GeekWire

JANUARY 31, 2024

A new nonprofit, nonpartisan technology organization called TrueMedia is developing an AI-powered tool to detect deepfake videos, photos, and audio, aiming to combat political disinformation in the leadup to the 2024 elections. I just realized how potentially horrific this can be in a narrowly divided election,” he said.

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GeekWire

MARCH 6, 2024

Richard Edelman , CEO of Edelman , discussed these and other findings from the 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer during visits last week with the global communications firm’s clients in tech-heavy Seattle and San Francisco. There are 50 elections this year around the world, and AI is going to have a major influence on this.

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Vox

JANUARY 1, 2024

Paige Vickers/Vox From Trump to Tesla, how 2024 will shake out, according to the Future Perfect team. Nonetheless, for the fifth year in a row, the staff of Future Perfect will venture its best estimations of what major news events will or won’t take place in 2024. Will Donald Trump return to the White House?

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

At SAP’s Annual General Meeting on May 15, 2024, Renjen will also step down from his seat on the company’s supervisory board, which he only took up at last year’s AGM. Instead, the supervisory board has nominated Pekka Ala-Pietilä for election to join it, and announced him as the designated successor to Hasso Plattner, the current chairman.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The EU policymakers are keen to get the law passed before the elections in June 2024. As the use of generative AI continues to grow, it is imperative for lawmakers to expedite the process of regulating AI. To read this article in full, please click here

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

This week, he unveiled nonprofit, nonpartisan technology organization, TrueMedia.org , that is developing an AI-powered tool to detect AI-generated deepfake videos, photos, and audio, aiming to combat political disinformation in the leadup to the 2024 elections.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 26, 2024

(TiE Seattle Photo) There’s a lot to consider for tech investors assessing potential startup investments in 2024. This year brings potential impact from elections, geopolitical instability, and an uncertain interest rate environment. “I think that that is our biggest risk.” “And I see this as a huge opportunity.”

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Among other roles, he served on the National AI Research Resource Task Force , which advised the White House on policy issues, and he’s working on a project to combat AI-related misinformation in the upcoming elections. So I think that in 2024, the toothbrush test for AI is going to explode.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2024

Joe Nguyen on the floor of the Washington State Senate on March 5, 2024. For his civic work, Nguyen is being honored at the 2024 GeekWire Awards as this year’s Public Policy Champion for Innovation Award. The awards event is Thursday, May 9 at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle.

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Vox

JANUARY 25, 2023

In the post, Clegg wrote that Meta determined the risk to public safety had “sufficiently receded,” but that Meta would add new guardrails on Trump’s future posts if they contribute to “the sort of risk that materialized on January 6,” such as posts delegitimizing an election or supporting QAnon.

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GeekWire

MARCH 25, 2024

This year, we’re excited to celebrate three of the most noteworthy efforts as Geeks Give Back honorees at the 2024 GeekWire Awards. Special thanks to Astound Business Solutions , the presenting sponsor of the 2024 GeekWire Awards. Continue reading to learn more about this year’s honorees for Geeks Give Back.

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Vox

JULY 25, 2022

During the 2020 election, left-leaning billionaires — particularly tech billionaires — who previously hadn’t been big political spenders emerged as a powerful political force. With this re-energization, Teboe predicts an eye-popping amount of spending by the end of the 2022 election cycle.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2024

As workers at all levels put together their development plans for 2024, IT leaders, recruiters, researchers, and advisors share here what actions CIOs can take to advance their careers if they want to embrace a growth mindset. Make 2024 the year to change that. He says to do otherwise would risk being left behind. “AI

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

6 Generative AI’s disinformation may pose serious risks to democracy by manipulating public opinion, undermining institutional trust, and swaying elections. 7 2024 will be a critical year for elections, with a United States presidential election and significant Senate and House races.

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Vox

JUNE 1, 2021

Flynn’s comments and the resulting backlash show that messages and conspiracy theories associated with QAnon are still getting some traction, including the false idea that Trump will somehow become president again before the 2024 election. Flynn’s appearance at this event was not in a vacuum. We will see this headline here soon.”.

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Vox

MARCH 29, 2024

His 2024 campaign and the Save America political action committee supporting it have posted dismal fundraising numbers in recent months. This is a social media network owned by an ex-president with an ardent base of supporters who is currently ahead in the runup to the 2024 election according to the polls.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 16, 2024

For example, in March 2024, Tennessee enacted the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act of 2024 (effective July 1, 2024), becoming one of the first states to enact legislation that directly regulates the misappropriation of an individual's identity through use of generative AI (e.g.,

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Vox

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried is one of several crypto executives getting involved in the midterm elections. | This election season, it’s the rise of the bitcoin voter, a new political constituency supposedly ready to vote for all things pro-crypto. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A central question in the trial is whether Democrats can bar Trump from running for president again in 2024 or seeking other public office. Twitter was far from the only platform to take action against Trump following the events of January 6th and Trump’s continuous refusal to accept the results of the 2020 US election.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

One assumption that many of us had about the 2020 US presidential election is that, at some point, it would end. This may have been overly optimistic; after all, in many ways — and certainly in this column — the 2016 US presidential election never really ended. Millions will believe Trump, will see the election as stolen.

