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The Yomiuri Shimbun 6:00 JST, November 22, 2024 The harmful effects of generative artificial intelligence (AI) are widespread, causing confusion and chaos. This is the first installment in a series examining how society should deal with the situation. * * A fabricated video went viral on social media the day before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. The video was created to look like a report from CBS News and said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was advising people to “vote remotely” due to a potential terrorist attack. Taking the situation seriously, the FBI released a statement on Nov. 5 reading, “This video is not authentic and does not accurately represent the current threat posture or polling location safety.” The video appeared to have been created with artificial intelligence by a group with links to Russia and was immediately deleted. At the end of October, a fake video clip was posted in which a man posing as an election committee staff member sifted through mail-in ballots from the swing state of Pennsylvania and ripped up votes cast for Republican candidate Donald Trump one after another, murmuring “F—ing Trump!” U.S. and European media reflected on the unprecedented scale of disinformation and conspiracy theories circulating online in the election, and forces hostile to the United States increased their interference. As the voting day approached, groups linked to Russia, China and others were said to have stepped up their interference by posting a succession of fake images and videos. “The easiest way for foreign governments to win in an information operation is to sow chaos,” Bret Schafer, a senior fellow of the U.S. research organization Alliance for Securing Democracy, said. Shafer added that Russia tried to support Trump, who is friendly toward the country. “As domestic turmoil deepens [due to disinformation], the United States is forced to focus on internal issues, leaving less attention and resources to address international affairs,” Schafer said. The rapid technological improvement of generative AI has made it possible to instantly create a large number of elaborate fake images and videos, resulting in countless bits of unconfirmed information that denigrates rival candidates being sent from various camps, political parties and supporters via social media. The expansion of online echo chambers, in which people only hear from those whose opinions match their own, is said to have further divided the country. President Joe Biden’s administration pledged to develop legislation to regulate AI, but it was not in time for the presidential election. Twenty states have passed state laws regulating AI, and some states have banned the spread of election-related false information created with AI, but the effect was limited. Tim Harper, a senior policy analyst of the citizens group Center for Democracy & Technology, urged active implementation of a federal regulatory regime. “There are definitely solutions that the United States at the federal level can and should put in place to better protect elections from the spread of misinformation and disinformation from deceptive, manipulated AI content,” Harper said. In Japan, fake videos were spread around the time the campaign for the House of Representatives election that kicked off on Oct. 15. In the videos, voices apparently generated by having AI learn to mimic voices of former prime ministers were making anti-Liberal Democratic Party remarks. One of them uses what is apparently AI-generated audio mimicking former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s voice to introduce more than 120 people — mainly LDP members — as “candidates who should lose” with such comments as “full of greed.” The fake voice urged people to “vote them down.” The clip got more than 30,000 views on YouTube and spread on X, formerly Twitter. In another video, a voice that appeared to have been generated by having AI learn to imitate that of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was discussing the relationship between candidates and the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, commonly known as the Unification Church. The videos came with a note stating that none of those comments were made by the prime ministers, but the posters apparently intended to enhance the videos’ credibility by using former prime ministers’ voices. Before the start of the campaign, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry on Oct. 11 requested 14 social media companies, including Meta Platforms Inc. — which manages Facebook — and X Corp., to take measures against false information on the internet. An official said the ministry “had not confirmed large-scale dissemination of false information,” but there are no provisions in the Public Offices Election Law specifically about generative AI, and no full-scale discussion has been underway for regulations. In September last year, fake recordings emerged on the messaging app Telegram, which features a high degree of confidentiality, two days before Slovakia’s general elections. The recordings were purported to be conversations of pro-European liberal Progressive Slovakia (PS) party leader Michal Simecka discussing a plan to manipulate votes. It was later revealed that the audio was an AI-generated fake, but the recordings had already gone viral on other social media. The PS came second in the election, and a left-wing party that opposed military support for Ukraine took power. The recordings were spread by mainly pro-Russian politicians. “It really represents a threat to democracy,” PS member Jan Hargas said of generative AI. “I think that’s why I believe that it’s a warning sign for the elections to come in the future.”
