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30Jan/23

Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: ITV’s comedy shows how AI can transform popular culture

January 30, 2023TelevisionAdrienne De Ruiter, Applications of computer vision, Ariana Grande, Artificial intelligence applications, Chris Ume, Computer graphics, Conor McGregor, Corridor Digital, Creative Commons, Daniel Emmet, Deep learning, Deepfake, deepfakes, Dominic Lees, Donald Trump, Elizabeth, Elizabeth II, framestore, Fred Sassy, Greta Thunberg, Human behavior, Humans, Idris Elba, Julie Andrews, Kanye West, Keanu Reeves, Kendrick Lamar, Kim Kardashian, Kobe Bryant, Lisa Bode, London, Los Angeles, Mark Zuckerberg, Mashup, matt stone, Nico Pueringer, Nipsey Hussle, OJ Simpson, Pornography, Sam Gorski, Simon Cowell, Sweden, The Technology S, Tom Cruise, Tom Graham, Trey Parker, United Kingdom, Viral videoadmin

Dominic Lees, University of Reading

ITVX’s Deep Fake Neighbour Wars is the breakthrough in television’s use of artificial intelligence that experts in the cultural use of deepfakes like myself have been waiting for.

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10Jan/23

The online ‘hierarchy of credibility’ that fuels influencers like Andrew Tate

January 10, 2023MediaAcademic disciplines, Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Articles, Belief, Creative Commons, Credibility, Donald Trump, Hierarchical organization, Hierarchy, Howard Becker, Iraq, liverpool john moores university, Organizational structure, Paul TJ French, Political culture, Political terminology, Politics, Populism, Romania, Snowden, Stanley Cohen, Structure, Tristan, United Statesadmin

Paul TJ French, Liverpool John Moores University

The arrest of influencer Andrew Tate in Romania on charges of sex trafficking and sexual abuse will do little to deter his supporters. For some time now, those outside his sphere of influence have looked on bemused as to how he appears to have accumulated so much power over young people.

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29Oct/22

Elon Musk takes Twitter private – here’s what that means for the company and its chances of success

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Elon Musk has said he intends to complete his purchase of Twitter after earlier trying to wriggle out of the deal.
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Erik Gordon, University of Michigan

Elon Musk has finally completed his US$44 billion deal to acquire Twitter and take it private.

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26Oct/22

Four scenarios for a world in disorder

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David Bach, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent speech to the Communist Party Congress could be one of the most consequential of the decade. He told the audience – and the world – that his economic growth-crushing zero-COVID policy is here to stay, and that Beijing is more determined than ever to reunify with Taiwan, peacefully if possible and by force if necessary.

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01Oct/22

We’ve had the backlash against Big Tech. Now what?

October 1, 2022Internet.google, Big data, Boston, Cambridge Analytica, Computing, David Carroll, Digital media, Digital rights, Digital technology, Dobbs, Donald Trump, Facebook, Human rights, Internet privacy, Mark Zuckerberg, META, Privacy, Right to privacy, Sacramento, Shopify, SNAP, Terms of service, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

David Carroll
Published: September 29, 2022 | Parsons School of Design

David Carroll is an associate professor of media design at Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York.

Thomson Reuters Foundation — On Sept. 13 an employee of Boston’s Northeastern University was injured when a package delivered to a virtual reality research lab exploded in his hands. Like a scene from a futuristic thriller, a note accompanying the bomb accused the lab of secretly working for Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg in a plot to take over society through virtual reality. Continue reading →

26Aug/22

The inside story of the CIA v Russia – from cold war conspiracy to ‘black’ propaganda in Ukraine

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In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over.

In a New York Times opinion piece, Moynihan wrote:

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11Aug/22

Why searching an ex-president’s estate is not easily done – 4 important things to know about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago

August 11, 2022PoliticsAmerican people of German descent, Clark D. Cunningham, Climate change skepticism and denial, Creative Commons, Donald Trump, Eva Marie, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, George III, Giorgio, Joe Biden, John Eastman, John Wilkes, Mandel, Mar-a-Lago, Merrick Garland, Palm Beach, Politics by country, Right-wing populism in the United States, Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Special Counsel investigation, United States, W. Lee Burge, William Barradmin

Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University

The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s estate on Aug. 8, 2022, caught Trump by surprise – and prompted immediate speculation about exactly why and how the law enforcement agency secured a search warrant.

“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents. … They even broke into my safe!” Trump said in a statement released through his political action committee, Save America.

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01Aug/22

Animated Irish Movie Portrays U.S. Tech Moguls On Dublin Pub Crawl

August 1, 2022FilmsAmerican people of German descent, Bridges, Businesspeople, Čude Canyon, Donald Trump, Dublin, Economy of the United States, Films, Kalam-Kalam Langit, Presidency of Donald Trump, Presidents of the United States, Time 100, Time Person of the Year, Trump, Trumpism, Violinistsadmin

The new film takes place during the dying days of Trump’s presidency and portrays a doomed Dublin pub crawl conducted by a group of American tech moguls, prohibited from visiting one another’s European HQs during the early days of Covid-19 but urgently needing to agree on whether or not to sign a critical EU agreement. Continue reading

25Jun/22

Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision

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Linda C. McClain, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University

After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court.

The ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – handed down on June 24, 2022 – has far-reaching consequences. The Conversation asked Nicole Huberfeld and Linda C. McClain, health law and constitutional law experts at Boston University, to explain what just happened, and what happens next.

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