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On April 10, 2024, the blockbuster “Fall of the Empire,” dedicated to the Second American Civil War , began rolling out around the world . In this film, the authors deliberately do not give a detailed and accurate political alignment in America; after watching it, it is precisely impossible to understand who is fighting and against whom. […]
Which countries will the USA split into after the Second Civil War?
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A report on the encampment at Arizona State University (ASU) in so-called Tempe, Arizona. Originally published on Living and Fighting. A comrade and I arrived at Arizona State University around 11 am on Friday, April 26, hoping to witness, support, and participate in the campus occupation in solidarity with the people of Gaza. We arrived…
A Report Back from the ASU Liberated Zone
Henry Millstein/People’s World Reposted from Peoples World ARCATA, Calif. – The university administration had shut down the campus of California Polytechnic University Humboldt—commonly known as Cal Poly Humboldt— and urged the students to vacate the campus, but the student who welcomed me on Thursday had a warm smile and the words, “We love Palestine and we […]
Northern California students stand up for Palestine / by Henry Millstein
Carmen Parejo Rendón* El presidente del Gobierno de España, Pedro Sánchez, hizo pública una carta en la que aseguraba que necesitaba unos días de reflexión para decidir si continuaba en el cargo. Fue el miércoles pasado, el mismo día en que se había admitido a trámite una querella contra su esposa, Begoña Gómez, interpuesta por el sindicato […]
La crisis presidencial en España: ¿por quién doblan las campanas?
APRIL 23, 2024 ANDREW ANGLIN Things are really ramping up with the student protests are these various univeristies. Columbia, where it all started, is ground zero. The Independent: Columbia University faculty members are staging a demonstration in support of student pro-Palestine protestors as a rabbi warns Jewish students to leave campus. Students at Columbia ramped […]
These Student Protests Against Israel Are the Most Important Political Movement of Our Lifetime
from thefreeonline on 30 Apr, 2024 13:06 by Vikram Sharma, at HomeIndia
Manipulated videos of political endorsements are too sophisticated to discern or track. Experts say the intent might be reverse psychology – to undermine the party the video endorses, once voters discover it is fake
Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha in his office in Kolkata, March 10, 2022. © Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP
The ongoing Indian parliamentary elections, like those in the US, Pakistan, and Indonesia, are witnessing the creative use of artificial intelligence. Some AI-generated content, such as phone calls to voters apparently from candidates but actually by AI-generated voices, is harmless. Others, like deepfake videos of film stars ostensibly endorsing one party over another, or of the country’s home minister advocating for abolishing affirmative action, are more sinister.
TikTok account featuring a deepfake of Keanu Reeves
And India’s keystone cops are one step behind cyber-space’s ‘bad actors’, unable to discern deepfakes from real videos and unable to trace their origins, left with the sole recourse of blocking them – by which time it’s too late.
The term ‘deepfake’ derives from ‘deep learning’ and ‘fake’, and signifies the digital manipulation of media to substitute one person’s image with another’s.
Continue reading “Deepfake democracy: How AI is disrupting the biggest election on Earth”
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