{"id":33369,"date":"2024-05-29T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-what-a-piece-of-merch-is-man#id33166"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:26:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-what-a-piece-of-merch-is-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-what-a-piece-of-merch-is-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: What a piece of merch is man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africans go to the polls in what&#39;s viewed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/may\/29\/south-africa-elections-voting-under-way-grim-national-mood\">hugely consequential election.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An overview of what you need to know about <a href=\"https:\/\/thisweekinafrica.substack.com\/p\/an-overview-of-south-africas-2024\">South Africa&#39;s elections.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Week in Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Angelica Jade Basti&eacute;n: Reacher is a fantasy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/reacher-tv-is-a-white-power-fantasy.html\">about white power.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Vulture<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Extreme temperatures in India may be contributing to lower turnout in the world&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/india-election-heat-wave-voter-turnout-rcna153871\">&#8220;largest election process.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ NBC News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Digital technologies&mdash;&#8221;our gadgets, the internet and the systems supporting them&#8221;&mdash;are responsible for anywhere from 1.4 to 5.9 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/heated.world\/p\/are-your-internet-habits-killing\">greenhouse gas emissions.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Heated<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#39;s push into AI jeapordizes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/microsofts-ai-push-jeopardizes-climate-goals-as-emissions-surge\/\">its climate goals.<\/a> Also, OpenAI has a new safety team&mdash;run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/5\/28\/24166105\/openai-safety-team-sam-altman\">by Sam Altman.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ CNET, The Verge<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your white paper of the week: &#8220;Artificial Intellience Threats <a href=\"https:\/\/foe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AI_Climate_Disinfo_v6_031224.pdf\">to Climate Change.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Friends of the Earth<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Scientists use a model proposed by Alan Turing to understand <a href=\"https:\/\/knowablemagazine.org\/content\/article\/living-world\/2024\/animal-patterns-spots-stripes-explained-turing-mechanism\">animals&#39; markings.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ knowable magazine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Was the joke on you? 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