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How AI-generated misinformation threatens election integrity
S2024 E45 - 6m 45s
From robocalls to deep fakes, artificial intelligence is already playing a role in the 2024 election. Last week the Federal Communications Commission made AI-generated voice calls illegal. Laura Barrón-López has been covering AI’s impact on the upcoming election and discussed the latest with Amna Nawaz.
FDA warns 'gas station heroin' widely available in U.S.
S2024 E45 - 7m 21s
The Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings about a potentially addictive dietary supplement that’s widely available in the U.S. "Neptune’s Fix" is often sold as a supplement and features an ingredient called tianeptine, popularly known as "gas-station heroin." Ali Rogin reports.
Innocent people jailed in El Salvador's gang crackdown
S2024 E45 - 9m 36s
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele was re-elected for a second term in a landslide win. Bukele has overseen a vast and brutal crackdown on gangs, transforming the nation from one of the deadliest to one of the safest in Latin America. But that peace has come at a cost with thousands of innocent people jailed. Amna Nawaz and producer Teresa Cebrian Aranda visited the country for this report.
'Momfluencers' urged to stop showing kids on social media
S2024 E45 - 10m 6s
On social media platforms, so-called "momfluencers" share parenting tips, tribulations and candid moments raising their children. Given its focus on kids, it raises questions about privacy, consent and who benefits financially. Some states are responding with new laws. Stephanie Sy discussed the trend with Fortesa Latifi of Teen Vogue.
Jeffrey Wright on his performance in 'American Fiction'
S2024 E45 - 8m
Jeffrey Wright has had one of the most varied and distinguished acting careers of any American actor in recent decades. While best known in supporting roles, he’s now received his first Oscar nomination as the lead in “American Fiction.” The film explores, and sends up, cliches of Black life in popular culture. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Wright for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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