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Pfizer says that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children as young as five. President Biden will seek to raise the refugee admissions cap to 125,000 amid criticism over the handling of Haiti deportations. Concerns about indebted Chinese property developer Evergrande drove a sell-off across global stock markets. Analysis: Organizations Face New Threats From AI-Enabled Disinformation, Deepfakes.

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Organizations Face New Threats From AI-Enabled Disinformation, Deepfakes

As is usually the case with technology, the latest and greatest AI systems built with the intention to entertain, automate work, and solve complex problems are now being used to deceive, distort, and divide. In today’s digital sphere, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled synthetic content, or content made purely through AI and machine-generation, is an emerging threat to countries and companies, alike.

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