Decolonial AI Manyfesto
Rest of World’s 2024 AI elections tracker
As more than two billion people vote, we’re monitoring the way AI is being used in political campaigns, memes, and misinformation.
100,000 Chinese students join 50km night-time bike ride in search of good soup dumplings
Authorities impose restrictions on bike hire after huge group blocks a highway between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng in China, as night biking trend takes off
Government Wiretaps in U.S. Internet Providers Infiltrated by Chinese Hackers
U.S. spying on it's citizens and China taking advantage of that backdoor for months before anyone realizing.
People Are Sharing Fake Hurricane Helene Photos for Profit and Political Gain
This is only going to get worse over time.
Exclusive: Election betting site Polymarket is rife with fake ‘wash’ trading, researchers say
Blockchain evidence points to users carrying out market manipulation to inflate trading volumes on the popular political betting platform.
Why Greenhindering is the New Greenwashing
As greenwashing gets more public scrutiny, a new phenomenon seems to offer a far more challenging barrier to sustainability and climate…
Dozens of police influencers are running for office in Brazil
A history of policemen using violent content to build their online personalities has policymakers on edge.
Russia fines Google more than entire world's GDP
The mind-boggling figure has been levied due to the company restricting Russian state media on YouTube.
Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted.
Switzerland and Italy redraw border as melting glaciers shift the frontier | Euronews
The popular ski resort of Zermatt is in the affected area.
China’s biggest AI model is challenging American dominance
Alibaba’s Qwen has been shining on benchmark tests, despite chip restrictions.
When the Hurricane-Relief Worker Turns Out To Be a Neo-Nazi
Seizing on the politicization of the government response, white supremacist groups have turned out to help after recent storms in North Carolina and Florida in order to boost recruitment and burnish their image.
Half of U.S. states seek to crack down on AI in elections
There have been instances of generative AI being "used to confuse – and even suppress – voters," Sen. Warner says.
AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans
Co-author Gordon Pennycook: "The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies."
Wealth tax on super-rich could raise £1.5tn globally, campaigners say
The Tax Justice Network said trillions could be raised with a ‘featherlight’ tax on the 0.5% of richest households, copying a current Spanish tax
Biden Aides Working on Proposal for US Sovereign Wealth Fund
Top aides to President Joe Biden have been crafting a proposal to create a sovereign wealth fund that would allow the US to invest in national security interests including technology, energy, and critical links in the supply chain, according to people familiar with the effort.
FranklinTill lists nine principles for a shift to regenerative materials
Design research agency FranklinTill has compiled a list of principles to help designers, makers and brands avoid greenwashing when sourcing textiles.
Exclusive: Chinese entities turn to Amazon cloud and its rivals to access high-end US chips, AI
State-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services provided by Amazon or its rivals to access advanced U.S. chips and artificial intelligence capabilities that they cannot acquire otherwise, recent public tender documents showed.
Goldman Investment Arm Joins Firms Quitting Major Climate Club
The asset management unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has walked away from the world’s biggest climate alliance for investors, marking the latest in a string of similar defections amid continued Republican Party attacks on green finance.
The IRA’s Labor Provisions Look Like They’re Working
Two years in, union leaders say Biden’s big climate law is making a difference.
Temperature impacts on hate speech online: evidence from 4 billion geolocated tweets from the USA
Our results highlight hate speech online as a potential channel through which temperature
alters interpersonal conflict and societal aggression. We provide empirical evidence
that hot and cold temperatures can aggravate aggressive tendencies online. The prevalence
of the results across climatic and socioeconomic subgroups points to limitations in
the ability of humans to adapt to temperature extremes.
California will help return tribal lands as part of the historic Klamath River restoration
Ancestral lands will be returned to the Shasta Indian Nation as part of a massive Klamath River dam removal project.
What are the trade-offs between animal welfare and the environmental impact of meat?
Eating meat with a lower carbon footprint often means killing more animals and treating them more poorly.
U.S tech giants are building dozens of data centers in Chile. Locals are fighting back
Multiple groups are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of centers in the country, fearing environmental devastation.
Musk's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, secretaries of state say
They claimed X's AI chatbot, Grok, had spread "false information on ballot deadlines."
Experts have long warned about the threat of AI-driven misinformation, which is more salient than ever as the election heats up and voters are susceptible to lies about the candidates or voting process.
Analysis: Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030 - Carbon Brief
A victory for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election could add 4bn tonnes of US emissions by 2030 compared with Joe Biden’s plans
Kids are attending pro-Palestinian protests on Roblox
Kids are attending Israel-Hamas war protests on Roblox, and so far, a pro-Palestinian virtual protest has been visited more than 275,000 times.
Pressured to relocate, Microsoft’s AI engineers in China must choose between homeland and career
As geopolitical tensions grow, many employees have decided that a career with the Silicon Valley tech giant isn’t worth giving up the comforts of home.
Follow the Crypto
FollowTheCrypto.org: A new project to track cryptocurrency industry spending to influence 2024 elections in the United States.