#political-bias

#political-bias

The head of the sports division of the Italian public broadcaster Rai has resigned after his gaffe-strewn commentary of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony provoked protests among its journalists. Paolo Petrecca, appointed director of Rai Sport last year, handed in his notice on Thursday after a board meeting, a source within Rai confirmed. The controversy has been seized upon by members of the Italian opposition, who called his appointment an example

For my money, judicial arrogance and an "overinflated view of their intelligence and their abilities" would look like basing a politically motivated, but legally dubious Second Amendment opinion around a bunch of cases that conclude the opposite way if the judge bothered to read them. Or maybe using their perceived clout to blackmail a law school for not disrespecting student speech enough.

Anthropic says it developed the tool as part of its effort to ensure its products treat opposing political viewpoints fairly and to neither favor nor disfavor, any particular ideology. "We want Claude to take an even-handed approach when it comes to politics," Anthropic said in its blog post. However, it also acknowledged that "there is no agreed-upon definition of political bias, and no consensus on how to measure it."

While Google didn't explicitly say why it pulled Gemma from AI Studio, the move came after a lawsuit from conservative social media personality Robby Starbuck, who accused Google AI systems of falsely calling him a child rapist and sex criminal. Starbuck's lawsuit focused on hallucinations (i.e., fabricated facts and information) from Bard - now known as Gemini - back in 2023, as well as Gemma, which the lawsuit claims happened in August.

Musk first announced the project in late September on his social media platform X, saying it would be "a massive improvement over Wikipedia," and "a necessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe." Musk said last week that he had delayed the launch of Grokipedia because his team needed "to do more work to purge out the propaganda."

The timing of OpenAI's paper may not be coincidental. In July, the Trump administration signed an executive order barring "woke" AI from federal contracts, demanding that government-procured AI systems demonstrate "ideological neutrality" and "truth seeking." With the federal government as tech's biggest buyer, AI companies now face pressure to prove their models are politically "neutral."

"My understanding from recent reporting is that Gmail's spam filters routinely block messages from reaching consumers when those messages come from Republican senders but fail to block similar messages sent by Democrats," Ferguson wrote. He warned Alphabet that if Gmail's filters "keep Americans from receiving speech they expect, or donating as they see fit, the filters may harm American consumers and may violate the FTC Act's prohibition of unfair or deceptive trade practices," adding this could lead to "an FTC investigation and potential enforcement action."

Rosie O'Donnell expressed fear that The View could be canceled for not aligning with President Trump's political views. She stated fears of censorship by reviewing the show's bias.

Firing a labor statistics chief after an underwhelming jobs report undermines confidence in the system, raising concerns about perceived political bias in the data.

The approval of the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, valued at $8 billion, raises questions about the potential psychic costs associated with corporate changes.

Trump's executive order requires any AI company hoping to contract with the federal government to prove their AI systems are 'truth-seeking' based on historical accuracy.

The plan and related executive orders are expected to include some familiar tech lobby pitches. That includes accelerating the sale of AI technology abroad and making it easier to construct the energy-hungry data center buildings that are needed to form and run AI products.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville stated, "90% of NPR content was left-leaning. There was very little right. Anything positive about the right was never on."

New Yorkers are under the false impression that the taxpayer-funded New York City Campaign Finance Board is leveling the playing field to make voting for Gotham's next mayor and other elected officials fair.

Over the weekend, X and xAI owner Elon Musk flagged a coming change to his Grok chatbot, in which the Grok development team will remove 'politically incorrect, but nonetheless factually true' info from its data banks.

This study highlights the critical issue of bias amplification in large language models (LLMs), demonstrating its impact predominantly through the lens of political bias in U.S. media.

Grok is left leaning and continues to spread fake news and propaganda. When people give up their own discernment, stop seeking the truth, and depend on AI to analyze information, they will be lost.