One of SF most notorious Twitter provocateurs and “anti-crime” Fox News guests finds himself in SF County Jail today, after being arrested at SFO on pimping and pandering charges that allege he ran a sex work ring from his upscale apartment. On most days, one of social media’s premiere San Francisco-bashing “influencer” types “Raw Ricci” Wynne is either posting shaming videos of drug use and homelessness to his 100,000-plus followers on social media , or going on Fox News to complain about crime in San Francisco . But on this day, Wynne is in SF County Jail, as the SF Standard was first to report that Wynne had been arrested on pimping and pandering charges Sunday night. The Chronicle has a follow-up noting Wynne was arrested at 8:50 pm and booked into jail at 2 am Monday morning . Just in: Ricci Wynne, a drug dealer turned activist known for Fox News appearances and trashing San Francisco online was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of pimping. — @jonahowenlamb https://t.co/rnLqGoBFz8 The Standard notes that Wynne “was traveling with a 30-year-old woman investigators believe he was pimping out for sex work.” They also report that police searched Wynne’s 28th floor apartment at Fremont and Harrison streets and found about $80,000 in cash. Police reportedly also searched three cellphones allegedly belonging to Wynne which the Standard reports “contained evidence of sex work, including rates: $500 to $600 an hour for in-calls, and $700 for outcalls.” Wynne has reportedly denied the phones belong to him. Update: Wynne was suspected of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old. https://t.co/TPeUQFeKR7 Oh, and in an update, the Standard added that “Wynne’s arrest sprang from an investigation that named him as a suspect in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old.” So it seems there is plenty more news to come from Ricci Wynne’s arrest. If you feel lost ,misplaced or ignored as a San Francisco voter I encourage you to reach out to @DanielLurie and I guarantee you at the end of the conversation you’ll find it hard not to vote for him in November and to elect him as our next mayor of this great city pic.twitter.com/R9qfER2M3A But boy does this create an uncomfortable look for SF Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie , who appeared with Wynne in a pre-election video . Wynne was quite vocal in supporting Lurie on his @RawRicci415 Twitter account , and said that Lurie was “the only politician that has came and walked the Tenderloin with me to make sure that we’re going to clean up the city.” As of press time for this post, Wynne still shows as being in SF County Jail custody. The Chronicle reminds us of the lengthy prior rap sheet of this supposedly reformed drug dealer, including a 2018 arrest after he’d promored a “cocaine buffet” on Snapchat. A police raid found cocaine, a stolen and loaded Glock pistol, and one underage woman, all for which Wynne is still on probation after time served. MAGA CITY #SanFrancisco #CaliforniaforTrump @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/3mOrnvjPix And it should maybe not be a surprise that Ricci Wynne is a very vocal Trumper , and right-wing agitator who claims “Citizens journalism is the new wave” because traditional media is “payed puppet paparazzi.” Now that traditional media broke news of Ricci’s pimping arrest, we might expect some sort of deep-state/media conspiracies from the SF-bashing crowd on Twitter. Though given the incoming presidential administration’s fondness for those accused of sex crimes , maybe Ricci Wynne will get a Trump cabinet appointment out of all of this. Related: It Will Always Be More Profitable/Clickable to Shit On San Francisco, So People Will Always Do It [SFist] Image: @RawRicci415 via TwitterAs New York City prosecutors worked Thursday to bring murder charges against Luigi Mangione in the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , supporters of the suspect are donating tens of thousands of dollars for a defense fund established for him, leaving law enforcement officials worried Mangione is being turned into a martyr. Several online defense funds have been created for Mangione by anonymous people, including one on the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo that as of Thursday afternoon had raised over $50,000. The GiveSendGo defense fund for the 26-year-old Mangione was established by an anonymous group calling itself "The December 4th Legal Committee," apparently in reference to the day Mangione allegedly ambushed and gunned down Thompson in Midtown Manhattan as the executive walked to his company's shareholders conference at the New York Hilton hotel. "We are not here to celebrate violence, but we do believe in the constitutional right to fair legal representation," the anonymous group said in a statement. The crowdfunding campaign prompted donations from more than 1,500 anonymous donors across the country, many of them leaving messages of support for Mangione, including one person who called themselves "A frustrated citizen" and thanked Mangione for "sparking the awareness and thought across this sleeping nation." The GiveSendGo fund for Mangione appeared to be briefly taken down before it was restored on Thursday. GiveSendGo did not immediately respond to ABC News' requests for comment. Other crowdfunding sites such as GoFundMe have also taken down campaigns soliciting donations for Mangione's defense. "GoFundMe's Terms of Service prohibit fundraisers for the legal defense of