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Year: 2024

States target AI and deepfakes as election interference threat looms

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Bipartisan concern over AI-generated election interference has prompted a patchwork of laws across the country, as state lawmakers seek to blunt the impact of misinformation and keep deepfakes from overwhelming voters. More than a dozen Republican- and Democrat-led states have enacted legislation this year to regulate the use of deepfakes

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The internet is in love with South Korea’s record-breaking Olympic shooter

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — She’s impossibly cool, casually breaks world records and is the internet’s latest darling. And while her cap and futuristic glasses are merely functional accoutrements in the world of competitive shooting, they wouldn’t look out of place on a street style-inspired runway. She’s Kim Yeji, the 31-year-old South Korean sharpshooter

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BBC is shocked at ‘abhorrent’ conduct of former news presenter who had indecent images of children

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC says it is shocked at the “abhorrent” behavior of its former top news presenter Huw Edwards, who has admitted to accessing indecent images of children sent to him by a man via the WhatsApp messaging service. During a 26-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London on

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