Astroturfing

OpenAI today announced the launch of an API for accessing new natural language processing models its researchers developed, including the recently released GPT-3. The company claims that, unlike most AI systems designed for one use case, the API provides a general-purpose “text in, text out” interface, allowing users to try…

It’s looking like the left has a new favorite for the coveted spot as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate. Speculation began to rage Tuesday as leftist actress Alyssa Milano participated in a fundraising event for the former vice president. “I’m on a zoom fundraiser with and ,”…

During last week’s demonstrations against police brutality, officers in Buffalo, New York, allegedly attacked a 75-year-old protester as he walked toward them. Video shows officers in full riot gear shoving Amherst resident Martin Gugino to the ground, his head hitting the concrete and starting to bleed. The incident was so…

With the mayhem following the last Monday death of arrestee George Floyd, many have pointed out that protesting is fine, but rioting is not.  While obviously true, something equally so is left unsaid: There is nothing to protest. It's not as with the murder of Justine Damond, where it took eight months…

It's one of the major conspiracy theories to flourish during the global pandemic — that coronavirus is a biological weapon.Key points:The Responsible Technology report says conspiracy theories have been spread widely on social mediaReport author Timothy Graham says they believe bot-like accounts on Twitter are responsibleThe researchers also found coordinated…

The left in America has a problem. The mainstream media (MSM) has lost its monopoly on news and information for the American people. And now, firms are “hiring small armies of social-media mercenaries to do battle for Democrats.” Does this mean more paid gun rights foes and self-defense hating trolls…

On May 26th, crowds gathered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to protest the death of 46-year-old George Floyd at the hands of the city’s police department. Floyd was black. Many of the protesters were people of color.  The department fired four policemen that same day, after footage emerged appearing to show Floyd…

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In a move to address concerns related to misleading influencer marketing, the Competition Bureau announced late last year that it had sent letters to nearly 100 brands and agencies across Canada, advising them to take…

As a boy growing up in Fox Creek, northern Alberta, Jay Van Bavel learned how to give a firm handshake. Guys would be teased if they had a flimsy grip. It was that masculine, alpha-male thing.That small-town boy grew up to become a social neuroscience professor at New York University…

Kamala Harris Credit: mpi04/MediaPunch/IPX From the NSSF . . . U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) tried her best to knock former Vice President Joe Biden off the debate stage last June. Now she’s playing nice, trying to make it up to him and land the coveted spot as his running mate on…