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Elina Halonen
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Behavioural Strategist
Less than a week ago I wrote about the new US gov meddling in scientific research - I imagine many ppl thought "Unfortunate, but at least we're safe here in Europe"...
February 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽, 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺. Instead, it refers to him as a “prominent and powerful man who is never explicitly named,” softening the context and giving a far more favourable description of what is, in reality, a scandalous episode.
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗩 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀.
I also used another proxy to test Gemini: one of the major storylines in the TV series The Good Fight is linked to Trump because it’s based in the era of his first presidency.
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗲.
Deep Research provided a report on the filmography of the actor who played Trump in The Apprentice that completely omitted the film - when I pointed out the discrepancy, it subtly suggested 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥.
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽
It won’t discuss other political figures either, but with Trump it goes further: it also refuses to talk about the BAFTA-nominee actor playing him in films, vaguely referring to the character as “a younger version of a well-known businessman.”
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗟𝗠 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲?
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM