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Three of these images are fake. Can you spot the real image? Some images generated by artificial intelligence have become so convincingly real that there is no surefire way to spot the fakes. But experts say there are still things we can try to detect fakes. "Media literacy is super awesome," said Matt Groh, assistant professor at Northwestern University. "But it needs to extend to AI literacy. Like the classic kind of things that you want to teach in media literacy, we still need to teach those same things. We just need to add the AI portion to it now." RELATED STORY | Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries that enabled artificial intelligence Groh's team at Northwestern released a guide on how to spot AI generated images. The full preprint paper was released in June. "So what we've done is we've articulated 5 different categories of artifacts, implausibilities," Groh said. "Ways to tell AI-generated image apart from a real photograph." The academic preprint guide offers detailed tips, tricks and examples on spotting AI-generated images. It also teaches important questions to consider when consuming media. Anatomical implausibilities The first and easiest telltale signs: anatomical implausibilities. Ask yourself: Are the fingers, eyes, and bodies off? Are there extra limbs or do they bend strangely? Are there too many teeth? Stylistic implausibilities Ask yourself: Do images seem plastic, glossy, shiny or cartoonish? Are there overly dramatic or cinematic? Functional implausibilities Ask yourself: Is text garbled? Is clothing strange? Are objects not physically correct, like how this backpack strap merges into clothing? Violation of physics Ask yourself: Are light and shadows off? Are there impossible reflections? Sociocultural implausibilities Ask yourself: Are there images that are just too unbelievable or historically inaccurate? RELATED STORY | AI voice cloning: How programs are learning to pick up on pitch and tone "What we're trying to do is give you a snapshot of what it looks like in 2024 and how we can help people move their attention as effectively as possible," Groh said. "Education is really the biggest thing. There's education on the tools," said Cole Whitecotton, senior professional research associate at the National Center for Media Forensics. Whitecotton encourages the public to educate themselves and try AI tools to know their capabilities and limits. "I think everybody should go out and use it. And look at how these things do what they do and understand a bit of it," he said. "Everyone should interact with ChatGPT. In some way. Everyone should interact with Midjourney. And look at how these things do what they do and understand a bit of it." Whitecotton suggests being inquisitive and curious when scrolling through social media. "If you interacted with every piece of content in that way, then there you would be a lot less likely to be duped and to be sort of sucked into that sort of stuff, right?" he said. "How do you interact with Facebook and with Twitter and all these things? How do you consume the media?" Whitecotton added. RELATED STORY | Biden's AI advisor speaks on AI policy, deepfakes, and the use of AI in war While AI-generated images and videos continue to evolve, Groh and his team offer a realistic approach to a changing technological landscape where tips and tricks may become outdated quickly. "I think a real, good, useful thing is we build this. We update this every year. Okay, some of these things work. Some of these things don't. And I think once we have a base, we're able to update it," Groh said. "I think one of the problems is we didn't have a base. And so one of the things we're really excited about is even sharing our framework, because I think our framework is going to help people just navigate that conversation." So were you able to guess which image is real? If you guessed the image of the girl in the bottom left corner, you are correct! "It sucks that there's this misinformation in the world. But it's also possible to navigate this new problem," Groh said. If you want to test yourself even more, the Northwestern University research team has released this site that gives you a series of real and AI-generated images to differentiate.Thomas uses big drives and putts to hold lead in Bahamas
A Sault Ste. Marie man who was lobbying for December to be proclaimed Christian Heritage Month by city hall says he will continue his effort — while a spokesperson in the mayor's office says so no formal request has come across his desk. Arnold Heino was recently named the People's Party of Canada candidate for Sault Ste. Marie and is behind a local attempt to have Christian Heritage Month recognized. He first sent an email on the subject Nov. 29, hoping for the declaration to be part of one of the city council meetings scheduled for Dec. 2 and 9. "There's a number of communities across Canada that have recognized December as Christian Heritage Month," Heino said in an interview on Monday. "I think my biggest disappointment is that they haven't reached out to me yet." "One of the biggest reasons why I think it's important is because the very first sentence in