Politics

AI Chatbots Turn Political Persuaders—But at Truth's Cost! New studies (Science & Nature) reveal GPT-4 level bots use Gish galloping—flooding 25+ claims in 10 mins to overwhelm & change minds. 10X more effective than TV ads, but accuracy drops 78% to 62%. Fuels misinformation, radicalisation. Cheap ($50K) custom bots could target voters via WhatsApp/text. Dangerous shift in online politics!

U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a stir at the Gaza summit in Egypt on October 13 by calling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “a beautiful young woman.” Speaking on stage in front of several world leaders, Trump joked that in the U.S., calling a woman “beautiful” could end a political career — but he was willing to take the risk. Meloni, the only female leader behind him, smiled as he addressed her directly. Watch the moment that had heads turning at the international summit.

Elon Musk Has Stumped Twitter Users Once Again With His Move To Limit The Number Of Posts Users Can Read On The Platform. On 1 July He Tweeted That Users With Unverified Accounts And New Unverified Accounts Would Be Limited To Reading 600 Posts A Day And 300 Posts A Day, Respectively, While Those With Verified Accounts Could Read 6,000 Posts A Day. These Temporary Limits Were Later Raised To 10,000 Posts A Day For Verified Users, 1,000 A Day For Unverified Users And 500 A Day For New Unverified Users. Musk Believes The Move Will Address The Extreme Levels Of Data Scraping And System Manipulation.

A recent survey of 1,200 Indian-Americans reveals how religious and racial majoritarianism influences political leanings

The human chains grew quickly, and by early afternoon filled the main central squares and avenues while motorists honked in supportNearly 7,000 people have been detained and hundreds injured in a harsh clampdown by police on demonstrators protesting against the official results

BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has launched scathing attacks pertaining to Rajasthan political crisis on Congress Party and on CM Ashok GehlotSachin Pilot being sidelined and persecuted, said Scindia

Tensions at the border in Ladakh have been simmering since April which came to a head with 20 Indian soldiers losing their lives on the intervening night of 15-16 June in a brutal clash with Chinese soldiers

When the agitation for a separate state was going on, the people of Garhwal and Kumaon had unanimously decided that Gairsain should be the state capital since it straddles both the regions

The Union government has asked the states for cooperation to resolve the crisis migrants face amid the pandemicRahul Gandhi on interacted with migrant labourers, asking them about problems as they walk home amid the lockdown

A new biography of statesman V.P. Menon sparks questions of historical memory and the danger of appropriating the past for political reasons