That chance message launched DiResta and her colleague Josh Goldstein at the Stanford Internet Observatory on an investigation that uncovered more than 1,000 LinkedIn profiles using what appear to be faces created by artificial intelligence. Social media accounts using computer-generated faces have pushed Chinese disinformation; harassed activists; and masqueraded as Read more…
On Saturday CNBC published a remarkable headline. “Stem cells may finally offer a cure for Type 1 diabetes.” There are 537 million people around the world living with diabetes. And that number is growing…. But over the past 20 years, significant advancements in stem cell research and therapies have revealed Read more…
In 2021, the European Union imported about 40% of its gas and 25% of its oil from Russia, reports the Associated Press. But now EU officials “are fixated on rapidly reducing the continent’s reliance on Russian oil and natural gas — and that means friction between security and climate goals, Read more…
In 2018 police arrested “the Golden State Killer” — now a 72-year-old man who had committed 13 murders between 1974 and 1986, the New York Times remembers: What made the investigation possible was GEDmatch, a low-frills, online gathering place for people to upload DNA test results from popular direct-to-consumer services Read more…
Wikipedia points out that America’s two largest-circulation publications are the two magazine sent out to over 38 million members of massive non-profit AARP (originally the American Association of Retired Persons). It’s now starting its own social network to compete with Facebook (which according to a recent survey is being used Read more…
“Wannabe innovation hubs from coast to coast have been slavering over the prospect that the work-from-home revolution triggered by the COVID pandemic would finally break the stranglehold that California and Silicon Valley have had on high-tech jobs,” writes a business columnist for the Los Angeles Times. “Here’s the latest picture Read more…
As viewership drops for Hollywood’s annual Academy Awards ceremony, “Everyone has a theory about the decline…” argues an opinion piece in the New York Times. “My favored theory is that the Oscars are declining because the movies they were made to showcase have been slowly disappearing.” When the nominees were Read more…