
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. will provide nearly $150 million in aid for areas in Syria and Iraq that were liberated from the Isamic State extremist group. He spoke at a ministerial conference hosted by Saudi Arabia on combatting the group. IS…
Canada's Quebec province, hit hard by wildfires that have ravaged the country, eagerly awaited on Wednesday the arrival of reinforcements from abroad to help beat back blazes that are overwhelming its firefighting capacity.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday called it "the worst wildfire season we've…
An expected El Nino climate phenomenon has arrived, raising fears of extreme weather and temperature records, scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.Most of the warmest years on record have occurred during El Ninos, and scientists are concerned that this summer…
The National Eating Disorders Association has indefinitely taken down a chatbot after the bot produced diet and weight loss advice. The nonprofit had already closed its human-staffed helpline.
U.S. senators on Thursday introduced two separate bipartisan artificial intelligence bills on Thursday amid growing interest in addressing issues surrounding the technology. One would require the U.S. government to be transparent when using AI to interact with people and another would establish an office to…

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For some time now, the general public has been cautioned about the dangers associated with artificial intelligence or AI-generated images, commonly referred to as deepfakes. However, up until recently, distinguishing an AI-generated image from a photograph was relatively straightforward. That’s not the case any more.…