violent crimes," the crowdfunding website said in a statement. "The fundraisers have been removed from our platform and all donors have been refunded." Amazon and Etsy have removed from their websites merchandise featuring Mangione, including T-shirts and tote bags reading "Free Luigi" and the phrase "Deny, Defend, Depose," words police said were etched in the shell casings discovered at the scene of Thompson's homicide. "Celebrating this conduct is abhorrent to me. It's deeply disturbing," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told ABC News senior investigative reporter Aaron Katersky in an interview Wednesday night. "And what I would say to members of the public, people who as you described are celebrating this and maybe contemplating other action, that we will be vigilant and we will hold people accountable. We are at the ready." Prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney's office have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury as they work to try to secure an indictment against Mangione, sources told ABC News on Thursday. Mangione's attorney, Thomas Dickey of Altoona, Pennsylvania, where Mangione was arrested Monday following a five-day manhunt, said his client is presumed innocent and will plead not guilty to any charges filed against him. Mangione is contesting extradition to New York. Asked about people contributing to Mangione defense funds that have popped up, Dickey said, "People are entitled to their opinion and, like I said, if you're an American and you believe in the American criminal justice system, you have to presume him to be innocent and none of us would want anything other than that if that were us in their shoes. So, I'm glad he had some support." But law enforcement officials have expressed concern that Mangione is being turned into a martyr. Someone this week pasted "wanted posters" outside the New York Stock Exchange naming other executives. A bulletin released Wednesday by the Delaware Valley Intelligence Center, a multi-agency law enforcement intelligence-sharing network based in Philadelphia, included a photo of a banner hanging from an overpass reading, "Deny, Defend, Depose." "Many social media users have outright advocated for the continued killings of CEOs with some aiming to spread fear by posting 'hit lists,'" the bulletin, obtained by ABC News, reads. Meanwhile, New York Police Department investigators continue to build a murder case against Mangione, who is being held in Pennsylvania on charges stemming from his arrest there, including illegal possession of ghost gun and fraudulent identification. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to the charges in Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that the three shell casings recovered at the scene of Thompson's shooting matched the gun found in Mangione possession when he was arrested. She also confirmed that Mangione's fingerprints were recovered from a water bottle and the wrapper of a granola bar found near the crime scene.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Shedding light on the role of community mediation in ensuring equitable and swift dispute resolution, Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait here on Thursday said that community mediators should ensure that they remain impartial and sensitive. “Impartiality and sensitivity shall be the key for community mediators doing mediation in resolving community disputes,” he said during a Skill Enhancement Programme for Community Mediators organised by Madhya Pradesh High Court Legal Services Committee in the city. He was chief guest at the event which was aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of mediation in resolving community disputes. CJ Kait offered valuable insights into the essence of mediation. Recalling a Panchayat case from his village background, he illustrated the complexities of social dynamics and the need for mediators to consider the perspectives of all parties involved. He also narrated a 2021 mediation case from Delhi involving a motor accident settlement, showcasing the impact mediation can have on vulnerable families. His personal intervention ensured the bereaved family received their rightful compensation, exposing exploitation by intermediaries. The programme was also attended by Administrative Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla shed light on the role of community mediation in ensuring equitable and swift dispute resolution. During the welcome address, Justice Rusia reflected on the history of community mediation in Madhya Pradesh. Initial attempts in Jabalpur, Bhopal and Gwalior faced challenges. However, under his stewardship as Chairman of the Mediation Committee at the Indore Bench, the programme flourished. He attributed the success to the dedicated mediators and master trainers, including Neena Khare and Dr Mohd Shamim, who trained revenue officers to address civil disputes and facilitated police station-based mediation for criminal cases. Justice Rusia highlighted the enthusiasm of participants, many of whom extended their initial commitments to fully engage in the seven-day sessions. Representatives from diverse communities, including the Kori, Vaishya, Yadav, Bairwa, Muslim and Sindhi communities shared their experiences and views on mediation proceedings. The event district legal aid officer Manish Kaushik coordinated the function whereas community mediator Amitabh Singhal proposed the vote of thanks.
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