GZERO Games: Political mini crossword July 17, 2023

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A cousin of a Palestinian child killed in an Israeli strike holds the body, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, August 20, 2024.
REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has left a crosshatch of contrails over the Middle East this week, as he seeks to broker an elusive cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

Burmese workers are sorting rotting food waste, fabric, and recyclable plastic by hand at a sorting facility in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 22, 2024.
(Photo by Matt Hunt/NurPhoto)

The US has thrown its support behind the UN Plastics Agreement, a global treaty to cap global plastic production and create a target list of plastics to be eliminated.

People stand outside the building of the Federal Judiciary Council as Mexico's judicial workers launched an indefinite nationwide strike ahead of votes by lawmakers on overhauling the country's judiciary, including moving to the popular election of judges, in Mexico City, Mexico August 19, 2024.
REUTERS/Paola Garcia/File Photo

Mexico’s federal courts saw thousands of judges and their employees launch a strike on Monday against a proposed judicial overhaul that would force all judges in the country to stand for election.

Swiss Federal President Viola Amherd poses with President Petr Pavel of the Czech Republic and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine during the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, in central Switzerland for the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, on June 15 and 16.

ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE/Pool via REUTERS

The Czech Republic announced Tuesday that it will use the interest accrued on frozen Russian assets to purchase hundreds of thousands more artillery shells for Ukraine.

AI technologies used to create deepfakes are widely available and not limited only to those who care about responsible use. This means well-informed citizens are essential to curbing the spread of deepfakes and upholding the democratic process during this year’s presidential election. Even for skilled AI experts, spotting AI-manipulated images can be difficult. Try Microsoft’s Real or Not quiz to see just how hard it is to distinguish AI-generated images from real ones.

The skyline of San Francisco at night.
(Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) via Reuters

Late last week, the San Francisco City Attorney filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the owners of 16 websites that create nonconsensual deepfake pornography.

Grok logo displayed on a laptop screen and Elon Musk account on X displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 8, 2023.
(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

If you’ve been on X this past week, you might have seen some strange and disturbing images: a MAGA hat-wearing Mickey Mouse smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer on the beach, former President Barack Obama threatening President Joe Biden with a knife, or maybe Microsoft founder Bill Gates sniffing copious amounts of cocaine.

McPHOTO/M. Gann via Reuters

A recent study from the University of Bath in England and the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany found that artificial intelligence doesn’t actually pose an existential risk to humans.