'Mixing new technology and new laws is always a fraught business'
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'AI Fraud Act could outlaw parodies, political cartoons, and more '
Elizabeth Nolan Brown at Reason
Lawmakers are going overboard trying to prevent artificial intelligence "fakes and forgeries," says Elizabeth Nolan Brown at Reason. The No AI FRAUD Act is supposed to prevent unauthorized use of someone's "likeness and voice," but its broad restrictions could "ensnare parody videos," political cartoons — even "SNL" skits lampooning Trump or Biden. AI opens new doors of deception. "But we shouldn't let lawmakers use these hiccups to justify a broad new incursion on free speech rights."
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'What the media gets wrong about the so-called border crisis'
James North in The New Republic
News outlets are committing "media malpractice" by "twisting" the truth about what's happening at the U.S.-Mexico border, writes James North in The New Republic. The media's "inaccurate" suggestion that the migrants are part of "some global tidal wave" reinforces "Donald Trump's dangerous demagoguery." The truth is that most of the migrants are "from the usual sources" — Mexico and Central America — and others are seeking asylum due to "disastrous U.S. policies" in places like Venezuela and Haiti.
'Mr. Smith's lousy tax deal'
The Wall Street Journal editorial board
Republicans handed "Democrats a huge policy victory in order to please big business," says The Wall Street Journal editorial board. Jason Smith, the House's Republican Ways and Means chair, agreed to "expand and further entrench the $2,000 per child tax credit" to revive breaks "coveted by corporations," including a domestic research and development deduction. These costly policies "ought to stand or fall on their merits, not on a political trade that will do more harm than good."
'Why are voters so upset? Consider the Snickers bar'
Paul Donovan in The New York Times
Inflation collapsed from 9.1% in June 2022 to 3.4% last month, says Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management, in The New York Times. But voters aren't recognizing the improvement. To understand why, "look at a Snickers bar." Prices on big purchases like TVs are falling, dragging down inflation. But consumers focus on things they buy frequently, like Snickers bars. With food prices still rising, shoppers "perceive inflation as higher than it actually is."
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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.
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