Meta to adjust AI policies on content after board said they were “incoherent”

Meta will adjust its policies on manipulated and A.I.-generated content to begin to label ahead of the fall elections, after an independent body overseeing the company’s content moderation found that previous policies were “incoherent and confusing,” and said they should be “reconsidered.” The changes stem from the Meta Oversight Board’s recomendations earlier this year issued

Democrats pitch renaming prison after Trump in response to GOP airport bill

Republican effort to rename airport for Trump Some House Republicans trying to rename D.C. airport after Trump 00:28 Washington — After a group of House Republicans proposed renaming Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after former President Donald Trump, a few of their Democratic colleagues responded by introducing their own bill that would bestow his

Israel, U.S. believe Iran to retaliate for Israeli bombing of Syria consulate

Israel and the U.S. are convinced Iran is preparing to retaliate for the Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria, U.S. officials say.  Israel on Monday struck an Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, and killed a “handful” of leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the Pentagon. The Iranians are now planning

Congress faces lengthy to-do list when lawmakers return next week

Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, laid out a long list of priorities ahead of lawmakers’ return to Washington next week, ranging from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment trial to Ukraine aid and funding for the reconstruction of Baltimore’s Key Bridge.  In a letter to senators on Friday, Schumer

More than 500 New Yorkers set to be considered as jurors for Trump trial

Several hundred Manhattan residents were recently sent notices to appear at the borough’s criminal court on April 15. Whether they know it or not, they’re under consideration to be jurors in perhaps the most high-profile criminal trial in U.S. history. Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and Manhattan prosecutors are poised to scrutinize more than