Social Series
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Unbalanced Information Diet : Protecting the Facts / Access to News Erodes as AI Provides ‘Answers’
As U.S. information technology giants vie to develop generative AI, research firm Gartner, Inc. r...
April 26, 2024
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Unbalanced Information Diet: Protecting the Facts / Escape into Metaverse Tainted by Abusive Users; Need for New Norms in Burgeoning Virtual Space
This is the fourth installment in a series examining situations in which conventional laws and et...
April 25, 2024
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Unbalanced Information Diet: Protecting the Facts / Consumers Tricked Into Subscription Contracts Online;Dodgy Merchants Use Small Print, Confusing Language
Shady operators are adept at using tricks called “dark patterns” to manipulate online consumers i...
April 24, 2024
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Unbalanced Information Diet: Protecting the Facts / Generative AI Can Be Tricked by ‘Poisoned’ Data into Producing Biased, Malicious Answers
Google researchers attracted attention when they published a paper in February last year showing ...
April 24, 2024
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Unbalanced Information Diet: Protecting the Facts / Disinformation on Japan’s Noto Quake Spread for Ad Revenue
Since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake on Jan. 1, at least 10 foreign countries have become major so...
April 23, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Japan’s Fisheries Look for New Sales Channels as China Continues Ban on Imports
This is the fifth and final installment of a series that explores the current reality in areas a...
March 10, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Decommissioning of Fukushima Nuclear Plant in 40 Years Seems Doubtful; Three Mile Island Cleanup to Take Nearly 60 Years
This is the fourth installment of a series that explores the current reality in areas affected by...
March 8, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Soil Decontamination Advancing in Fukushima Pref.; More Evacuees Able to Return Home, But Not Many Do
“I wish we had been allowed to return home a little earlier,” lamented Takeshi Horikawa, 75, who ...
March 8, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Car Use Reconsidered in Tsunami Evacuation Plans; Traffic Jams Are Deadly, But Some Cannot Flee on Foot
The city government of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, held an evacuation drill on Sunday on the prem...
March 7, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / 2011 Quake Survivors Aging in Reconstruction Housing; New Communities Did Not Take Deep Root
About 30,000 public housing units were constructed for people affected by the disaster in Iwate, ...
March 6, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / Invasion of Culture Through Unauthorized AI Learning; Copyright Protection Essential to Protect Creative Industry
U.S. artist Karla Ortiz held two pictures in front of her. One was her pencil drawing from 2016 titl...
February 23, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / AI Girlfriend Encouraged London Man to Kill the Queen; Believed He Was in an ‘Emotional and Sexual Relationship’ with the Chatbot
An incident that shook Britain occurred one Christmas morning....
February 22, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / Russian Side Seeks to Undermine Ukraine Via Disinformation; Fake Video Shows Military Leader Criticizing Zelenskyy
Three months before the dismissal of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed fo...
February 21, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / China Silences AI on Touchy Questions of Politics, History; Concerns AI Could Be Used for Indoctrination
On a weekend in December, parents and their children flocked to a store in Beijing where they could ...
February 20, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / Tech Threatens to Warp U.S. Presidential Election; Experts Warn Deluge of Misinformation Could Alter Outcome
As generative AI tools become more readily accessible, their associated risks are creating a stir in...
February 19, 2024
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