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As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases, political consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers push for setting up new guardrails (New York Times)

New York Times: As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases, political consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers push for setting up new guardrails  —  Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology.

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Hackaday Links: June 25, 2023

Is it really a dystopian future if the robots are radio-controlled? That’s what came to mind reading this article on a police robot out of Singapore, complete with a breathless headline invoking Black Mirror, which is now apparently the standard by which all dystopias are to be judged. Granted, the episode with the robo-dogs was

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An interview with Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who became Asana’s majority owner after a post-listing share buying spree, on AI’s risks as a philanthropy focus (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: An interview with Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who became Asana’s majority owner after a post-listing share buying spree, on AI’s risks as a philanthropy focus  —  – Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who made billions from co-founding Facebook, has long been concerned about the risks of runaway artificial intelligence.

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While there are effective laws outlawing the sharing of nonconsensual deepfake porn in some states, such as Virginia and California, the US needs a federal law (Nina Jankowicz/The Atlantic)

Nina Jankowicz / The Atlantic: While there are effective laws outlawing the sharing of nonconsensual deepfake porn in some states, such as Virginia and California, the US needs a federal law  —  Because I was in the public eye, somebody synthesized explicit videos of me.  —  Recently, a Google Alert informed me that I am

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Hydrogels for Bioelectronic Interfaces

Interfacing biological and electrical systems has traditionally been done with metal electrodes, but something flexible can be more biocompatible. One possible option is 3D-printed bioelectric hydrogels. Electrically conductive hydrogels based on conducting polymers have mechanical, electrical, and chemical stability properties in a fully organic package that makes them more biocompatible than other systems using metals,

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Watch Hides Gesture Controls In Wristband

Over the last five to ten years, smart watches have become fairly ubiquitous, with the Apple Watch being among the most prominent of them. Not everyone wants or needs all of the capabilities of these devices, though; plenty are still opting for simpler devices which only have a few functions built into them. [Josh] has

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Best Microwave for College Students in 2023

Many companies featured on ReadWrite partner with us. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine how products may be selected and ranked. Learn more about how we make money. Welcome to our guide on the best microwaves for college students. Microwaves are essential appliances for college dorms and apartments, providing a quick and convenient

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Best Microwave for College Students in 2023

Many companies featured on ReadWrite partner with us. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine how products may be selected and ranked. Learn more about how we make money. Welcome to our guide on the best microwaves for college students. Microwaves are essential appliances for college dorms and apartments, providing a quick and convenient

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I want this camera experience on future flagships

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Opinion post by Hadlee Simons The best smartphone cameras have several different approaches to zoom these days. For example, Samsung is content to offer dual zoom cameras (3x and 10x), Google offering a single 5x camera, while several other brands stick to 2x to 3.5x tele cameras. After several

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Q&A with AWS Product VP Matt Wood on the generative AI boom, the escalating AI battle between the tech giants, curating the best AI models for AWS, and more (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Q&A with AWS Product VP Matt Wood on the generative AI boom, the escalating AI battle between the tech giants, curating the best AI models for AWS, and more  —  Matt Wood, vice president of product for Amazon Web Services, is at the tip of the spear of Amazon’s response in

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Reddit says accessibility upgrades for moderators are coming to its mobile apps soon

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit will make “accessibility improvements” to many moderator tools in its official mobile apps by July 1st, the company announced on Friday. Some moderators rely on third-party apps because Reddit’s apps have what they characterize as “significant accessibility challenges,” and the accessibility community has expressed concerns over how

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Source: a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management plans to make a $1B+ debt investment in US-based chipmaker Wolfspeed, which has a $6B market cap (Maria Heeter/The Information)

Maria Heeter / The Information: Source: a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management plans to make a $1B+ debt investment in US-based chipmaker Wolfspeed, which has a $6B market cap  —  A group of investors led by Apollo Global Management is making a more than $1 billion debt investment in Wolfspeed …

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I want this camera experience on future flagships

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Opinion post by Hadlee Simons The best smartphone cameras have several different approaches to zoom these days. For example, Samsung is content to offer dual zoom cameras (3x and 10x), Google offering a single 5x camera, while several other brands stick to 2x to 3.5x tele cameras. After several

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Kajabi Versus Teachable: Which is Better?

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, online course creators and educators have a plethora of platforms to choose from in order to effectively deliver their content to learners. Among these platforms, two stand out as leading contenders in the world of online education: Kajabi and Teachable. In this article, we will be diving into the

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4 Big Ways AI Will Disrupt Software Testing

AI in software testing is growing more common, and for good reason. While today’s artificial intelligence is primarily used for automation and convenience, the technology grows smarter and more efficient every day. In software testing, AI can be used to augment many repetitive tasks. This both speeds up the involved processes and improves accuracy. Regression

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This Camera Does Not Exist

Blender is a professional-grade 3D-rendering platform and much more, but it suffers sometimes from the just-too-perfect images that rendering produces. You can tell, somehow. So just how do you make a perfectly rendered scene look a little more realistic? If you’re [sirrandalot], you take a photograph. But not by taking a picture of your monitor

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4 Big Ways AI Will Disrupt Software Testing

AI in software testing is growing more common, and for good reason. While today’s artificial intelligence is primarily used for automation and convenience, the technology grows smarter and more efficient every day. In software testing, AI can be used to augment many repetitive tasks. This both speeds up the involved processes and improves accuracy. Regression

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How Apple is getting Vision Pro ready to ship and a look at its Mac plans, including upgrading the current lineup to M3 and early work on a 30-inch+ iMac (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: How Apple is getting Vision Pro ready to ship and a look at its Mac plans, including upgrading the current lineup to M3 and early work on a 30-inch+ iMac  —  After debuting the Vision Pro, Apple is working on finishing up the device’s software, expanding testing and finalizing the rollout

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