The last 50 years have been a sickening catastrophe for the working class and have created another class of people who really ...

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For any number of reasons, Dakota Johnson gets a lot of flak for being who she is, whether it stems from good old-fashioned misogyny or criticism aimed at her acting capabilities. The former is bad no ...

Google’s Veo 3 makes videos look real — and Europe’s trust in truth may be the first casualty. Can regulation keep up with synthetic reality?

Dakota Johnson is no stranger to wearing daring ensembles, but she ended up covering her very low-cut minidress on "The Tonight Show" with tissues. The actress costars in the film directed by Oscar ...

For Mir and Garfinkle, America’s reversion to “orality” underlies much of today’s political dysfunction. In their telling, ...

Be Aware of Persuasion Tactics to Help Stay Focused on Facts Nowadays, finfluencers play an essential role in communicating investment advice, but, as in everything, there are instances of bad actors.

While artificial intelligence is making the problem worse, it is also becoming one of the most powerful tools to fight against such manipulation. Researchers are using machine learning techniques to ...

At the Cognition, Narrative and Culture Lab at Florida International University, we are building AI tools to help detect disinformation campaigns that employ tools of narrative persuasion. We are ...

Whether it’s a heartfelt anecdote, a personal testimony or a meme echoing familiar cultural narratives ... a Kremlin-backed operation that used nearly a thousand fake social media accounts to spread ...

This characteristic of storytelling is precisely what can make it so dangerous when wielded by the wrong hands. For decades, foreign adversaries have used narrative tactics in efforts to manipulate ...

But what Democrats really need is to relearn the art of persuasion—not just crafting a compelling message, but figuring out how to make it cut through today’s crowded media landscape ...