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Jan 2, 2025 | 
sbsun.com | Chris McIsaac
The government’s new furnace and water heater rules are coming for you
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
ocregister.com | Chris McIsaac
Map: See where the major fires are burning in Los Angeles County
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
ocregister.com | Chris McIsaac
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Chris McIsaac
Verizon4 hours ago‘That’s where they get you’: Man upgrades to iPhone 16, takes Verizon’s $1,000 credit deal.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
dividedwefall.org | Hany Farid |Chris McIsaac
Will AI-Generated Misinformation Impact the Results of the 2024 Presidential Election? By Hany Farid, Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley, and Chris McIsaac, Fellow, R Street InstituteBy Hany Farid – Professor of Computer Science, UC BerkeleyAI-generated misinformation will definitely impact the 2024 election, but we don’t know how significant the effect will be. AI-generated misinformation (e.g. deepfakes) includes machine-generated, human-like prose, image, audio, or video.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
ischool.berkeley.edu | Hany Farid |Chris McIsaac
From Divided We FallBy Hany Farid and Chris McIsaacAI-generated misinformation will definitely impact the 2024 election, but we don’t know how significant the effect will be. AI-generated misinformation (e.g. deepfakes) includes machine-generated, human-like prose, image, audio, or video.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Chris McIsaac
“Make the very wealthy begin to pay their fair share.” That was President Biden’s response when asked at last month’s presidential debate what he would do to address the looming insolvency of the Social Security trust fund. Combined with his opposition to benefit reductions of any kind, the implication is that Social Security’s finances should be stabilized by taxing the rich alone. In practice, this tax-only approach is like trying to patch a cracking dam with duct tape.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Chris McIsaac
Anyone with a cell phone knows that robocalls are a common nuisance. But these days, that robocall might be generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and the voice on the other end could sound like the president of the United States.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
ocregister.com | Chris McIsaac
The 2024 election is fast approaching and recent polling points to a highly competitive U.S. Senate race in California that could once again yield a general election matchup between two Democrats. Conservative voters are no doubt frustrated by this outcome as it’s been more than a decade since a Republican Senate candidate advanced to the general election, leading some to call for a repeal of California’s Top Two primary.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
captimes.com | Chris McIsaac
The 2024 presidential election is fast approaching and polling released earlier this year found that less than half of Americans — just 44% — are confident that the votes will be counted accurately. The level of skepticism does not bode well for election officials seeking to avoid a repeat of the chaos of 2020, particularly because election mistrust is concentrated in one political party.
