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Aerospace engineer Emily Calandrelli on the mysteries of flight, upcoming space trip – CBS News Watch CBS News Aerospace engineer Emily Calandrelli joins “CBS Mornings Plus” to discuss how planes remain in the air, despite some scientific uncertainty. She also reveals details about her space-bound adventure and her “Stay Curious” book series. View CBS News
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What to know about the rise of AI deepfakes – CBS News Watch CBS News With the rapid spread of AI-generated deepfakes, experts are sounding the alarm about their influence on society and elections. Laurie Segall, founder of Mostly Human Media, shares tips on how to spot what’s real and what’s not. View CBS News
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In Finland, classes in recognizing fake news, disinformation – CBS News Watch CBS News Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams, and debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today’s information society. That’s why the curriculum of students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth. Correspondent Chris
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SpaceX launches capsule that will give Starliner crew a ride home – CBS News Watch CBS News A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday with a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a Crew Dragon capsule that normally carries four. That is because the Crew Dragon’s two empty
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Super Micro Computer’s stock price fell sharply on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Justice is investigating the server maker. Shares of the company, which sports a market capitalization of nearly $24 billion and which has been boosted by investor interest in artificial intelligence, sank $54, or roughly 12%, in
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Meta’s artificial intelligence-powered chatbot spoke to CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a voice familiar to fans of American actress, comedian and rapper Awkwafina in a demo of the enhanced AI tool on Wednesday. That’s because Meta AI, the company’s virtual assistant, now reads aloud its responses to user queries, and can do so in the voice
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A song that sounds like it was released by Justin Bieber, with lyrics saying the singer “lost myself at a ‘Diddy’ party,” has racked up millions of views across social platforms including TikTok, X and YouTube. Researchers tell CBS News the song was likely created using artificial intelligence. The song first surfaced across platforms in
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Microsoft holding cybersecurity summit Microsoft holding cybersecurity summit in wake of CrowdStrike outage 02:49 More than two months after a flawed update from CrowdStrike Holdings set off a IT outage — crashing millions of Windows computers, grounding planes and halting bank and other business operations around the globe — a high-level executive from the company
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Illustrating the power of emoji Illustrating the power of emoji 06:14 An emoji that speaks for the tired masses is coming to little screens soon. One of eight new emoji set to debut late this year and into the next, an exhausted face with bags beneath its eyes is among the new releases recently approved
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The Biden administration is proposing a ban on Chinese- and Russian-made hardware and software in internet-connected vehicles in the United States, citing national security concerns. The proposed ban announced by the White House on Monday is intended to safeguard cars that can communicate externally, providing a route for U.S. adversaries to access and collect date
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