POLITICS
OpenAI suspends developer over ChatGPT bot that impersonated a presidential candidate
AI startup Delphi created a chatbot of Democratic candidate Dean Phillips for a group supporting his campaign.Facebook was inundated with deepfaked ads impersonating UK's Prime Minister
The ads were published ahead of UK's general election this year.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Meta will mark political and social ads altered by AI starting next year
It's requiring advertisers to disclose whether they're submitting digitally altered images, videos and audio.Hitting the Books: We are the frogs in the boiling pot, it's time we started governing like it.
To save the planet from climate change, we might have to kill off the internet as we know it.The FCC plans to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules
It may take several months until the rules are back in place, and legal challenges may lie ahead.Anna Gomez confirmed as FCC commissioner, breaking a 32-month deadlock
The agency now has a tie-breaker vote for the first time since President Biden took office.Google will require political ads 'prominently disclose' their AI-generated aspects
Minor edits like image resizing and color correction would be exempt from the new rule.Trump's first post since he was reinstated on X is his mug shot
The former president was booked at the Fulton County jail in Georgia.An Iowa school district is using AI to ban books
The system has already flagged 19 titles for removal.China reportedly had ‘deep, persistent access’ to Japanese networks for months
The NSA discovered the breach in late 2020.Appeals court pauses order that restricts Biden officials from contacting social networks
Federal judges ruled for the preliminary injunction to be put aside "until further orders of the court."New privacy deal allows US tech giants to continue storing European user data on American servers
The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework gives Europeans a way to file a complaint about what US firms do with their data.Tech firms sue Arkansas over social media age verification law
Meta, TikTok and others say the state is violating free speech rights.Senators demand answers from Meta over how it handles CSAM on Instagram
A report suggested algorithms were helping to bring together networks of pedophiles.Google will pull news links in Canada in response to new law
The search firm is joining Meta in reacting to Bill C-18.Congress is reportedly limiting staff use of AI models like ChatGPT
Officials are worried sensitive data might leak.The Biden administration’s $42 billion broadband program is finally getting underway
The president is set to reveal how the funding will be allocated.EPA creates youth council to advise the agency on climate change policy
The new panel will focus on disadvantaged communities.House and Senate bills aim to protect journalists' data from government surveillance
Officials couldn't force reporters to turn over data that might reveal sources.