Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, learn, communicate, and create. It’s also changing pornography. Creating a convincing fake nude image of another person once required sophisticated software and technical expertise. Today, AI tools can generate or manipulate sexualized images in minutes, and the person depicted doesn’t need to participate, pose for an explicit photo, or even know the image exists.
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Earlier this summer, while reading Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream by historian Dixie Dillon Lane, I wrote the following note in the margins: “Will opposition to homeschooling become a luxury belief domiciled among elites?” At the time, the note was just a hasty thought scribbled down with no particular examples of elite opposition sticking out in my mind. Then, on July 14, I’ve Had It podcast hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan handed me such an example on a silver platter.
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For The Gottman Institute’s 30th anniversary, we’re exploring five relationship myths that just won’t quit, and what the research actually says. After 50 years of relationship research, we know more than ever about what makes love last. Yet some relationship myths refuse to disappear. You’ve probably heard a few of these myths before. Your parents might have shared them as advice, you may have encountered one during a well-meaning conversation with friends, and movies and media are notorious for perpetuating the most cliché relationship myths.
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Two 14-year-old girls in northern India have died following separate illegal abortions they were reportedly pressured or forced to undergo, with police now investigating family members, medical providers, and others involved. In the first case, a 14-year-old student in Kishtwar reportedly became pregnant after being repeatedly raped by her 42-year-old school headmaster. Authorities allege the headmaster attempted to conceal the abuse by offering money to the girl’s family.
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The legalization of assisted suicide/euthanasia corrupts medical ethics and not just because...
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