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Poland says a fake news report on mobilizing 200,000 men was likely the work of Russia 05/31/2024 11:38am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A fake news report that appeared on Poland's national news agency saying that Prime Minister Donald Tusk was mobilizing 200,000 men starting on July 1 was probably the work of Russia-sponsored hackers and was designed to interfere with the upcoming European Parliament electio Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political leaders 05/31/2024 09:42am • NEW YORK (AP) — As high-stakes elections approach in the U.S. and European Union, publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily weaponized to churn out convincing election lies in the voices of leading political figures, a digital civil rights group said Friday. Researchers at the OpenAI's Altman sidesteps questions about governance, Johansson at UN AI summit 05/30/2024 04:54pm • GENEVA (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a star speaker at the annual AI for Good conference Thursday, addressing the U.N. telecommunications agency’s annual gathering about how to tap the societal promise of artificial intelligence technology. But Altman spent part of his virtual appearance fend Beautiful trap: Scammers selling 'seeds' for AI-generated plants that don't exist 05/30/2024 04:07pm • The lure is strong for home gardeners, searching online for ideas to spruce up their surroundings — plants with vibrant colors, multi-hued petals and intriguing markings. Spoiler alert. "There's lots of these beautiful pictures being shown on the internet, and unfortunately, they're AI-g Colombo and Moscow discuss the issue of Sri Lankans fighting alongside Russians in Ukraine 05/30/2024 10:36am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka and Russia are starting talks Thursday to resolve the issue of Sri Lankans fighting alongside Russians in the war against Ukraine, after at least 16 people were reported missing in action. Junior Foreign Minister Tharaka Balasuriya said that the Sri Lankans, mo Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment 05/30/2024 07:04am • Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea. By night, he tossed and turned in his bunk on the aging Al-Maha, he said, thinking of the unpaid wages he feared he’d AP interview: Divisions among the world's powerful nations are undermining UN efforts to end crises 05/30/2024 12:05am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Deep divisions especially among the world’s most powerful nations have significantly undermined what the United Nations can do to help nations move from conflict to peace, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said. Jean-Pierre Lacroix told The Associated Press in an interview that t California advances measures targeting AI discrimination and deepfakes 05/29/2024 06:39pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As corporations increasingly weave artificial intelligence technologies into the daily lives of Americans, California lawmakers want to build public trust, fight algorithmic discrimination and outlaw deepfakes that involve elections or pornography. The efforts in Californ The Latest | Judge excuses jurors, ending first day of deliberations in Trump's criminal trial 05/29/2024 05:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of jury deliberations in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial concluded after the panel sent their first two notes to the judge Wednesday afternoon, just a few hours after beginning deliberations. They requested to rehear jury instructions, as well as rehear testi A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings 05/29/2024 08:49am • LONDON (AP) — Even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest. Why, the officer demanded, had Kersh refused to eat his army rations of canned beef and vegetables, subsisting only on canned peaches? 6 Scams That Target Your Bank Account 05/28/2024 08:00pm • Scamming is rampant. More than 67,000 people filed scam reports with the Better Business Bureau in 2023, and the median reported dollar loss was $100, according to the BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report. A lot of those scams are targeting your bank accounts. And though federal law limits liability for cre 'We have nothing.' As Israel attacks Rafah, Palestinians are living in tents and searching for food 05/28/2024 03:28pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The tent camps stretch more than 16 kilometers (10 miles) along Gaza’s coast, filling the beach and spilling into empty lots, fields and streets. Families dig trenches to use as toilets. Fathers search for food and water. Children dig through garbage and wrecked Trump, accustomed to friendly crowds, confronts repeated booing during Libertarian convention speech 05/26/2024 01:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID-19 policies, running up towering federal deficits and lying about his political recor Storytelling program helps veterans return home and cope with trauma 05/25/2024 08:49am • ▶ Watch Video: Program works to help veterans assimilate into civilian life after returning home Actor Tom Skerritt understands first-hand how storytelling could help U.S. veterans returning home after their military service.The 90-year-old Hollywood actor &nda Colorado governor signs bills regulating funeral homes after discovery of 190 rotting bodies 05/24/2024 04:09pm • DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed two bills into law Friday that overhaul state oversight of the funeral home industry after a series of gruesome discoveries, including 190 discomposing bodies in a facility, families being sent fake ashes and the unauthorized sale of body parts. The c