Popular AI image creator Midjourney has begun blocking its users from creating fake images of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming US presidential election, according to tests of the AI tool by The Associated Press. Midjourney CEO David Holz told several hundred members of the service’s loyal user base… Read More »
A proposal moving quickly from members of Congress could pose one of the biggest threats yet to TikTok’s future in the United States. The bipartisan legislation from the House of Representatives would force the China-based platform to sell its controlling stake or be removed from US app stores. House Republicans have proposed bringing the bill… Read More »
(Bloomberg) — The creator of an audio deepfake of U.S. President Joe Biden urging people not to vote in this week’s New Hampshire primary has been suspended by ElevenLabs, according to a person familiar with the matter. Deepfake audio, according to audio fraud detection company Pindrop Security Inc., which analyzed it. Most Read from Bloomberg… Read More »
Forests are an important part of the Earth’s operating system. They reduce the formation of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and land degradation by 30% each year. This slows global temperature increases and resulting changes in climate. In the US, forests account for 12% of the… Read More »
(AP) Here we are, the year of Donald Trump. Of course, we had many years with Trump. But as he said, this is a big deal. Will he choose it? It’s a pretty simple election proposition: an all-consuming Trump against an ever-receding Joe Biden. Does Trump insult, attack, talk non-stop, every day, multiple times a… Read More »
We’re only halfway through 2023, and it already feels like the year of alien contact. In February, President Joe Biden ordered the shooting down of three unidentified aerial phenomena (NASA’s name for UFOs). Then, a Navy pilot’s alleged leaked footage of a UFO, followed by a whistleblower’s report of a possible US government cover-up regarding… Read More »