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☆ ChatGPT denied 250,000 requests to generate deepfake images of candidates in the month before the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

ChatGPT denied 250,000 requests for deepfake images of candidates in the last month, OpenAI said. AdvertisementIn the run-up to this week's presidential election, OpenAI fielded thousands of requests to generate fake images of candidates. OpenAI said ChatGPT rejected an estimated 250,000 requests to generate images of the candidates using DALL-E, the company's AI art generator, in the month before the election. OpenAI also said that on Election Day, it would answer questions on election results by referring users to news organizations like the Associated Press and Reuters. "Around 2 million ChatGPT responses included this message on Election Day and the day following," the company said in Friday's blog post.

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☆ Many Gen Z voters struggle to sign their names. That's becoming a problem as they cast their ballots.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Gen Z voters who struggle with cursive could slow the vote count, Nevada's secretary of state said. He attributed higher numbers of problematic mail ballots to young voters without signatures. States in the US require a voter's signature on mail and absentee ballots, and several states require additional verifications, including comparing that signature to the voter's signature on file. As the state continues to process mail ballots this week, those figures — which are already higher than in 2020 and 2022 — are expected to increase. Hundreds of thousands of mail ballots, or about 1%, were rejected across the country during the 2022 midterm elections, NPR reported at the time.

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☆ As Americans head to the polls, social media companies are in the spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWith Americans heading to the polls on Election Day, social media companies like Meta , TikTok, X and YouTube are under intense pressure to handle what's expected to be a flood of disinformation, heightened by the rise of artificial intelligence. The video amassed hundreds of thousands of views within hours after it was posted on Elon Musk's social media platform X. And TikTok failed to catch ads containing false election information despite its ban on political advertising, according to an October report from Global Witness. On Facebook and Instagram, Meta said it's adding fact-check labels to election content that's been debunked. In sharing dozens of posts a day on X, Musk regularly amplifies false election information to his more than 200 million followers.

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☆ The election is a big test for AI companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AI companies have been adjusting their election offerings and guidelines ahead of Election Day. Perplexity launched an Election Information Hub with information on candidates, voting logistics, and results. Related VideoThe AI search engine launched a dedicated "Election Information Hub" that uses AI to provide information about the upcoming election and results tracking. While the live election updates may be helpful to users, AI-generated election content poses a number of risks. AdvertisementGoogle , which experienced some highly publicized AI fails with its Gemini AI and AI Overviews, chose to implement constraints on what users can ask its AI products about the election.

Persons: Perplexity, —, Sara Platnick, Platnick, Perplexity Alon Yamin, Yamin, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Anthropic, Brad Carson, it's, Carson Organizations: Google, Service, Business, Associated Press, Democracy, Reuters, Innovation

The Democratic National Committee is using the last stretch of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to urge young people to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. In conjunction with her shows, the DNC announced that it is launching a Taylor Swift-themed “I Will Vote” campaign across Florida and other battleground states. Ads for the “I Will Vote” campaign will begin appearing across Miami on billboards, including a mobile billboard on a boat near Hard Rock Stadium. The advertisements will encourage young voters to embrace their “Kamala era,” the DNC said in its announcement. Before Swift backed the Democratic ticket, many of her fans had already formed the group Swifties for Kamala — which is unaffiliated with Swift, the DNC or the Harris campaign — to raise money for Harris.

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☆ Daters increasingly seek shared political views. Popular dating apps are ready to meet the moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“It’s really about making sure (the app’s users) understand what is kind of at stake,” she added. Meanwhile, OkCupid has added a dozen new matching questions that focus on voter behavior and help show users more compatible profiles. While registered US voters are split near evenly between the two parties, according to Pew Research Center, daters on OkCupid tend to lean more liberal. Debono recognizes that political concerns are important to daters, especially ahead of a presidential election. “Political alignment is increasingly becoming a nonnegotiable factor for many people who are dating,” Debono said.

Persons: Tinder, “, ”, Stephanie Danzi, OkCupid, “ Trump, Michael Kaye, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, ” Kaye, Ashley Houghton, ’ ”, Houghton, daters, Lisa Wade, Wade, George Floyd’s, —, cautiousness, ” Wade, we’re, Casey Klofstad, ” Klofstad, Bumble, John McEntee, Raquel Debono, ” Debono, Debono Organizations: CNN, Tinder, Vote.org, OkCupid, Pew Research Center, “, Tulane University, University of Miami, ” CNN Locations: California

Pop superstar Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy on Tuesday night after the high-stakes debate with former President Donald Trump, calling the Democratic nominee a "steady-handed, gifted leader." "I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election," Swift said in a post on Instagram to her more than 283 million followers. Swift's endorsement came as a surprise to the Harris campaign, two campaign officials told NBC News. Swift threw her support behind President Joe Biden and Harris during the 2020 presidential election. In the Instagram post, Swift also criticized social media users who have circulated images generated by artificial intelligence falsely stating that she had endorsed the Trump-Vance ticket.

