politics

There’s an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK
12 Jun

There’s an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK

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As the United Kingdom heads toward its elections next month, the country is seeing its first instance of a new kind of politician: an AI candidate. AI Steve, an avatar of real-life Steven Endacott, a Brighton-based businessman, is running for Parliament as an Independent.Voters will be able to cast their ballots for AI Steve, as well as ask policy positions or raise issues of their own. AI Steve will then incorporate suggestions and requests into its platform.Endacott will be the in-person representative attending meetings and parliamentary sessions on behalf of AI Steve. He says that he sees AI Steve as…
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British Startups Just Can’t Seem to Scale
07 Jun

British Startups Just Can’t Seem to Scale

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This is part of a series on what 14 years of Tory rule have delivered for Britain’s economy, society and standing in the world. The challenges awaiting the next government are numerous. Britain takes a third of all the money flowing from venture capital investors into Europe and has done so almost consistently for the last 14 years. Its ecosystem has thrived independent of Conservative Party policies, thanks in part to its wealth of English speakers and world-class universities. Even Brexit failed to stop talented engineers from taking jobs at British tech firms, many of whom count around a third…
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It’s the AI Election Year
31 May

It’s the AI Election Year

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Leah Feiger: Sometimes you are able to link it back to specific companies-Vittoria Elliott: Yes.Leah Feiger: That are doing the generative AI itself.Vittoria Elliott: Yeah, totally. For instance, there was a deep fake made of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, whose been in jail under corruption charges. His party was disqualified for running in the general election earlier this year. He was able to make campaign speeches using generative AI.Leah Feiger: Wild.Vittoria Elliott: To do that, they used ElevenLabs, which is the same company that was used for the fake Joe Biden robocall earlier this year. Sometimes…
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How AI Is Impacting the 2024 Elections
30 May

How AI Is Impacting the 2024 Elections

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In India and Indonesia, dead leaders are rising to throw their support behind their political successors; rapper Eminem is endorsing opposition parties in South Africa; and in the United States, President Biden is telling voters in New Hampshire to stay home. All of these things “happened”–but none of them are real. The generative AI revolution is here, and it's coming for your elections. Welcome to the future, welcome to 2024.For the very first time, the widespread availability of generative AI is going to clash head-on with political campaigns and elections. 2024 is already an unprecedented year for democracy: More than…
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Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve
20 May

Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve

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On a stifling April afternoon in Ajmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, local politician Shakti Singh Rathore sat down in front of a greenscreen to shoot a short video. He looked nervous. It was his first time being cloned.Wearing a crisp white shirt and a ceremonial saffron scarf bearing a lotus flower—the logo of the BJP, the country’s ruling party—Rathore pressed his palms together and greeted his audience in Hindi. “Namashkar,” he began. “To all my brothers—”Before he could continue, the director of the shoot walked into the frame. Divyendra Singh Jadoun, a 31-year-old with a bald head and…
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