Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom

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BBC series deliberately uses ‘more organic’ shots to assure viewers animals are not AI-generated, producers say

The David Attenborough-narrated series Blue Planet III deliberately includes cloudier, less polished footage to counter AI fakery and assure viewers it is “authentic”, its producers have said.

Nearly a decade after Blue Planet II shone a light on plastic pollution, and 25 years since the first Blue Planet aired, the hit BBC series is returning with more animal behaviour and cutting-edge technology, including the world’s first underwater CCTV camera – dubbed “stonefish” cam.

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Trump’s Reverse Nixon Strategy Bring Russia In, Shut China Out – Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

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  1. Trump's Reverse Nixon Strategy Bring Russia In, Shut China Out  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
  2. COMMENTARY: How Trump's energy dominance turned into hubris  Reuters
  3. A half-time scorecard for Trump-world  Financial Times
  4. The Business of American Power  The Financial World
  5. Trump’s Russia gamble puts America’s credibility on the line  Washington Examiner
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Jordon Steele-John’s position remains in limbo as Greens prepare for moment in spotlight

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David Shoebridge’s newly-minted leadership under pressure over handling of misconduct allegations as Senate estimates looms

More than a week after allegations that Greens senator Jordon Steele-John had behaved inappropriately towards women made headlines, his position in the party remains in limbo and its new leader’s handling of the issue in question.

David Shoebridge’s first major challenge at the helm of the federal Greens came earlier this month when the Nine newspapers reported a three-page letter had been sent to him urging an independent investigation into Steele-John.

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Macron condemns racism after one killed in ‘terrorist’ shooting near Paris

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Gunman opens fire from car in Trappes and Verrière, killing one and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girl

Emmanuel Macron has condemned racism in French society after a gunman opened fire from a car west of Paris on Friday, killing one person, wounding a 12-year-old girl and injuring four others in what the president called a “racist terrorist attack”.

Macron arrived at the scene of the drive-by shooting in Trappes on Friday night, saying he was deeply saddened by what he called the “premeditated” attack. The 12-year-old girl, who was shot eight times, is being treated in hospital.

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Xi Jinping gathers China’s top communist cadres with focus on discipline – Financial Times

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  1. Xi Jinping gathers China’s top communist cadres with focus on discipline  Financial Times
  2. The Spring and Autumn of Chinese Politics  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  3. China’s party elite gathers with purges and promotions in mind  The Economist
  4. In Focus | What will China’s fifth plenum mean for the root-and-branch corruption drive?  South China Morning Post
  5. How China's October 26 to 29 Communist Party plenum works  Reuters
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Time ‘running out’ to reach Yemen’s Taiz amid deepening crisis, UN says – Al Jazeera

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  1. Time ‘running out’ to reach Yemen’s Taiz amid deepening crisis, UN says  Al Jazeera
  2. Drinking water supplies dwindle in Yemeni city besieged by Houthi rebels  NPR
  3. Hospital in Yemen’s Taiz warns of collapse in days because of Houthi siege  Al Jazeera
  4. Major Yemeni City Running Out of Food and Water as Houthis Encircle It  The New York Times
  5. Water rationing, rubbish pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen's besieged Taiz  Reuters
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Indiana police officer arrested for using Flock cameras to search wife’s details

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Justin Craig charged with official misconduct and fraud, after searching plates of wife and ‘previous acquaintance’

An Indiana police officer has been arrested on allegations that he misused Flock cameras hundreds of times in a case involving his wife and a previous acquaintance of hers.

Justin Craig of Georgetown police department, was charged with official misconduct and two counts of fraud. Documents show that he searched his wife’s license plate more than 80 times and that of a “previous acquaintance” of hers nearly 250 times, the news outlet WLKY reported.

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