The Guess ad in Vogue featuring an AI-generated model raises questions about diversity and representation in fashion. A business professor explains how AI has passed the aesthetic β€œTuring Test”: https://buff.ly/e3SI4xR
The GOP reached out to union workers in 2024 and won many of their votes. But Trump's labor policies have largely continued the party's historically anti-union stance #LaborDay
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Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board
Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take a...
Aging lawmakers are a problem for Democrats when they die in office. In New York, 26-year-old Liam Elkind is challenging 79-year-old Jerry Nadler, who started his political career 20+ years before Elkind was born. https://buff.ly/Q1Cc0y4
Most air cleaning devices have not been tested on people βˆ’ and little is known about their potential harms, new study finds
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Most air cleaning devices have not been tested on people βˆ’ and little is known about their potential harms, new study finds
Manufacturers often make bold claims about how well these technologies work. Better testing would allow consumers and institutions to pick the most...
AI has passed the aesthetic Turing Test βˆ’ and it’s changing our relationship with art
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AI has passed the aesthetic Turing Test βˆ’ and it’s changing our relationship with art
If a machine creates a video or a song that brings a person to tears, does it matter that the machine felt nothing?
Even if Trump succeeds in bringing Putin and Zelenskyy together to negotiate, an international security studies scholar warns not to expect much. Their only previous face-to-face encounter ended in failure. #Ukraine https://buff.ly/dxS4FWQ
The Metropolitan Opera had to return $10 million after the donor was accused of donating stolen money. https://buff.ly/iNBbjuF
In the Rockies, subalpine wetlands may be producing toxic methylmercury, posing a risk to downstream water supplies. Climate change and pollution create perfect conditions for this neurotoxin to form in seemingly pristine mountain ecosystems, according to a biogeochemistry professor. https://buff.ly/IQSznvQ
Most air cleaning devices have not been tested on people, and little is known about their potential harms. Professors of medicine and public health explain: https://buff.ly/2JcT6YL
Trump's push for 'Americanism' at the Smithsonian echoes George Orwell’s theme in 1984 of controlling the past to shape the future. A historian examines the implications for national memory: https://buff.ly/QhkDWLT