A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million US to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester. Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a graph first published … Read more
Saif Ali Khan, who was recently admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for tricep surgery, recently got discharged. He opened up about his operation and also slammed media outlets for publishing exaggerated reports on his health.In an interview with Zoom, he mentioned that his tricep had been intermittently aching for a while, with varying levels … Read more
A new report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) claims AI-powered misinformation is the world’s biggest short-term threat. With 2024 being dubbed by many as “the year of elections”, their Global Risks Report expressed fears that a wave of artificial intelligence-driven misinformation and disinformation could influence democratic processes and polarise society. Such a threat … Read more
The World Economic Forum (WEF) sounded a resounding alarm regarding the perilous impact of artificial intelligence-driven misinformation and disinformation on the impending crucial elections, highlighting its potential to significantly disrupt the global economy. In a starkly pessimistic evaluation, the WEF, ahead of its annual congregation in Davos, expressed profound apprehension over the looming spectre of … Read more
1/2: Prime Time with John Dickerson – CBS News Watch CBS News John Dickerson reports on the death of a senior Hamas leader in Lebanon, the resignation of Harvard’s president, and how the brain processes misinformation. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn … Read more
Setting the tone for the 2024 general elections, ruling BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday called upon the party rank and file to effectively counter the misinformation campaign by opposition political parties as they do not have any issue to target the state government. Patnaik said this while presiding over the … Read more
ONTARIO: According to new research on massive language models, they perpetuate conspiracy theories, negative stereotypes, and other types of misinformation.Researchers from the University of Waterloorecently tested an early version of ChatGPT’s interpretation of claims in six categories: facts, conspiracies, disputes, misconceptions, stereotypes, and fiction.This was part of a larger effort by Waterloo researchers to analyse … Read more
Netflix’s newest apocalyptic thriller, Leave the World Behind, has people talking. Directed by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, the film stars Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Kevin Bacon. It’s adapted from the 2020 novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam, and produced by Higher Ground Productions, the company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama. Despite shooting to No. … Read more
