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AI is already impacting the 2024 elections. Experts are nervous.
The Atlantic’s Hanna Rosin and Charlie Warzel discuss the dangers of the technology in political spaces, from deepfakes of candidates to robocalls.
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WA bill would add explicit ‘deepfakes’ to child pornography laws
HB 1999 would close a legal recourse loophole by outlawing the use of a minor’s face to digitally fabricate sexual content.
Politics
Washington Legislature aims to regulate AI — but treads cautiously
‘You don’t want to stop innovation. You don’t want to stop commerce. But you don’t want to stop people’s civil rights.’
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WA authors are teaching AI how to write — without their consent
Companies like Meta and Bloomberg draw upon a database of 191,000 books to train the tools. Local writers aren’t happy, and lawsuits are in the works.
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Some E-bike companies are pushing against right-to-repair laws
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