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☆ Gen Z Loves Kamala More Than Biden. but It's Not an Obama 2008 Repeat.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Back in 2008, the Obama campaign made an unprecedented effort to target young voters. In critical swing states like Pennsylvania and Nevada, young voters were more likely to report being contacted by the Obama campaign than older voters were. The issues that fire up young voters are increasingly out of step with the interests of an older, more moderate electorate. Young women have grown more liberal, and young men have become noticeably more sympathetic to the GOP. Related storiesSo to court America's young voters, Harris needs to appeal to their desire for something new.

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☆ Secretaries of State say X's AI shared false election information
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Five secretaries of state on Monday urged Elon Musk to fix his social media platform X’s artificial intelligence search assistant after it allegedly shared false information about the 2024 presidential election. “In all nine states the opposite is true,” said the letter, which was first reported by The Washington Post. In Monday’s letter, the secretaries of state wrote that Grok’s false claim was “shared on multiple social media platforms” within hours of Biden’s announcement. But “the false information about ballot deadlines has been captured and shared repeatedly in multiple posts — reaching millions of people,” the officials wrote. “Furthermore, Grok continued to repeat this false information for more than a week until it was corrected on July 31, 2024,” the letter alleged.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, chatbot Grok, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Kamala Harris, ‘, Steve Simon, “, ”, Simon, Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania, Simon Steve Hobbs, Michigan’s Jocelyn Benson, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Schmidt, Grok, X, OpenAI’s Organizations: Monday, SpaceX, Democratic, The Washington Post, Republican, CNBC, Trump, Republicans, America PAC Locations: Pennsylvania , Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Alabama , Indiana , Ohio , Texas, Washington, United States

☆ Taylor Swift encourages followers to head to the polls on Super Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Taylor Swift posted a note on Instagram Tuesday to encourage her more than 282 million followers on the platform to vote. “Today, March 5, is the Presidential primary in Tennessee and 16 other states and territories,” Swift, who has a home in Tennessee, wrote. “I wanted to remind you guys to vote the people who most represent YOU into power. If you haven’t already, make a plan to vote today,” Swift continued. She had largely shied away from politics until ahead of the midterm election in 2018, when Swift endorsed Tennessee Democrats Phil Bredesen and Jim Cooper, who were running for Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.

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☆ Some young people are finding out about Monica Lewinsky for the first time — and they're in awe
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Monica Lewinsky is the face of Reformation's new workwear line, which dropped on Tuesday. "Monica Lewinsky was simply born in the wrong generation," Aubrey Strobel said in her reaction video to the Reformation campaign. "No secret how dirty Monica Lewinsky was done by society, specifically her generation and the generation before her." Advertisement"Coming into 50 was great," Lewinsky told Elle magazine in an interview promoting the Reformation campaign. Representatives for Monica Lewinsky did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ Look of the Week: Monica Lewinsky’s Reformation campaign reclaims office power dressing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Monica Lewinsky features in her fashion campaign debut as the face of a new workwear collection for the apparel brand Reformation. CNN —Photographed against a city skyline in a bright, high-rise office, Monica Lewinsky stands in an ankle-length black dress, cinched at her waist with a leather belt, and cheetah-print pumps. The image is part of a new campaign Lewinsky is fronting for LA-based apparel brand Reformation. Throughout, she is a statuesque figure, striking power poses in a monochrome red twinset or a tailored vest and tie. Zoey Grossman/ReformationAbove, Lewinsky poses with the "Monica crossbody," a $448 calf leather handbag named in her honor.

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The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the team advanced to the Super Bowl. Pop culture and politics have long been entwined. “Pop culture people identify with this stuff, they pay attention to it. It’s attention and identity,” Joel Penney, an associate professor at Montclair State University whose research includes the intersection of politics and pop culture, said. “That question of, does this stuff work in pop culture?

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Swift, Joe Biden, Vivek Ramaswamy, Laura Loomer, Alison Steinberg, Kelce, ” Joel Penney, Donald Trump's, Penney, Biden, “ Young, ”, Henry Jenkins, they’re, Phil Bredesen, Jim Cooper, Marsha Blackburn, Blackburn, Kamala Harris, ” Kelce, Bill Clinton, Johnny Cash, Mary Tyler Moore, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, ” Penney Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Super, Chiefs, Republican, America News Network, Montclair State University, University of Southern, Tennessee’s Democratic, Democratic House, U.S . Rep, V, Centers for Disease Control, Pfizer, MTV, White Locations: Las Vegas, U.S, University of Southern California, America, Arkansas

