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  • OPINION

    Deepfakes will hijack your brain -- if you let them

    News, Published on 22/02/2024

    » Realistic AI-generated images and voice recordings may be the newest threat to democracy, but they're part of a longstanding family of deceptions. The way to fight so-called deepfakes isn't to develop some rumour-busting form of AI or to train the public to spot fake images. A better tactic would be to encourage a few well-known critical thinking methods -- refocusing our attention, reconsidering our sources, and questioning ourselves.

  • OPINION

    Mass shootings are a problem for big business, too

    News, Published on 20/02/2024

    » Last Wednesday's shooting at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade, which killed one person and injured more than 20, was the 49th mass shooting this year in the US We are barely halfway through February.

  • OPINION

    Meta can't filter politics no matter how hard it tries

    News, Published on 19/02/2024

    » Meta Platforms Inc has decided that, in a year in which at least 60 nations go to the polls, "political" content should be set to one side on its network of 4 billion people. It is, the company is making clear, no longer worth the hassle.

  • OPINION

    Cue another erratic new leader

    News, Published on 16/02/2024

    » In a closely watched contest, the unofficial quick count results are now out and strongly suggest a landslide victory for the man who is poised to be Indonesia's next president: former fiery special forces commander Prabowo Subianto, who was also, for a time, the son-in-law of the archipelago's ex-dictator Suharto.

  • OPINION

    Will we have responsible AI?

    News, Published on 05/02/2024

    » The start of 2024 has been marked by a wave of predictions regarding the trajectory of artificial intelligence, ranging from optimistic to cautious. Nevertheless, a clear consensus has emerged: AI is already reshaping human experience. To keep up, humanity must evolve.

  • OPINION

    The killing of innocents in Israel and Gaza

    News, Peter Singer, Published on 09/01/2024

    » Last month, I was invited to join other Princeton University academics in viewing a compilation of raw footage from GoPro cameras carried by Hamas gunmen killing civilians in Israel on Oct 7. Additional video and audio material came from dashboard cameras, traffic cameras, phone intercepts, and victims' phones. The invitation carried a warning that the footage would show horrific violence and murder.

  • OPINION

    Key 2024 poll in California affects India

    Oped, Published on 03/01/2024

    » On Jan 28, people in my home state of California will finally get to cast ballots in a historic vote on whether to create a new independent country.

  • LIFE

    Legal battles loom as first Mickey Mouse copyright ends

    AFP, Published on 29/12/2023

    » LOS ANGELES - Almost a century after his big-screen debut, Mickey Mouse enters the public domain on Monday, opening the floodgates to potential remakes, spin-offs, adaptations and legal battles with Disney.

  • OPINION

    The growing risk of global disorder

    Oped, Published on 26/12/2023

    » The Western-led global economic order had a bad 2023. Surprisingly, the primary cause was not the emergence of an alternative order led by China, as some had anticipated. Instead, it was internal stress that led to more doubts around the world about its effectiveness and legitimacy.

  • OPINION

    Joe Biden's flawed policy on Myanmar

    Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 23/12/2023

    » As the Israel-Hamas war rages, the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza is grabbing headlines -- as well it should. But another armed conflict, in Myanmar, is also causing mass suffering, with more than 2 million people internally displaced and over a million more streaming into neighbouring Bangladesh, India and Thailand. And it is attracting far less international attention.

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