our Charter of Rights is this is a country based on the supremacy of God. You can't hide that." A group called the Christian Music Festival, which is operated by Jay and Molly Banerjei, is supporting the effort to have December recognized across Canada as Christian Heritage Month. On its website, the group says more than 40 municipalities across Canada have made proclamations, including Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Sudbury and others. The proclamation was hotly debated in council chambers in Toronto last month , but was eventually passed by a vote of 11 to 4. Parkdale—High Park councillor Gord Perks led the opposition to the motion in Toronto. Perks said he was wary of the request, in part, because the motion lacked information on the Christian Heritage Festival organization. Christianity, Perks argued, is already so entrenched in Canadian society that a standalone month isn’t necessary. “Canada as an entity is soaked and steeped in the Christian church. They do not need separate recognition. When we do something like recognize some different group, that is an effort to rebalance,” he said. Perks also said the role Christianity played in colonization, while also serving as the backbone of the residential school system, is not something to celebrate. Scarbrough—Agincourt councillor Nick Mantas, who sponsored the Toronto motion, said there was “no political intention behind this motion” and argued history shouldn’t get in the way. “We all understand the history behind it, but it is time to move forward and to support the Christian faith, just like all the other faiths in Canada,” he said. Perks also took exception to the wording of the month’s name. He pointed to the Christian Heritage Party, a socially and fiscally conservative party founded in 1987. Perks said the party opposes abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, denies climate change and stokes hatred of Islam. “Language matters. The phrase ‘Christian heritage’ is not a neutral phrase,” Perks said. Heino said his request is also not political. "This isn't an idea that I want one religion against another religion, that's totally not the idea," he said. "It's just that Christianity should be recognized as much as every other religion." In the Sault, proclamation requests are considered by the mayor's office, said Jordan Allard, Shoemaker's policy and communications advisor. For many years, the mayor would make proclamations at the start of Sault Ste. Marie City Council meetings. Allard said the long-standing process was changed last year and all applications must go through the city's web page to set up for proclamations. Allard acknowledged that Heino's email was received, but said a formal application through the city's website never came through. "The procedural bylaw was amended in 2023 to move proclamations from council meetings to prerecorded videos that are shared on social media and broadcast by Rogers Media," said Allard in a series of emailed responses made earlier this month. "The requestor was directed to the proper process for proclamation." Heino said he has reached out to the Christian Heritage Month group for some guidance, but had already begun the process of applying for the declaration prior to becoming aware of them. Allard said so far this term, there has been no requests for proclamations denied by the mayor's office. "We ask the public to submit requests at least two weeks in advance to provide time for coordination [and] production of the videos," said Allard. Heino was a member of a group of protesters that stood at the steps of the Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre in September for a ' 1 Million March for Children' event , which at the time Shoemaker called "the actions of a fringe minority." In an email on Monday, Shoemaker said he does not consider the request for Christian Heritage Month to be declared in the Sault a fringe request. "Quite the opposite. However, I have not seen a request come through the proclamations process as he was directed to do," said Shoemaker. — with files from TorontoToday
The British Army soldier Jagjeet Singh, who was allegedly the mastermind behind the two grenade attacks on police installations in Punjab, was declared a proclaimed offender (PO) in a 2011 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case registered at police station Maqsudan in Jalandhar, police officials said. As per the police dossier, accessed by HT, Jagjeet Singh and his associates were planning to target heads of religious sects to vitiate communal harmony in the state by recruiting youth from Punjab in lieu of money and migration abroad. A case under UAPA was lodged, and Jagjeet was declared PO in the case. His name again cropped up in November 2021 when two hand grenades and two pistols were recovered from an accused, namely Ranjit Singh of Sohal village in Tarn Taran. In this regard, a case under the Arms Act, Explosive Substances (Amendment) Act 2001 was registered at PS SSOC, Amritsar. As per the dossier, Jagjeet moved to Britain in 2010 on a student visa and has been involved in efforts to revive militancy in Punjab ever since he landed abroad. A native of Mianpur in Tarn Taran, the 37-year-old