Voice actors and motion capture performers to strike over AI protections after nearly two years of negotiations

From death tolls to destroyed buildings and lost hospital beds, these are the figures that cut through the fog of warThis article is extracted from our First Edition newsletter. Sign up hereThe situation in Gaza over the last three months has been so chaotic that much of the data available comes with some sort of asterisk: it might be incomplete, or out of date, or drawn from a source that is claimed to be unreliable.But on even the most frequently disputed point – casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run ministry of health – there are few plausible critiques of the broad scale of what is being shown. And in many cases, the numbers published by the UN, independent aid agencies and others are likely to be at the low end of the possible range. So it is reasonable to view the picture presented by these sources as a conservative account of the situation, rather than conclude that the reality is hopelessly occluded by the fog of war. Continue reading...

Kenya Airways, Africa's largest and second most efficient airline, has suffered a ransomware attack by Ransomexx, leading to the leakage of sensitive data including passenger and staff details, internal documents, and strategic plans, with some of this information appearing on the Dark Web. The airline has not officially responded to the incident.

NIST raises an alarm on AI's privacy & security risks. Discover how AI systems like ChatGPT face new threats.

The ACLU of Louisiana has made regular visits to detention centers for the past two years. Here’s what we’re learning.

The new president’s rightwing supporters are targeting journalists and women’s rights activists – but the fight goes onFemale journalists who write about gender issues say they are having to deal with a toxic wave of threats against them in Argentina. Some are fighting back, others are lying low and one has gone into self-imposed exile for her safety.“We are facing a witch-hunt from the ultra-right,” said the author, journalist and activist Luciana Peker, who recently left Argentina for an undisclosed location due to the weight of threats against her. Continue reading...

Families must forgo fruit and milk as fewer stores participate in a government program known as WIC that gives food to women and children.

Trump and his advisors have developed dubious legal theories for how they can justify a crackdown on the undocumented.

Alongside his parents, A.C., a boy who was barred from using the boys’ restroom with the other boys because he is transgender, has sued his Indiana school district for violating his right under fede...

It's not an accident that Republicans have such a hard time denouncing slavery.

Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products