Esther D’Amico

Sep 27, 2024 | popularmechanics.com | Esther D’Amico

Soon after clicking around America’s new online database containing hundreds of thousands of historical UFO records, you may begin to wonder why the government has spent a lot of time and taxpayer dollars collecting data on a phenomenon that it doesn’t seem to believe in. As a casual observer taking a quick look at the database—an ongoing project of the National Archives, the government’s repository of historical documents—you’ll see many images of fake-looking flying saucers.

Sep 11, 2024 | thewrap.com | Esther D’Amico

U.S. state legislatures are weighing whether to build their own regulatory frameworks around artificial intelligence in the absence of any comprehensive federal rules that protects consumers and businesses against deep fakes, audio cloning and other AI concerns.

Sep 9, 2024 | thewrap.com | Esther D’Amico

With two months to go before the presidential election, the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is widely considered to be a toss up. But as they face off on Tuesday in their first and only presidential debate so far, they are expected to share at least some of the limelight with debate host ABC News.

Jun 28, 2024 | thewrap.com | Esther D’Amico

Reaction was swift to the CNN-hosted presidential debate in Atlanta on Thursday as a raspy-voiced, sometimes rambling President Joe Biden faced off against an consistently lying Donald Trump. With November’s general election five months away, many political pundits maintain that, in general, it is too early to tell whether or how much the first debate will move the needle in favor of one candidate or the other.

May 24, 2024 | thewrap.com | Esther D’Amico

WASHINGTON — The entertainment industry is pushing for a say as Washington lawmakers draft artificial intelligence legislation aimed at establishing federal protections against the unauthorized use of AI-generated images, voices and likenesses. The sense of urgency over AI is being felt across the industry — from the guilds to the studios to the tech companies themselves — all of whom are actively lobbying the federal government to make their voices heard.