This previous week, Iranian protesters had been labelled “terrorists” and “saboteurs” by the state. That rhetoric was accompanied by an web blackout and a surge in violence, with the demise toll nonetheless unclear. Concurrently, tensions between america and Iran escalated, elevating the stakes in what has change into some of the critical political upheavals within the nation in years.
Contributors:
Tohid Asadi – Correspondent, Al Jazeera English
Narges Bajoghli – Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins College
Roxane Farmanfarmaian – Lecturer, College Of Cambridge
Farzan Sabet – Managing Researcher, World Governance Centre
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Within the US, the capturing – in public – of a lady two weeks in the past by immigration officers has spiralled right into a case of outright mendacity that’s exceptional even by the requirements of the Trump administration. Ryan Kohls experiences on how official accounts, allied media and even AI-generated spokespeople had been deployed to defend the capturing.
Cory Doctorow: The AI hype machine
Synthetic intelligence is routinely framed as unstoppable – a expertise the world should adapt to, not query. However as corporations make investments a whole lot of billions and the hype accelerates, scrutiny has fallen away. Cory Doctorow on who controls the story round AI and why previous tech “revolutions” provide a warning.
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Cory Doctorow – Writer and activist
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