was using the pseudonym ‘Fateh Singh Baaghi’ to conceal his real identity, using which he took responsibility for the two grenade attacks on police stations on December 18 this year. “He (Jagjeet) is an associate of Pakistan-based Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) head Ranjeet Singh Neeta and is a self-proclaimed head of ‘surveillance and reconnaissance unit’ under KZF,” police dossier further revealed. Police said the accused planned a series of attacks on police establishments using hand grenades and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in October and November. Besides this, his aides carried out two attacks at the houses of leaders of Hindu groups in Ludhiana using petrol bombs. Thereafter in December 2024, a grenade was lobbed at the Asron police post under Police Station Kathgarh in Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar. “After the attacks, Neeta and ‘Fateh Singh Baaghi’ claimed responsibility in the social media posts,” said a police official, privy to the probe, pleading anonymity. The dossier further reveals that Jagjeet moved to the UK in 2010 on a student visa, and after completing his studies, he reportedly joined the British Army as a soldier in 2013. Police, however, said it’s yet to be ascertained if Jagjeet is still serving in the British army or not. Several of Jagjeet’s relatives, including his grandfather, father and brother, have served in the Indian Army. “After moving to the UK, Jagjeet developed links with banned terrorist groups, namely Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF). He had formed a radical group namely Akaljot Khalistan Force (AKF) and was trying to revive terrorist activities in Punjab by recruiting new members in his group,” the Police probe in the cases has revealed till now. Police officials claim that Jagjit was the ‘main handler’ of three youths who hurled a grenade at Bakshiwala police post under the jurisdiction of Kalanaur police station in Gurdaspur on December 18. All three were killed in an encounter in Pillibhit by a joint team of UP and Punjab police. “He provided target and allured the trio to hurl grenade at police installations,” said a senior officer involved in the probe. Punjab Police claim that Jagjit is not only well connected with KZF head Neeta but also with UK BKI terrorist Paramjit Singh Pamma.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of job postings in the United States rebounded in October from a 3 1/2 year low in September, a sign that businesses are still seeking workers even though hiring has cooled. Openings rose 5% to 7.7 million from 7.4 million in September, the Labor Department said Tuesday. The increase suggests that job gains could pick up in the coming months. Still, the latest figure is down significantly from 8.7 million job postings a year ago. Last month, job openings rose sharply in professional and business services, a category that includes engineers, managers, and accountants, as well as in the restaurant and hotel and information technology industries. The number of people quitting their jobs rose in October, a sign of confidence in the job market. And layoffs tumbled to just 1.6 million — below the lowest figures in the two decades that preceded the 2020 pandemic. Taken as a whole, Tuesday’s figures suggest that the job market might be stabilizing at a modest level, with hiring moderate but layoffs uncommonly low. The unemployment rate is at a low 4.1%, even though job gains slowed sharply in October, according to the monthly jobs report. The slowdown in job growth last month reflected mainly the impact of hurricanes and a strike at Boeing. “There’s a lot of cause for optimism,” said Cory Stahle, an economist at Indeed, the job listings website. “The fact that job openings ticked up is always an encouraging sign.” Tuesday’s figures mean there are now 1.1 available jobs for each unemployed worker, a healthy figure. Before the pandemic there were usually more unemployed people than openings. Still, the latest ratio is down from a peak of roughly two job openings per unemployed person two years ago. Businesses have pulled back from the hiring frenzy that occurred as the economy emerged from the pandemic recession. Tuesday’s report, known as the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, showed that overall hiring slowed in October. Total hiring slipped to 5.3 million from 5.6 million, though that decline reflected hurricane-related disruptions. The JOLTS report is separate from the monthly jobs figures, which will be released Friday. That report is forecast to show a net gain of nearly 210,000 jobs in November, up from an anemic 12,000 in October. Tuesday’s report also showed that the number of Americans who quit their jobs rebounded in October to 3.4 million, after having reached a four-year low in September. An increase in quitting is a good sign for the economy, because it suggests that people are confident enough to search for new job opportunities. The Federal Reserve is watching the jobs data closely. Any sign that hiring is sharply weakening could encourage Fed officials to cut their key interest rate more quickly, to try to bolster borrowing and spending and support the economy.
