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Images created by Eliot Higgins with the use of artificial intelligence show a fictitious skirmish with Donald Trump and New York City police officers posted on Higgins' Twitter account, as photographed on an iPhone in Arlington, Va., Thursday, March 23, 2023. The highly detailed, sensational images, which are not real, were produced using a sophisticated and widely accessible image generator. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

‘Not the AI election’: Why artificial intelligence did not define the 2024 campaign

Experts warned about AI’s potential to influence election results. But the anticipated avalanche of AI-driven misinformation never materialized.
(AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

Bargaining code battle shifts to European copyright law, taxes also under consideration

Google and Meta’s tactics: tiny carrots and the threat of large sticks
A revelers is chased by a Torrehandilla's ranch fighting bulls during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin, in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 14, 2012.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Can AI run with the bulls (and a pack of screaming toddlers)?

Google’s generative AI audio tool can produce an impressive facsimile of a podcast. But a tool needs a hand to hold it.
Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

X’s Community Notes had a marginal, if any, impact on the election

Our analysis of the 3,637 notes from Election Day shows that users found the platform’s lonely moderation instrument to be mostly unhelpful
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The New York Times is wheeling out its Needle election predictor — probably

The Times plans to roll out the widely ridiculed and misunderstood predictive tool, but only if it can overcome glitches without a striking tech guild
The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

ChatGPT rolls out a Google competitor with a skewed view of the news

The new AI search platform ignores New York Times articles and some paywalled newsrooms, but appears to boost licensing partners.
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