☆ Trump allies ramp up attacks on Taylor Swift ahead of Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Taylor Swift endorsed President Joe Biden's winning 2020 campaign — and while she hasn't backed Biden's reelection bid yet, allies of former President Donald Trump are already getting ready for it. Those attacks have ramped up ahead of the Super Bowl, which Swift is expected to try to attend to cheer on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican former presidential candidate who has endorsed Trump, wondered aloud on X whether an "artificially culturally propped-up couple" would endorse Biden after the Super Bowl. Swift was already a mega-celebrity when she endorsed Biden in 2020.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Allen J, Joe Biden's, —, Donald Trump, Swift, Travis Kelce, Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump, Biden, Ramaswamy, Alina Habba, Habba, Jesse Watters, it's Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Getty, Kansas City Chiefs, Republican, Biden, Fox News, Pentagon, Democratic, Trump Locations: Inglewood, U.S

☆ Opinion: Taylor Swift is making this the most expensive Super Bowl in history
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Opinion Danielle Campoamor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Tickets to this year’s Super Bowl are now the most expensive in NFL history, according to SeatGeek and CBS reporting: the cheapest available at $9,858. But for an organization with a nefarious history when it comes to violence against women, does the NFL really deserve Taylor Swift? Since 2000, over 1,000 NFL players have been arrested. What’s worse, when accusations are levied against professional football players rarely if ever are they held accountable or faced with real, substantial consequences. Since her first stadium appearance, she has been wildly and falsely accused of ruining professional football for deigning to express joy publicly.

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The steps will apply specifically to OpenAI, only one player in an expanding universe of companies developing advanced generative AI tools. Starting “early this year,” OpenAI said, it will digitally watermark AI images created using its DALL-E image generator. “Will there be items that slip through the cracks?”OpenAI's ChatGPT and DALL-E are some of the most powerful generative AI tools to date. But there are many companies with similarly sophisticated technology that don't have as many election misinformation safeguards in place. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that even with all of his company’s safeguards in place, his mind is not at ease.

Persons: —, OpenAI, ” OpenAI, Mekela Panditharatne, “, ChatGPT, ”, Darrell West, Sam Altman, “ We’re Organizations: San, National Association of, State, Brennan Center for Justice, YouTube, Meta, Center for Technology Innovation, Bloomberg, Economic, Associated Press, AP Locations: San Francisco, U.S, Davos, Switzerland

☆ Far-right hosts are blaming the GOP's big election losses on Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some far-right commentators are blaming Taylor Swift for the GOP's Tuesday election losses. The pop star encouraged her fans to vote, but a GOP strategist warned election losses weren't her fault. AdvertisementAdvertisementFar-right commentators are putting the blame for the GOP's major election losses during Tuesday's races on one celeb: Taylor Swift. He fumed in another all-caps post that "THE CHILDLESS, UNMARRIED ABORTION ARMY MOBILIZED BY BARBIE, TAYLOR SWIFT, AND TIKTOK" was "CRUSHING REPUBLICANS AT THE BALLOT BOX." Kirk continued: "All the Swifties want is swift abortion.

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☆ Grimes says Taylor Swift could unite the US if she were president, even though it's 'probably exceptionally unadvisable'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Grimes says Taylor Swift could unite the country if she ran for president. Grimes wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Swift would be "actually unbeatable" as a Republican. AdvertisementAdvertisementCanadian musician Grimes thinks Taylor Swift would be a formidable presidential candidate. "In many ways Taylor Swift is the only presidential candidate who can unite the country," Grimes wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. AdvertisementAdvertisement"During the day on Tuesday, we saw a 1,226% jump in participation the hour after Taylor Swift posted," Andrea Hailey, the CEO of Vote.org, told Insider in a statement at the time.

Persons: Grimes, Taylor Swift, Swift, —, Trump, Donald Trump, he's, she's, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Elon Musk, Ron DeSantis, Biden, Andrea Hailey Organizations: Republican, Service, White House, Florida Gov Locations: Vote.org

☆ Taylor Swift is 'probably the only person who can' defeat Trump in 2024, says former Trump aide
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift may be the "only person" who can defeat Trump in 2024, says an ex-Trump aide. Alyssa Farah Griffin previously served as Trump's White House communications director. AdvertisementAdvertisementTaylor Swift may have the best chance of beating Donald Trump in next year's presidential election, said a former White House communications director for Trump. "During the day on Tuesday, we saw a 1,226% jump in participation the hour after Taylor Swift posted," Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org, told Insider in a statement. Representatives for Swift and Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Griffin, —, Donald Trump, he's, she's, Swift, Andrea Hailey, Trump, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden Organizations: Trump, House, Service, White House, Politico, US Postal Service, Swift

☆ Taylor Swift's Instagram post urging people to register to vote led to the largest Voter Registration Day since 2020 for Vote.org
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Taylor Swift helped Vote.org reach its most successful Voter Registration Day in three years. She posted an Instagram story on Tuesday urging her followers to register to vote on Vote.org. Swift posted an Instagram story that day urging her 272 million followers to register to vote on Vote.org. She then posted a link to Vote.org, noting for her followers that it takes less than two minutes to register. "During the day on Tuesday, we saw a 1,226% jump in participation the hour after Taylor Swift posted.

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