Details of Trump’s $83.3 Million Payment to E. Jean Carroll
Donald J. Trump might one day have to pay E. Jean Carroll the $83.3 million she was awarded, but that day is not today. Mr. Trump called the jury’s decision “Absolutely ridiculous!” and vowed to appeal the verdict, a process that could take months or more. And while he is waiting for an appellate court […]
OpenAI and Other Tech Giants Will Have to Warn the US Government When They Start New AI Projects
When OpenAI’s ChatGPT took the world by storm last year, it caught many power brokers in both Silicon Valley and Washington, DC, by surprise. The US government should now get advance warning of future AI breakthroughs involving large language models, the technology behind ChatGPT. The Biden administration is preparing to use the Defense Production Act […]
‘Feud: Capote vs. the Swans’ Looks Back at a Notorious Social Exile
In 1979, five years before he died and four years after his exile from the Upper East Side’s social cockpit, Truman Capote appeared on a talk show as a friend of the common man. The host, David Susskind, remained unpersuaded. “You are always on people’s yachts” and in “great mansions on Long Island,” he pointed […]
Student visa cap will ‘take a bit of pressure off’ rent prices: BoC’s Macklem – National
As the debate rages on about how to tackle rapidly rising housing costs, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the newly announced cap on international student enrolments should help ease rent price inflation. “You saw this week the government capping student visas,” Macklem said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “That, I think, […]
Skin cancer searches rise after Duchess diagnosis
The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, revealed she had malignant melanoma this week. Source link
Fake Explicit Taylor Swift Images Swamp Social Media
Fake, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift likely generated by artificial intelligence spread rapidly across social media platforms this week, disturbing fans who saw them and reigniting calls from lawmakers to protect women and crack down on the platforms and technology that spread such images. One image shared by a user on X was viewed […]
If Taylor Swift Can’t Defeat Deepfake Porn, No One Can
If anyone can rally up a base, it’s Taylor Swift. When sexually explicit, likely AI-generated images of Swift circulated on social media this week, it galvanized her fans. Swifties found phrases and hashtags related to the images and flooded them with videos and photos of Swift performing. “Protect Taylor Swift” went viral, trending as Swifties […]
Malia Obama Debuts Short Film at Sundance Film Festival
If you’re a celebrity seeking to rebrand, the Sundance Film Festival can offer a useful assist. From Marvel superheroes seeking an indie turn to teenage movie stars hoping to segue into spicy adult roles, the snowy event is the perfect place to debut a new direction. This year’s big rebrand was so skillfully executed that […]
How to Convince Your Flat-Earth Friends the Earth Is Round
Illustration: Rhett Allain You can see that we have a right triangle with the hypotenuse equal to the distance from the observer’s eyes to the center of the Earth (R + h), with the other two sides being just R and the distance to the horizon (s). Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can solve for […]
King Charles in hospital for prostate treatment
The King visits the Princess of Wales, who had surgery at the same hospital, ahead of his treatment. Source link