AI

With AI tools more readily available than ever before, the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office has been working to head off election disinformation that may be hard to spot. It hasn't seen any so far this season.

On Monday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich met with a group of small-business owners who were learning how to use artificial intelligence to discuss the promises and pitfalls of AI.

The 2024 election comes as Artificial Intelligence has not only gotten better, but much more accessible. A bill moving forward in the New Mexico House tries to catch election policy up with the fast-moving technology that can create hard-to-spot fakes. The bill would help ensure voters know what they’re looking at when AI is used to create disinformation.

After 118 days, the longest actor strike in Hollywood history has come to an end. What does this mean for New Mexico?

This summer, during his internship with the Department of Homeland Security, a University of New Mexico student created a tool that could predict where future crimes may occur. But could this software have biases of its own?

More than 300 people turned out for a protest Wednesday in Albuquerque organized by the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA. They included members of other unions who are not on strike but are supporting their colleagues who are. The action took place in front of Netflix North America’s studios.

In the ongoing strikes by actors and writers in film and television, artificial intelligence is one of the most contentious issues. New Mexico’s robust production industry is feeling the strikes’ effects and on Monday a legislative committee heard dire warnings of the threat posed by AI.

On this episode two professors in law and political science discuss a multi-disciplinary course they're creating with other scholars to tackle bias in algorithms.

In episode 75, we're talking data privacy, surveillance, sophisticated bots, racially biased tech and misinformation on social media in the time of COVID,…