by Chiefs fans (ostensibly a reference to…

Demand for technology services, which is showing early signs of a revival after a lull, is likely to get a boost following the statements made by the US central bank last week, industry executives and experts told ET.A material impact may start showing in the fiscal fourth quarter (January-March 2024) or the following three-month period (first quarter of fiscal 2025), they said.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science &…

Big Bang Theory fame, Mayim Bialik is known for a lot of talents, being a neuroscientist, TV star, author, editorial writer, veganism advocate and others. Social media users began to find the actress's views toxic when it came to topics she covered like science, sexuality, gender, health and most importantly, parenting.(AP) After executive producer Mike Richards resigned as the new host of Jeopardy! and a rake of allegations of employment discrimination were highlighted, the powerholders of the show decided…

Opening statements in Jonathan Majors’ criminal domestic violence trial began Monday morning, with prosecutors claiming that Majors used physical violence to manipulate, control and physically hurt his former girlfriend, who he allegedly attacked in March in New York.  Prosecutor Michael Perez mentioned three previous instances in 2022 where Majors allegedly intimidated and attempted to control his girlfriend of two years, Grace Jabbari — who he met on the set of Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — by…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using generic terms in politics may be exacerbating political division, a new study suggests. Statements such as "Democrats want to have tougher gun laws" and "Republicans want to ban abortion," can heighten perceived differences between the two political parties, the study says. Researchers at…

OpenAI's Sam Altman and ChatGPT are being probed by the FTC over false and harmful statements about real people. AI hallucinations have been a major concern for OpenAI as well as govts. all across the world, which is why regulating it is important…