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Human-like AI raises deception risks for users

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INT

The perception of AI sentience as real by an individual such as Lemoine -- with full awareness of the synthetic nature of LaMDA and technical knowledge of its workings -…

More US adults are experiencing loneliness

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UNITED STATES

Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under the Obama and Trump administrations, has described loneliness as an epidemic and a public health crisis. Isolation increased during the…

Climate change could intensify Sahel conflicts

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SAHEL

It will increase rainfall variability and extreme events such as droughts and floods, as well as raising temperatures. These effects may trigger cascading risks to economic…

Fake news may survive Facebook changes

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INTERNATIONAL

Implications of Facebook's changes.

Cyber proxies will become part of global politics

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INTERNATIONAL

The role of proxy actors on the internet.

Refugee crisis could hit Myanmar economy soon

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MYANMAR

However, the Council's caution that “additional measures” could be taken if Myanmar's government is deemed not to be tackling the crisis sufficiently was taken by local media to…

Focus on internet risks missing radicalisation keys

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INTERNATIONAL

The nature and spread of radical content online -- whether jihadist or right-wing supremicist -- and its link to terror attacks is a source of public and governmental concern…

Online activism will cross Maghreb national divides

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NORTH AFRICA

For a quarter of a century, tensions between national governments in North Africa (notably between Morocco and Algeria, over the Western Sahara conflict) have obstructed regional…

Piketty's critics will shape global inequality debate

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INTERNATIONAL

Inequality debate and empirical findings.

Saudi Arabia will use social media to deter criticism

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SAUDI ARABIA

Since 2010, social media has played a major role in connecting Saudis and creating a space for debate in the absence of political participation. However, government monitoring of…