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Salesforce open-sources the AI Economist, a research environment for exploring tax policies

Venture Beast

Salesforce today open-sourced the AI Economist, a research environment that leverages AI to arrive at optimal tax policies. Read More.

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Social Engineering 2.0: The Rise of Deepfake Phishing

SecureWorld News

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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Social media companies are already losing the vaccine misinformation fight

Vox

Social media companies like Facebook and YouTube have ramped up their policies against coronavirus misinformation and banned false claims about Covid-19 vaccines. While platforms tend to tout new policies designed to curb misinformation, they don’t always find and remove all the content that violates their rules.

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Tech Moves: Washington STEM names CEO: Former Nike exec joins Nordstrom board

GeekWire

LinkedIn Photo) Washington STEM, a nonprofit focused on statewide STEM education and social change, named Lynne K. Founded in 2011, Seattle-based Washington STEM has 10 partner networks across the state, provides communities with investments and open-sourced tools, as well as advocating at the state and federal level.

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Amy Klobuchar takes aim at 12 vaccine misinformation influencers

Vox

Now, two senators are turning their attention to the vaccine misinformation superspreaders that push the bulk of conspiracy theories and lies on social media — and asking the social media giants to take more aggressive action. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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Twitter accounts sharing video from Ukraine are being suspended when they’re needed most

The Verge

But as the conflict intensifies, many researchers sharing this primary material taken from social media — commonly known as open-source intelligence or OSINT — have found their Twitter accounts unexpectedly suspended. It is unclear how exactly the suspended accounts were thought to have breached the policy.

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Concerns remain even as the EU reaches a landmark deal to govern AI

CIO Business Intelligence

We consider this to be a work in progress as AI advancements will outpace policy,” Wang said. We promote innovation through regulatory sandboxes, real-world testing and open sources [excluding open source AI systems from transparency requirement]. It is a myth that the AI Act will hamper innovation.