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- 1Brazil moves to regulate AI ahead of presidential vote▼How Brazil is regulating AI ahead of presidential vote
Brazil is moving to regulate artificial intelligence ahead of its upcoming presidential election, a step aimed at addressing risks such as misinformation, synthetic content and the use of AI in political campaigning. As reported by the Christian Science Monitor, the effort places Brazil among countries racing to set rules for the technology before voters head to the polls, raising questions about enforcement, free speech and how such rules could shape the campaign.
- 2A 1980 profile of cultural historian Jacques Barzun resurfaces●Jacques Barzun, Cultural historian and critic (1980)
A 1980 Christian Science Monitor profile of Jacques Barzun, the French-born American cultural historian and critic, is circulating again. Barzun, a longtime Columbia University professor and author of works on art, music and intellectual history, was one of the most prominent public intellectuals of his era. Readers are revisiting the older piece as an introduction to his career and writing.