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A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That’s Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale

A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That’s Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech On Tuesday evening, we published an original interview with a researcher who had recently coauthored an intriguing study about the effects of AI on users’ cognition. A news site called National Today quickly sprang into action: by ten o’clock that night, it had published a piece that was obviously a reworded version of our story, including a direct quote from the interview we’d conducted. But instead of crediting us as the source of the information, as would be conventional, National Today made no mention of Futurism, and didn’t even link to our article. Instead, it presented the reporting as if it were the original source. In other words, the National Today piece — which bears no byline — is blatant plagiarism. And this isn’t the first time this has happened. Last week, for example, National Today ran a story about a controversial GLP-1 marketer called Medvi. It was obvious that National Today ripped us off, because it’d again …

Prominent Israeli Artist Doron Langberg Addresses ‘Atrocities’ in Gaza

Prominent Israeli Artist Doron Langberg Addresses ‘Atrocities’ in Gaza

Published by Jenni Sidey

On Friday, Doron Langberg, one of the most successful and well-known Israeli artists working today, will open his first New York exhibition in seven years at Jeffrey Deitch’s Tribeca gallery. For the occasion, Langberg has so far opted to give a single interview—to the New York Times—and to publish an accompanying 750-word text on Deitch’s website addressing how his new body of work reflects the Israel-Palestine conflict. Langberg has not spoken extensively about the issue in the past. The body of work for which he is best known consists of portraits and domestic scenes that explore queer life, gender, and sexuality. He has cited David Hockney, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Mickalene Thomas as influences; in a 2019 Jewish Currents feature, Langberg and several other LGBTQIA+ painters, including Louis Fratino and Salman Toor, were described as part of a movement dubbed “New Queer Intimism.” Related Articles A graduate of Yale University’s prestigious art school, Langberg has been featured in exhibitions at the Leslie Lohman Museum in New York and the Schwules Museum in Berlin, had a piece …

Yen Tumbles After Takaichi Nominates Two Prominent Doves To The BOJ

Yen Tumbles After Takaichi Nominates Two Prominent Doves To The BOJ

Published by Jenni Sidey

It’s not just Trump who is stacking his central bank with uberdoves. After plunging yesterday following a Mainichi report that Japanese Prime Minister expressed concerns at more BOJ rate hikes, the yen has tumbled more, sending the USDJPY as high as 156.80 this morning, the highest since Feb 9, after the Takaichi administration announced two nominees to succeed the outgoing BoJ Policy Board members later this year, both of whom have a history of dovish commentary. Toichiro Asada was presented as a successor to Asahi Noguchi (whose term ends on March 31st), and Ayano Sato has been presented as a successor Junko Nakagawa (whose terms ends on June 29th). In both cases, the nominees’ comments over recent years had leaned towards a pro-reflation and pro-accommodative-policy stance, though neither has directly opined on the current stance of BoJ policy as of yet, according to Goldman’s Stuart Jenkins.  The outgoing Board members Noguchi and Nakagawa are both generally seen as being on the dovish end of the committee though, arguing for a more limited compositional shift in …

Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, prominent Byzantist and first female rector of the Sorbonne, dies at 99

Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, prominent Byzantist and first female rector of the Sorbonne, dies at 99

Published by Sam Flores

Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, in front of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, February 15, 1989. – / AFP Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, a prominent Greek historian of the Byzantine Empire who became the first woman rector of Paris’s Sorbonne University, died on Monday, February 16, aged 99, the Athens News Agency reported. Greek President Constantinos Tassoulas paid homage to her by saying she “illuminated through her work the timeless dimension of the Greek identity and contributed in a decisive way to international recognition of Byzantium as a fundamental pillar of European civilization.” Born in Athens in 1926 to a family of refugees from what was then Constantinople – now Istanbul – she developed an early passion for history. As a young woman, she moved to Paris to continue her studies, earning two doctorates there and meeting her husband, navy officer Jacques Ahrweiler, who died in 2010. After rising quickly through France’s CNRS research body, Glykatzi-Ahrweiler moved to the Sorbonne to become a top professor of Byzantine studies, and in 1976 became the first woman rector of the famed Paris university …

Scientists Intrigued as Prominent Star Suddenly Winks Out of Existence

Scientists Intrigued as Prominent Star Suddenly Winks Out of Existence

Published by José Betancourt

Keith Miller/Caltech/IPAC – SELab The end of a star’s life can be an extremely violent event. Once it runs out of fuel, its core collapses, and if its original mass is large enough, it can erupt in a supernova, a runaway nuclear fusion event that can release as much energy as the Sun will produce over its entire lifespan of roughly ten billion years. The remains are either a neutron star, an immensely dense lump of matter, or a black hole. Now, scientists believe they may have observed a star dying in real time. They watched as the star, once one of the brightest in the Andromeda galaxy, quietly winked out of existence. Columbia University astronomer Kishalay De and his colleagues analyzed 15 years’ worth of data collected by NASA’s NEOWISE spacecraft as part of an effort to measure changes in the amount of infrared radiation millions of stars emit over the years. One star, dubbed M31-2014-DS1, stood out like a sore thumb — brightening in 2015, fading roughly a year later, and eventually disappearing …

