Mayor AI? OpenAI shuts down tools for two AI political candidates
Victor Miller, a 42-year-old, filed to run for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, using an AI chatbot named VIC to make political decisions. However, OpenAI shut down his access, citing policy violations...
White Americans could be more extreme and averse to multiracial democracy than many have considered.
Many white Americans express clear anti-Black, violent sentiments about how the country is changing.
Will Europe’s Digital Services Act Encourage Global Platform Election Integrity Standards?
Experts are concerned about social media platforms’ readiness to handle election-related issues, despite platforms’ confidence. The EU is using new regulations to set standards, potentially...
Banning misinformation tweeters improved online discourse
A study published in Nature found that Twitter’s post-January 6 de-platforming significantly reduced misinformation posts by remaining users and led many misinformation traffickers to leave the...
Did Facebook help Trump in the 2020 election?
“Society needs trustworthy, independent research to relieve the harms of digital technologies and advance the common good,”
Meta’s new AI labels won’t solve the ‘Taylor Swift problem’
Experts are welcoming Meta's new plan to label AI-generated content on its platforms.
Meta’s new AI labels won’t solve the ‘Taylor Swift problem’ - Cloned
Experts are welcoming Meta's new plan to label AI-generated content on its platforms.
Deepfakes, trolls and cybertroopers: how social media could sway elections in 2024
Faced with data restrictions and harassment, researchers are mapping out fresh approaches to studying social media’s political reach.
How to Defend Independent Technology Research from Corporate and Political Opposition
“Society needs trustworthy, independent research to relieve the harms of digital technologies and advance the common good,”
This group holds a boot camp to help left-learning orgs meme-ify politics
Can memes be used for political change? We might find out this year.
