As more and more AI creation tools arrive, the risk of deepfakes, and of misrepresentation through AI simulations, also rises, and could potentially pose a significant risk to democracy through misinformation. Indeed, just this week, X owner Elon Musk shared a video that depicted U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris making disparaging remarks about President Joe [...]read moreUS Senators Propose New Bill to Combat AI Deepfakes
New housing grants totaling more than $233.7 million will be distributed to 20 tribal communities in Arizona, according to a joint announcement from the state’s U.S. Senate delegation of Mark Kelly (D) and Kyrsten Sinema (I). “Arizona is facing an affordable housing crisis, which has hit our state’s Tribal communities especially hard,” Kelly said in [...]read moreArizona senators announce $233M in new funding for state tribal housing
The TSA’s been planning to expand facial recognition to a whopping 430 US airports over the next several years — but a bipartisan group of 14 senators is now challenging that. Facial recognition “poses significant threats to our privacy and civil liberties, and Congress should prohibit TSA’s development and deployment of facial recognition tools until [...]read moreHere’s the letter from 14 senators slamming TSA facial recognition in airports
Photo: Ting Shen/Bloomberg (Getty Images) The Transportation Security Administration is seeking to significantly expand the use of facial recognition technology at airport checkpoints and legislators are rightfully concerned. A letter signed by a bipartisan group of 14 senators was sent to Senate leadership on Thursday and calls for restrictions on [...]read moreFacial Recognition Software Used By TSA Is Useless And Dangerous: Senators