State of the World from NPR - A Power Shift In Poland; French Singer Edith Piaf and AI

A vote in the Polish parliament ended the rule of a right-wing political party— an historic power shift in the country, which is a key US ally and NATO member.

A movie studio plans to use artificial intelligence to recreate the voice and image of iconic late French cabaret singer Edith Piaf. Super-fans in her neighborhood aren't so sure machines are up to the task.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - GEN C: Unpacking the Role of Digital Art in Art History With Sotheby’s Michael Bouhanna

Michael Bouhanna joins us to discuss the art world’s embrace of NFTs and the intersection between digital art and traditional auction houses.

Today's episode is sponsored by Chainalysis.

In this episode of "Gen C," we sit down with Michael Bouhanna, vice president, contemporary art specialista and head of digital art and NFTs at renowned auction house Sotheby’s. Michael takes us through the evolution of digital art as a movement and collectors’ growing embrace of crypto art. We discuss sales like Sotheby’s record-breaking $6 million sale of the Goose, as well as predictions for digital art's presence during Miami Art Week and beyond.

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The Daily Signal - Higher Ed in Hot Water, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Lashes Out at Biden Administration Over UN’s Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Resolution | Dec. 11

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • University presidents continue to face blowback over antisemitism testimony.
  • Harvard President Claudine Gay is in hot water with plagiarism allegations. 
  • The Biden administration slaps a fine on a Christian college.
  • AOC is angry at the Biden administration over a UN resolution. 
  • Instructors and parents fight back against men entering female dance competitions. 


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Consider This from NPR - Social Media Affects Opinions, But Not the Way You Might Think

Anyone who spends time on social media has seen it — the post from someone about a current event, or issue that's dividing people — abortions, mask wearing, the election. But do those posts change minds?

Researchers have been gathering data on this question for years. They've found that social media affects opinions on these issues, but probably not the way you think.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with researchers, who've studied the relationship between social media posts and opinions, and outlines their findings.

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Consider This from NPR - Social Media Affects Opinions, But Not the Way You Might Think

Anyone who spends time on social media has seen it — the post from someone about a current event, or issue that's dividing people — abortions, mask wearing, the election. But do those posts change minds?

Researchers have been gathering data on this question for years. They've found that social media affects opinions on these issues, but probably not the way you think.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with researchers, who've studied the relationship between social media posts and opinions, and outlines their findings.

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Consider This from NPR - Social Media Affects Opinions, But Not the Way You Might Think

Anyone who spends time on social media has seen it — the post from someone about a current event, or issue that's dividing people — abortions, mask wearing, the election. But do those posts change minds?

Researchers have been gathering data on this question for years. They've found that social media affects opinions on these issues, but probably not the way you think.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with researchers, who've studied the relationship between social media posts and opinions, and outlines their findings.

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Motley Fool Money - Would A Macy’s Buyout Be A Miracle On 34th Street?

Should investors be excited about a big department store potentially going private?


(00:21) Jason Moser and Deidre Woollard discuss:

- The potential for Macy’s going private.

- If department stores are going the way of the dodo.

- What could change the regulatory climate for big deals.


(17:06) Ricky Mulvey and Matt Frankel dive into Boston Omaha, a company that could be poised to be the next great conglomerate.


Companies discussed: BOC, M, WMT, AMZN


Host: Deidre Woollard

Guests: Jason Moser, Ricky Mulvey, Matt Frankel

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineers: Dan Boyd, Annie Pope

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Learning A Language For The First Time At Six Years Old

Mahbuba, a refugee from Afghanistan, didn’t have a way to communicate for the first six years of her life. Expressing herself as a deaf child was difficult. With no access to education in rural Afghanistan as a deaf girl, she didn’t experience language education until coming to Chicago. Reset talks with author and freelance journalist Elly Fishman who covered Mahbuba’s story. If you want to hear more stories like this, check out our full catalog of interviews at wbez.org/reset.

This Machine Kills - *Unlocked* – 303. Israel’s AI-Powered “Mass Assassination Factory”

We dive into a new report that details Israel’s military strategy of wiping out “power targets” and “family homes,” which is bolstered and justified by an artificial intelligence system (Habsora, or “the Gospel”) that one Israeli intelligence officer called a “mass assassination factory.” The reporting is so shocking and unreal — and the critical silence about the system, by many people whose whole beat is “AI ethics,” is noticeable. This is what the lethal risk of AI looks like in its real material actuality, not as some imaginary potential possibility. ••• ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/ ••• Obama's secret kill list – the disposition matrix https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/14/obama-secret-kill-list-disposition-matrix ••• On the Moral Collapse of AI Ethics https://upfromthecracks.medium.com/on-the-moral-collapse-of-ai-ethics-791cbc7df872 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)