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Big Tech Companies Pledge to Fight Election Deepfakes but Free Speech Issues Remain
Major tech companies announced a new pact at the Munich Security Conference on Friday pledging to fight AI-generated fakes that are intended to deceive the public and influence elections. The press conference, which was livestreamed online, featured leaders from Big Tech firms who’ve been under immense pressure in recent years to address the misinformation that’s…
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SpaceX Blocks Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit
Elon Musk’s rocket company won a court order to block the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit that accused SpaceX of hiring discrimination against refugees and asylum seekers. A district judge in Texas blocked the Justice Department from moving forward with its case on Wednesday, stating that the administrative judges assigned to anti-immigration bias cases…
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One Year On: The 12 Worst Moments of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
From cutting reproductive care to climate misinformation running rampant, Twitter under Elon Musk has been a shitshow from start to its one-year anniversary.
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Apple Accused of Not Doing Enough to Stop AirTag Stalking in Class-Action Lawsuit
Apple’s AirTag has allegedly led to ‘multiple murders’ after stalkers slipped them in victim’s belongings, a lawsuit claims.