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OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real

The new A.I. app generated videos of store robberies and home intrusions — even bomb explosions on city streets — that never happened.

A frame of a video generated by the original iteration of Sora, an artificial intelligence tool from OpenAI.

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Trump Escalates Attacks on Democrats in a Government Shutdown Like No Other

By: Erica L. Green
Shutdowns are always unpleasant affairs. But President Trump has used his power in aggressive and strikingly personal ways.

President Trump speaking to reporters this week. He has reveled in a threat to target what he called “Democrat Agencies” for temporary and permanent cuts.

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Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

By: Steven Lee Myers
A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.
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4 Autism Experts React to Trump’s Plan

This is not what people with autism need, experts say.

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Hepatitis B Vaccine, Once a Public Health Win, Is Under Threat From RFK Jr.

By: Dani Blum
Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when all newborns began receiving the shot. President Trump recently said he thought children should not get it until age 12.

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The A.O.C. Deepfake Was Terrible. The Proposed Solution Is Delusional.

By: Zeynep Tufekci
Critical thinking is not going to save us.

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I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down

By: Trevor Quirk
When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t.

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RFK Jr.’s Handpicked Vaccine Advisers Are Set to Meet for the First Time

By: Apoorva Mandavilli
The reconstituted C.D.C. panel will revisit the standard vaccination schedule. The former head of an anti-vaccine group is now a special federal employee.

At least half of the eight new members of a C.D.C. panel, who are meeting for the first time on Wednesday, have expressed some skepticism about vaccines.

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As Election Nears, Canadians Confront News Void on Facebook and Instagram

By: Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Stuart A. Thompson
Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.

A campaign debate among Canada’s party leaders in Montreal last week. Online content around the April 28 federal election has veered into misinformation.

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How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election

After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled the gap. Our Canada bureau chief explains the effect on voters.
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Deepfake of U.S. Official Appears After Shift on Ukraine Attacks in Russia

A manufactured video fabricated comments by the State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller.

The fabricated video of Matthew Miller, the State Department spokesman, had telltale clues of manipulation. The lip sync was off, and Mr. Miller’s shirt and tie changed color midway through.

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When the Storm Online Is Worse Than the One Outside

By: Shawn Hubler
Meteorologists and climate scientists are increasingly having to combat misinformation cycles on social media.

Heavy clouds descended over Oakland and San Francisco as an atmospheric river approached the Bay Area.

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Unvaccinated and Vulnerable: Children Drive Surge in Deadly Outbreaks

By: Stephanie Nolen
About 60 million “zero-dose children” have not received any vaccines and have aged out of routine immunization programs. Protecting them will require a costly vaccination blitz.

Deborah Sebi, right, a nurse at a mobile clinic in Teshie, a fishing village in Ghana, prepared an immunization for Rebecca Bamembaye’s 3-month-old, Doris.

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