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From her tour to the Grammys to the movie business to the NFL playoffs, Taylor Swift is a central character in many stories. Now she has a starring role in a story she wants nothing to do with. Well, it's not really her. It's her likeness. And in this show, she's neither the opener nor the anywhere near the closing act. Trolls have flooded X with graphic Taylor Swift AI fakes. "Sexually explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift have been circulating on X (formerly Twitter) over the last day in the latest example of the proliferation of AI-generated fake pornography and the challenge of stopping it from spreading. One of the most prominent examples on X attracted more than 45 million views, 24,000 reposts, and hundreds of thousands of likes and bookmarks before the verified user who shared the images had their account suspended." By then, the images were everywhere. One of the reasons Swift is such a massive star is because fans connect with the universality of the experiences she shares in her songs. Sadly, this will be true for her deepfake experience, too. Casey Newton in Platformer: The Taylor Swift deepfakes are a warning. "At its most basic level, this is a story about X, and not a particularly surprising one at that. When Elon Musk took over X, he dismantled its trust and safety teams and began enforcing its written policies — or not — depending on his whims ... Separating consensual, permissible adult content from AI-generated harassment requires strong policies, dedicated teams and rapid enforcement capabilities. X has none of those, and that's how you get 45 million views on a single post harassing Taylor Swift. It would be a mistake, though, to consider Swift's harassment this week solely through the lens of X's failure. A second, necessary lens is how platforms that have rejected calls to actively moderate content have created a means for bad actors to organize, create harmful content, and distribute it at scale." And at this point, it's hard to imagine that even platforms (or government agencies) that want to stop the spread of AI-doctored content will be able to keep up with the trolls and the tech. SciAm: AI Audio Deepfakes Are Quickly Outpacing Detection. Even in the best hands, AI and social media are a toxic mix. And it's rarely in those hands. Elon Musk's AI startup is reportedly looking to raise up to $6 billion. 2Eerie CanalYou already know that terror attacks by the Houthis are putting shipping traffic in the Red Sea at risk. But climate is another risk factor when it comes to delivering stuff across the world and to your front stoop. NYT (Gift Article): Panama Canal Drought Slows Cargo Traffic. "The Panama Canal Authority has reduced daily traffic through the narrow corridor by nearly 40 percent compared with last year. Many ships have already diverted to longer ocean routes, which increases both costs and carbon emissions, while the global shipping company Maersk recently announced they will shift some of their cargo to rail." 3Fat Chance"In a way, Lilly fell backward into the obesity-drug business. Soon after Chief Executive Officer David Ricks took the top job in 2017, he sent one of his top scientists, Daniel Skovronsky, on a mission to find Lilly’s most promising diabetes research. Skovronsky found a small study looking into the safety of a compound called tirzepatide, a combination of GLP-1 with another hormone. While sifting through the report, he noticed something strange. Some participants had lost so much weight while taking the drug that they dropped out of the trial." Bloomberg (Gift Article): How a Lucky Break Fueled Eli Lilly’s $600 Billion Weight-Loss Empire. 4Weekend WhatsWhat to Watch: During winter in Ennis, Alaska, it's dark, cold, mysterious, and otherworldly. That makes for a perfect setting for the latest iteration of an HBO classic, this time starring Jodie Foster. True Detective: Night Country. 5Extra, ExtraTrial Run: "The United Nations’ top court on Friday ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in Gaza, but the panel stopped short of ordering Jerusalem to end the military offensive." OK, now let's do Hamas and its Iran backers. And then Putin. 6Feel Good Friday"His father's voice, the sounds of passing cars and scissors clipping his hair: An 11-year-old boy is hearing for the first time in his life after receiving a breakthrough gene therapy." Read my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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