AI-powered software is helping misinformation spread online after disasters

Misinformation after disasters is growing in part because AI-powered software makes it easier to create and spread lies on social media.
IEEE

Multi-Bit Successive Cancellation List Decoding of Polar Codes Using One-Bit Error Boundary

Abstract: This letter proposes an efficient method to reduce path splits in the successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding. We construct the boundary consisting of ...
Reuters

US Justice Department using fraud law to target companies on DEI, WSJ reports

Dec 28 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives in hiring and promotion at major U.S. companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
CNN

Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false claims in prime-time address

Inflation under Trump: Near the end of the speech, Trump falsely claimed, “Inflation is stopped.” Inflation hasn’t stopped; the most recent available year-over-year inflation rate at the time he spoke ...
IEEE

Algebraic Geometry Codes for Distributed Matrix Multiplication Using Local Expansions

Abstract: Code-based Distributed Matrix Multiplication (DMM) has been widely studied as an effective method for large-scale matrix computations in distributed systems. Two central challenges in ...
CNN

California may halt Tesla sales due to ‘false advertising’ in use of term ‘Autopilot’

California is threatening to ban sales of Tesla cars in the state for 30 days after a regulator said the term “Autopilot” for its driver assist feature constitutes false advertising. The California ...
NPR

Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?

Ailsa Ostovitz has been accused of using AI on three assignments in two different classes this school year. "It's mentally exhausting because it's like I know this is my work," says Ostovitz, 17. "I ...