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| Apr 12, 2024 | Block Innovation By Supporting the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act | In his 1962 book, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke noted that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
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| Jan 18, 2023 | Trump campaign asks Meta to reverse Facebook, Instagram suspensions | More On: donald trump
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| Mar 28, 2022 | What Happened to Post-Trump Reform? | Listen to the authors talk about the article on The Lawfare Podcast.
“I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as President.”
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| Feb 26, 2022 | LA’s Ukrainian Community Seeks More Visas for Country’s Tech Workers | Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rocked the latter’s fledgling tech and venture capital landscape, and prompted calls from Ukrainian community leaders in Los Angeles to expand the H-1B visa program to accommodate possible refugees.
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| Mar 9, 2021 | Facebook is finally cracking down hard on anti-vaccine content. It is facing an uphill battle. | After years of allowing anti-vaccine groups and pages to rack up followers on its social network, Facebook announced last month that it wants to lead the world’s largest Covid-19 inoculation information campaign and encourage its users to g... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | The Government Can — And Should — Send High-Quality Masks To Every American | Link to full article from The Washington Post
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| Aug 15, 2019 | Scientists Propose Training Mice To Detect Deepfakes | Diane Samson, Tech Times 15 August 2019, 02:08 am
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| Mar 14, 2019 | AMA urges tech giants to combat misinformation about vaccines | The letter urges the companies to publicize the plans to ensure that users have access to timely and accurate information on vaccines. Platforms like Facebook, Youtube and Twitter have been criticized for spreading misinformation about the ... |
| Mar 13, 2019 | How Big Tech Is (and Isn’t) Tackling Anti-Vaxxers | Last week, Facebook announced plans to address anti-vaccination content on its platform. Facebook won't be deleting anything outright, but it will be deprioritizing “anti-vax” content in search results and banning it from ads, and also... |
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| Jan 31, 2019 | Google releases dataset to help AI systems spot fake audio recordings | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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| Sep 13, 2018 | U.S. lawmakers call for deepfake countermeasures | Members of Congress today sent a letter to National Intelligence director Dan Coats asking for a report from intelligence agencies about the potential impact of deepfakes on democracy and national security. Members of Congress speaking with... |
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