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  • Associated Press

    Intelligence chairman says US may be less prepared for election threats than it was four years ago

    With only five months before voters head to the polls, the U.S. may be more vulnerable to foreign disinformation aimed at influencing voters and undermining democracy than it was before the 2020 election, the leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday. Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, based his warning on several factors: improved disinformation tactics by Russia and China, the rise of domestic candidates and groups who are themselves willing to spread disinformation, and the arrival of artificial intelligence programs that allow the rapid creation of images, audio and video difficult to tell from the real thing. In addition, tech companies have rolled back their efforts to protect users from misinformation even as the government's own attempts to combat the problem have become mired in debates about surveillance and censorship.

  • Reuters

    Morning Bid: Growth fears mount, 'bad news is bad news'?

    Asian markets could be in for a choppy ride on Tuesday, with investors unsure whether to interpret Monday's steep fall in U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar as an encouraging sign for risky assets or a warning that growth is evaporating. If so, it will suggest the 'bad news is bad news' narrative is taking hold - easing financial conditions on their own are not enough to lift asset prices; instead, the deteriorating macro conditions driving down yields and the dollar are what's important for asset prices. The U.S. growth engine is particularly important for Asia right now because China's post-lockdown recovery is so fragile, and uncertainty persists around Japan's policy normalization, rising bond yields and record weak currency.