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The First AI Election: When Convincing Deepfakes Influence the Electorate
“We are so screwed, it’s beyond what most of us can imagine,” exclaimed Aviv Ovadya. “We were utterly screwed a year and a half ago, and we're even more screwed now. And the further you look into the future, the worse it gets.” Ovadya, CEO of the AI & Democracy...
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Interview: Bill Fletcher Jr. on Protests against Racism
Longtime activist and writer Bill Fletcher Jr. speaks to PCIM Director Raza Rumi about the ongoing protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Fletcher says a variety of pressures exploded into a spontaneous, multiracial uprising rife with demands against not only...
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The Republican Debt Ceiling Proposal Saves the Economy on the Backs of Latinas
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