Prominent Hollywood writer says ‘it’s likely over for us’ after viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt

Prominent Hollywood writer says ‘it’s likely over for us’ after viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A prominent Hollywood screenwriter admitted “it’s likely over for us” as they gave their damning reaction to a viral AI-generated video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. The 15-second clip appears to show the pair battling it out in a high-stakes fight scene – but the clip isn’t from a film starring the two A-listers. It was, according to its creator, made “simply by entering a two-line prompt” into an artificial intelligence tool owned by TikTok’s Chinese parent company. The video, posted by Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson, has been viewed on X more than 1.5 million times and has sparked an outpouring of responses from industry figures and film fans alike. Deadpool & Wolverine screenwriter Rhett Reese is among those who have shared their thoughts, and kicked things off by simply stating: “I hate to say it. It’s likely over for …

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appeared on Epstein files ‘prominent names’ list

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appeared on Epstein files ‘prominent names’ list

Published by Sam Flores

A source with knowledge of the investigation told the Mirror: “The inclusion of Andrew’s name in the FBI material will inevitably raise questions, but it is being treated with caution. The document does not reach conclusions or establish guilt, and there is a clear understanding that allegations alone are not findings. Nonetheless, the renewed scrutiny is difficult and adds to the wider sensitivity around the issue.” Source link

Venezuela frees prominent human rights activist Javier Tarazona

Venezuela frees prominent human rights activist Javier Tarazona

Published by Sam Flores

Venezuelan ‍rights activist ​Javier Tarazona has been freed ⁠in a prisoner release, legal rights group Foro Penal said on ​Sunday, the latest ‍high profile liberation in a process ​families of the detained say ​has moved too slowly. Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Friday announced a proposed “amnesty law” for hundreds of prisoners in the country, and said ‍the infamous Helicoide detention center ​in the capital Caracas, which rights groups have long denounced as the ‌site of prisoner abuse, will be converted ‍into a center for sport and social services. Read moreVenezuela announces amnesty push for mass release of political prisoners Foro Penal says it has verified more than 300 liberations of political prisoners since the government announced the new series of releases on January 8. It added on X ​on Sunday that several others had been released alongside Tarazona from the Helicoide prison. Tarazona is the director of FundaRedes, which tracks ​alleged abuses by Colombian armed groups and the Venezuelan military along the countries’ border. He was arrested in July 2021, accused of terrorism …

Tunisia Sentences Two Prominent Journalists to 3-1/2 Years in Prison

Tunisia Sentences Two Prominent Journalists to 3-1/2 Years in Prison

Published by Sam Flores

TUNIS, Jan ‌22 (Reuters) – ​A Tunisian court ‌on Thursday convicted and sentenced two ​prominent journalists to 3-1/2 years in prison on ‍tax evasion charges, ​which a family member said was ​retaliation ⁠for their reporting. The two journalists, Bohran Bssaies and Mourad Zghidi, worked for local radio IFM and have been imprisoned since 2024, first under ‌an eight-month sentence after being convicted of ​spreading false ‌news and insulting ‍the ⁠president then under pre-trial detention for the tax case. President Kais Saied has rejected accusations that he is restricting press freedom. Maryem Zghidi, Zghidi’s sister, said the family was “shocked” by Thursday’s sentence, describing ​the charges as baseless and retaliatory for his independent journalism. “The ruling is an attack on the press and freedom of expression”, she told Reuters. “They want to silence Mourad’s voice, but we will not remain quiet.” The families of the journalists are expected to appeal. Critics say the government has ​cracked down on dissent including opposition leaders, journalists, and civil society activists since Saied began ruling by decree in 2021. (Reporting …

‘Prominent’ Chinese super-embassy sends ‘certain message’, US Speaker Mike Johnson says | US News

‘Prominent’ Chinese super-embassy sends ‘certain message’, US Speaker Mike Johnson says | US News

Published by Sam Flores

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives has said he wished America had been able to acquire the London site slated for a controversial Chinese “super embassy”. Mike Johnson, of the Republican Party, said there was “some symbolism” behind the fact China had been able to acquire the site at the Royal Mint Court over the US. However, speaking to Sky News’ Mornings with Ridge and Frost ahead of his address to the UK parliament on Tuesday, Mr Johnson said the plan for a large Chinese embassy close to sensitive communication cables did not mark a “great development from our perspective”. “That’s a great location for an embassy,” he told presenter Wilfred Frost. “I wish the US had taken that spot instead of China… there is some symbolism to that. “I think that’s part of the concern, just from friends who – and I say this as constructive criticism to our friends here – but it does send a certain message, it seems, that China would have such a prominent place and have such, …