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Vox

JULY 5, 2023

The temporarily censored content related to a laptop that belonged to then-presidential candidate Biden’s son Hunter a few weeks before the election has also been a particular source of ire for Republicans. We certainly disagree with this decision,” she added.

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GeekWire

APRIL 18, 2024

Elected leaders have vowed to cut the state’s carbon emissions and passed groundbreaking policies to hit those targets. By August it reached $5 a gallon, but by January 2024 was back to $4, according to the U.S. The gas price at the pump in Seattle on April 18, 2024. Energy Information Administration. per gallon.

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GeekWire

JUNE 8, 2023

1 of next year and eliminate the water tax by the end of 2024. He was elected in 2019 and will step down at the end of this year. ” Pedersen wants the city to approve the proposed capital gains tax this year so it can impose the new law Jan. The first year of tax collections would be 2025.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2021

After losing re-election to Joe Biden, he lied relentlessly about the outcome, undermining faith in democracy and ultimately inciting the January 6th attacks on the Capitol. Kang writes : The lack of regulation of technology companies is not because elected officials don’t understand the internet.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 26, 2020

The fresh cash will be used to help Headset expand into other states and provinces where cannabis is legal, including markets where the company expects new laws to be enacted with the upcoming election. billion by 2024, according to a January report from Arcview Market Research. The global cannabis market is expected to reach $42.7

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Vox

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Back in May, Bankman-Fried committed to donating up to $1 billion to Democrats through 2024, but he later walked back those comments , telling Politico they were “dumb.” Ahead of Election Day, the Cook Political Report rated the seat, which was newly created during redistricting, a toss-up.

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The Verge

JANUARY 6, 2021

The president’s use and abuse of Twitter to threaten nuclear war, attack average citizens, and undermine elections have been a defining feature of the media landscape since his 2016 campaign. And at the end of the day, the man was the duly elected president. They will have elected officials of both parties on their side.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The decision comes just days after Trump announced his candidacy for president in the 2024 election. Twitter’s new CEO and owner, Elon Musk, announced the decision in a tweet on Saturday evening, in a reversal of the company’s previous permanent suspension of the former president. The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You’ll see more deep fakes during the election season. Anat Baron will be the keynote speaker at FutureIT Los Angeles 2024 on March 12. The big issue with AI right now is that it’s not regulated, so you see things like deep fakes of Taylor Swift before the Super Bowl. But there are ways to fend off the dark side and use AI for good.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Nelson, elected to the council in 2021 and appointed as president in January , spoke to GeekWire this week about the ordinance that went into effect last month and sets a minimum per-minute and per-mile amount for app-based workers. .”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 5, 2024

The 118th session of Congress, covering 2023 and 2024, may end up as the least productive session in US history, with only 47 bills passed and becoming law between the beginning of 2023 and April 1 of this year. However, Congress, mired in partisan infighting, seems unlikely to move forward on serious AI legislation anytime soon.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2021

By the end of 2024, passengers on the London Underground will have mobile reception across the entire network of stations and tunnels, London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has announced. Image: TfL. Full internet access will be available across the tube”. “I

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Pachter said Amazon may elect to follow its Thursday Night Football strategy in other leagues, such as buying the rights for one NBA or NHL game per week. The NBA’s current cable deals expire after the 2024-25 season, and tech giants are expected to bid on streaming rights.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We make sure we have clean water, and we have excellent public schools,” said Bellevue Mayor Lynne Robinson , who was just elected to her third term. Bellevue Mayor Lynne Robinson at a 2024 event at Bellevue’s Crossroads Shopping Center celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.

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Vox

JANUARY 11, 2024

This probably means that in 2024, a lot more people will do what I did in 2023: spend an ungodly amount of time playing with AI chatbots. The ease with which it’s possible to make general purpose chatbots in 2024 will lead to commodification, Stent believes. “I The problem is, there are already too many of them.

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Vox

MARCH 9, 2024

Lawmakers have publicly cited concerns about the Chinese government using the app to spy on Americans and to spread propaganda that could be used to influence the 2024 presidential election.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Would space policy change if Joe Biden becomes president next year, as expected based on the results of this week’s election? The Trump administration has pressed NASA to execute the program’s first crewed landing by 2024, but Cantwell said that deadline might slip. “We’re very excited about Artemis in general.

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