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2 weeks ago | 
watchingamerica.com | Laurence Bouvard
Europe needs to avoid a protectionist response, as this will only exacerbate tensions rather than ease them. Above all, it is fundamental to maintain an open, rules-based market system to sustain growth in the long term. The amount of European exports to the United States, which seems to be one of Donald Trump’s obsessions, could be reduced in various ways.
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2 months ago | 
watchingamerica.com | Laurence Bouvard
The war in Ukraine and economic reform are two sides of the same coin — and the U.S. needs to be dealt with. There is opportunity in every crisis, whether it involves war or tariffs. However, major policy choices are needed at major historical turning points. Donald Trump has subjected Europe to an “electroshock,” as Emmanuel Macron called it, over Ukraine and trade barriers and has put Europe on the defensive. However, it does not necessarily have to be that way.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
watchingamerica.com | Laurence Bouvard
Andrew Cuomo, a powerful, capable, and ruthless politician, was forced to step down as governor of New York three years ago due to a number of sexual harassment allegations (which he has always denied and for which he was never indicted or convicted). Never able to accept the end of his career, Cuomo is now contemplating a sensational comeback: He wants to be mayor of New York.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Marina Hyde |Kate Lloyd |Nosheen Iqbal |Serena Manteghi |Laurence Bouvard
Marina Hyde laments the sexist gossip surrounding Charlotte Owen and her relationship to Boris Johnson; Friends writers and producers on the inside story of the iconic TV show; and Janet Jackson talks to Nosheen Iqbal about taking back control How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
watchingamerica.com | Laurence Bouvard
While the U.S. has already begun to vote — the mail-in ballot has begun in Alabama, while North Carolina recalled the first ballots after a court ordered the state to reprint them without Robert Kennedy Jr.’s name after he withdrew from the race — Kamala Harris’ path to the White House remains uphill. However, her clear victory in the debate with her Republican opponent, something that enhances the chance she will push through to victory on Nov.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
watchingamerica.com | Laurence Bouvard
Donald Trump goes to Atlanta to convene an even bigger crowd than the one that just packed the university arena to hear Kamala Harris. And he mutters that “crazy” Kamala only fills stadiums thanks to the rappers who sing at her rallies. Then he sees some empty seats in the audience and blames the university, saying that his fans were stopped outside, supposedly for security reasons, but clearly it’s a conspiracy against him.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
watchingamerica.com | Laurence Bouvard
Joe Biden has struck out on his own with two executive orders from the White House. With the first, he imposed a virtual ban on requests for asylum; none will be granted if arrivals in the U.S. exceed 1,500 a day. With the second, he opened a path to citizenship for immigrants without documentation who have been living in the U.S. for at least 10 years and are married to an American citizen.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
watchingamerica.com | Laurence Bouvard
The use of Scarlett Johansson’s voice without her consent is just the latest example, but there are too many “gray areas.”Sam Altman confirmed OpenAI’s dominance by presenting its new “multimodal” artificial intelligence model 24 hours before Google launched its new model, once again relegating Google to runner-up. Just a few hours later, Altman was reduced to correcting, clarifying and apologizing to Scarlett Johansson for making his digital assistant speak with a voice identical to hers.
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May 18, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Marina Hyde |Jenny Kleeman |Briony Rawle |Laurence Bouvard
Marina Hyde: ‘So Russell Brand was baptised in the Thames, and all his sins were washed away. Cheaper than a lawyer, I suppose’; plus Jenny Kleeman meets Raffaella Spone, the woman accused of creating and circulating a damaging ‘deepfake’ video of teenage cheerleaders. The problem? Nothing was fake after all.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
watchingamerica.com | Laurence Bouvard
After its hunger for energy, artificial intelligence’s thirst for water has exploded, resulting in a lawsuit in Des Moines, Iowa. The address near the small town on Interstate 35 is not just another address; this is where ChatGPT-4 was literally “born”: The most advanced version emerging from OpenAI’s generative algorithm was trained right here, where Microsoft has amassed several of its data centers to take advantage of water from the Raccoon River.
