Deepfake technology is widely available, and a pivotal election year lies ahead. The fake Biden robocall is likely to be just the latest of a series of AI-enhanced disinformation campaigns.
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A cashless economy is a less inclusive economy.
World famous pastor offered ordinary Nigerians a spiritual explanation for their predicaments: economic hardship made them vulnerable to his power.
Social media allows a political leader to direct the behavior of political movements, including engaging in violence and insurrection.
When the film premiered, theatergoers fainted and vomited. It went on to inspire a series of copycat films – while fomenting a cultural panic about the demons in our midst.
Two and a half centuries later, some things haven’t changed.
Estudos mostram que a desinformação sobre saúde nas mídias sociais fez com que menos pessoas fossem vacinadas e mais vidas fossem perdidas devido à COVID-19 e a outras doenças potencialmente fatais.
Studies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated and more lives lost to COVID-19 and other life-threatening diseases.
The spirit of the season is free, but that tree is going to cost you.
It’s hard to overestimate the role Henry Kissinger played in Chile. A former Chilean diplomat describes the mark that the powerful statesman made in his country and elsewhere in the Global South.
Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.
Hundreds of wildlife rehabilitation centers across the US and Canada treat sick and injured animals and birds. Digitizing their records is yielding valuable data on human-wildlife encounters.
Loyalty schemes tend to be the most generous when the economy has hit a patch of turbulence.
The threat to shut down the federal government to attain political goals appears to be an important factor in the budget negotiations.
The new constitutional amendment to protect the right to abortion in Ohio − as well as other wins for Democrats − shows the importance of ballot initiatives and focusing on abortion in elections.
Na ONU e em outros lugares, a resposta dos EUA e da Europa Ocidental aos acontecimentos em Israel e em Gaza não tem sido compatível com a dos governos da África, da América do Sul e da Ásia.
At the United Nations and elsewhere, the response by the US and Western Europe to events in Israel and Gaza have been out of step with that of governments in Africa, South America and Asia.
The natural gas industry has spent years trying to undermine scientific findings about gas stoves and health. If this sounds familiar, that’s no accident.
More high school students are taking college courses while still in high school. But equity gaps exist, with Black and Hispanic students participating at lower rates.
History suggests that there’s risk of overplaying one’s hand when new technology is lurking.
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Professor of Marketing and Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Boston University
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Lecturer of History, Boston University
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Professor of the History of Christianity, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations/Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Boston University
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Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics, Boston University School of Theology
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Lecturer in Strategy and Innovation, Boston University
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Master Lecturer of Rhetoric, Boston University
