No Caste, Religion, Language Bigger Than Country, Says CM Yogi Adityanath | Republic World
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No Caste, Religion, Language Bigger Than Country, Says CM Yogi Adityanath | Republic World

Politics tamfitronics Published 18:15 IST, September 1st 2024 No Caste, Religion, Language Bigger Than Country, Says CM Yogi Adityanath Politics tamfitronics Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has slammed the Congress and SP saying they indulge in politics at the cost of the country. India News 2 min read Reported by: Digital Desk Follow: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath | Image: Facebook/File Listen to this article 2 min read Advertisement 18:13 IST, September 1st 2024
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AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South
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AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South

Politics tamfitronics Recently, former president and convicted felon Donald Trump posted a series of photos that appeared to show fans of pop star Taylor Swift supporting his bid for the US presidency. The pictures looked AI-generated, and WIRED was able to confirm they probably were by running them through the nonprofit True Media’s detection tool to confirm that they showed “substantial evidence of manipulation.”Things aren’t always that easy. The use of generative AI, including for political purposes, has become increasingly common, and WIRED has been tracking its use in elections around the world. But in much of the world outside the US and parts of Europe, detecting AI-generated content is difficult because of biases in the training of systems, leaving journalists and researchers with few resources to address the deluge of disinformation headed their way.Detecting...
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Falana seeks investigation of petrol importation scam
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Falana seeks investigation of petrol importation scam

Politics tamfitronics Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called for the swift investigationof the Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) scam.Falana made this call during Channels Television’s SundayPolitics programme, saying there is no better time to probe petrol scam thannow.“It is high time the importation scam was investigated. I amnot talking of the joke that is going on in the National Assembly. The mediamust help civil society organisations to expose the fraud,” he said.There have been reports that a $6 billion debt the NigerianNational Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) owes petrol suppliers has worsenedpetrol scarcity in Nigeria.Recall that the NNPCL on Sunday finally admittedthe company’s significant debt to petrol suppliers, saying it posed a threat tothe sustainability of fuel supply.“Once the government begins to speak about affordability andsustainability in response to growing queues at filling stations, there areproblems,”...
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Atiku’s Camp Reacts as Defence Minister Calls Tinubu ‘Daddy’ in China
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Atiku’s Camp Reacts as Defence Minister Calls Tinubu ‘Daddy’ in China

Politics tamfitronics The camp of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP has slammed Defence Minister Mohammed Abubakar Badaru over a comment made during President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to China.In a video shared by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Badaru was seen shaking hands with Tinubu and greeting him with the words “Welcome, Daddy”. In reaction, Atiku’s special assistant on broadcast media, AbdulRasheed Shehu, accused Badaru of “sycophancy”.Shehu took to social media to mock the minister, saying: “Badaru greeted BAT by saying, ‘Welcome, Daddy,’ in a display of sycophancy.”Badaru, a key ally of Tinubu, was among the Nigerian public officials who accompanied the president on his trip to China.
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