NASSAU, Bahamas — Justin Thomas was long off the tee and made a few long putts on the back nine to overtake Scottie Scheffler with a 6-under 66 and build a one-shot lead Saturday over golf's best player going into the final round of the Hero World Challenge. Thomas is trying out a 46-inch driver — a little more than an inch longer than normal — that he previously used for practice at home to gain speed and length. He blasted a 361-yard drive to 8 feet on the par-4 seventh hole and led the field in driving distance. But it was a few long putts that put him ahead of Scheffler, who had a 69. Thomas was on the verge of falling two shots behind when he made an 18-foot par putt on the par-3 12th hole. On the reachable par-4 14th, he was in a nasty spot in a sandy area and could only splash it out to nearly 50 feet. He made that one for a most unlikely birdie, while behind him Scheffler muffed a chip on the 13th hole and made his lone bogey of a windy day. Scheffler never caught up to him, missing birdie chances on the reachable 14th and the par-5 15th. Thomas hit his approach to 3 feet for birdie on the 16th after a 343-yard drive. Scheffler made an 18-foot birdie putt on the 16th to close within one. Scheffler missed birdie chances on the last two holes from the 10-foot and 15-foot range, while Thomas missed an 8-foot birdie attempt at the last. "I had a stretch at 13, 14, 15 where I felt like I lost a shot or two there, but outside of that I did a lot of really good things today," Scheffler said. Thomas hasn't won since the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills, and a victory at Albany Golf Club wouldn't count as an official win. But the two-time major champion has made steady progress toward getting his game back in order. "I'm driving it great. I've had a lot of confidence with it," Thomas said of his longer driver. "I feel like I've been able to put myself in some pretty good spots going into the green. I'm still not taking advantage of some of them as much as I would like, but that's golf and we're always going to say that." Thomas was at 17-under 199 and will be in the final group Sunday with Scheffler, who is trying to end his spectacular season with a ninth title. Tom Kim put himself in the mix, which he might not have imagined Thursday when he was 3 over through six holes of the holiday tournament. Kim got back in the game with a 65 on Friday, and then followed with 12 birdies for a 62. He had a shot at the course record — Rickie Fowler shot 61 in the final round when he won at Albany in 2017 — until Kim found a bunker and took two shots to reach the green in making a double bogey on the par-3 17th. Even so, he was only two shots behind. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley (68) was four back. "Feel like I've been seeing signs of improvement, which is what you want and that's all I can do," Thomas said. "I can't control everybody else or what's going on, I've just got to keep playing as good as I possibly can and hope that it's enough come Sunday." Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Iran's Cyberspace Council Votes To Lift Ban On WhatsApp, Google PlayThomas uses big drives and putts to hold lead in BahamasAndre Szmyt, who last played for the St. Louis Blackhawks of the UFL, was signed by the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse. Dan Labbe, cleveland.com Cleveland — The Browns gave kicker Dustin Hopkins a game off against the Chiefs in Week 15 and now, after Hopkins missed an extra point against the Bengals on Sunday, they are adding a kicker to their practice squad once again. Andre Szmyt was added to the practice squad, the team announced on Tuesday. He is officially in his first NFL season out of Syracuse. Originally signed by the Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2023, he spent 2024 with the St. Louis Blackhawks of the UFL. Hopkins, who was signed to a three-year contract extension in the offseason after a strong 2023, has struggled in his second season with the Browns. He has made just 16 of 25 field goal attempts and he missed his third extra point of the season on Sunday, his only kick of the day. “It’s been a battle this year, so it’s absolutely frustrating,” Hopkins said after the game . “It feels like a lot of work down the drain for the opportunity you get is what it feels like. So I got to dig deep into the tool bag again and get myself to a place where I believe in it again, believe in the swing, and then go out there and try again next week.” The Browns sat Hopkins against the Chiefs after he missed two kicks against the Steelers in Week 14. They signed Riley Patterson to the practice squad and elevated him for Week 15 but turned back to Hopkins after the Falcons signed Patterson away from them. Head coach Kevin Stefanski has remained firm in his support for Hopkins through his struggles, including on Sunday. “We’ve just got to continue to work through it and that’s what we’re going to do,” he said after the game. Following a 2023 season in which Hopkins saved the Browns' kicking game after it had to move on from fourth-round pick Cade York, Hopkins lost whatever magic allowed him to make 33 of 36 attempts, including all eight of from 50 yards. He made game-winning kicks in back-to-back weeks against Baltimore and Pittsburgh. After starting this season by making 10 of 12 field goals in his first six games, he has made just 6 of 13 in his last eight and 2 of 7 in his last five games. Szmyt made 85 of 105 attempts in six seasons at Syracuse and led the FBS in makes, attempts and points as a redshirt freshman in 2018, when the former walk-on won the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation’s best kicker. He is Syracuse’s all-time leader in points.