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You cant talk about the manosphere without mentioning Andrew Tate. The British-American influencer and former professional kickboxer built his platform by promoting misogynistic ideasclaiming women should be subservient to men, suggesting rape victims should bear responsibility for their assaults, and openly describing acts of domestic violence. The manosphere, which birthed Tate and others like him, is a network of right-wing influencers and grifters who peddle misogyny, toxic masculinity, and regressive gender rolesoften aimed at radicalizing disaffected young men. And if Tate and his brother Tristan’s warm welcome from American right-wing podcasters is any indication, this ideology is no longer confined to the darkest corners of the internet. It’s creeping into the mainstream. Recently, the Tate brothers were allowed to leave Romania after prosecutors lifted their travel restrictions in late February. The two remain under investigation there for allegedly forming an organized criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking of minors, and money laundering. Shortly after, they landed in the United States. Around the same time, an ex-girlfriend, Brianna Stern, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles accusing Andrew of beating and choking her during their relationship. Now, a new report from Media Matters reveals how several pro-Trump and manosphere-aligned podcasters eagerly welcomed Tate during his U.S. visit. Between February and March, he appeared on the Hodgetwins podcast, the Nelk Boys Full Send, Sean Kellys Digital Social Hour, Patrick Bet-Davids PBD Podcast, and Candace with Candace Owens. These interviews were shared widelyfull episodes uploaded to YouTube, Rumble, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify drew more than 9 million views. Shorter clips posted to social media racked up an additional 30.8 million. The Nelk BoysCanadian-American YouTubers who began with prank content but now lean into right-wing politicseven walked into a UFC Power Slap event alongside the Tate brothers. There, UFC president and Trump ally Dana White greeted them with a hug and said, Welcome to the States, boys. The current online media ecosystem incentivizes outrage and extremismand that is exactly what we saw when MAGA and manosphere podcasts platformed Andrew Tate when he returned to the U.S.,” Kayla Gogarty, research director at Media Matters, tells Fast Company. “These podcasters allowing Tate to push extreme misogyny and hate to their large followings, and then amplifying clips to millions more, is concerning, as young men that follow these shows can be radicalized down a path that could lead to abuse and violence against women.” Not everyone on the right embraced Tates return. Socially conservative figures such as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have voiced disgust over the support hes received. Still, prominent MAGA personalitiesincluding White House counselor Alina Habba, Candace Owens, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump Jr.remain in his corner.
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The world is bracing for impact as the so-called “Liberation Day” arrives Wednesdaythe latest installment of President Trump’s tariff announcements since his return to office in January. In a Rose Garden address at 4 p.m. ET, the president is set to unveil a sweeping “reciprocal tariff” plan, targeting not only Mexico, Canada, and China, but also other countries in a trade surplus with the U.S. or those holding tariffs on American products. It is still unclear what countries and industries will be impacted by today’s announcement, as well as the rate of tariffs imposed, and if they will be imposed universally or by country. However, the policy changes are said to go into effect after his speech. While much is still uncertain, here is how many world leaders are reacting ahead of Trump’s “Liberation Day” speech. Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum’s “cool head” approach has helped Mexico evade some of Trump’s tariffs since he first announced 25% levies on Mexican exports in early February. Sheinbaum said Wednesday in her daily morning briefing that she would announce an “integral plan” on Thursday. “Our interest is to strengthen the Mexican economy,” Sheinbaum said. “It’s not an issue of if you tariff me, I tariff you.” Canada Following on-again-off-again tariffs between the U.S. and Canadathe country America long considered its closest allyCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Trump that Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on American exports, although no specifics have been revealed yet. China In early February, Trump imposed a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports, upending a tariff war between the world’s two largest economies. After the U.S. raised tariffs to 20% in early March, China responded with retaliatory tariffs, with 10% and 15% levies on various food and agricultural goods. Ahead of “Liberation Day,” China held economic dialogue with Japan and South Korea, seeking a coordinated response among the three nations. However, Japanese and South Korean officials said that decision was not taken. EU Ahead of the April 2 announcement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, “Europe did not start this confrontation, we do not necessarily want to retaliate, but if it is necessary, we have a strong plan to retaliate and we will use it.” In early March, the European Commission responded to Trump’s tariffs on aluminum and steel by launching “swift and proportionate countermeasures on U.S. imports into the EU,” a statement read. Countermeasures included tariffs on American goods such as bourbon and motorbikes worth up to $28 billion in exports.
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An artificial intelligence watchdog is accusing OpenAI of training its default ChatGPT model on copyrighted book content without permission. In a new paper published this week, the AI Disclosures Project alleges that OpenAI likely trained its GPT-4o model using non-public material from OReilly Media. The researchers used a legally obtained dataset of 34 copyrighted OReilly books and found that GPT-4o showed strong recognition of the company’s paywalled content. By contrast, GPT-3.5 Turbo appeared more familiar with publicly accessible OReilly book samples. “These results highlight the urgent need for increased corporate transparency regarding pre-training data sources as a means to develop formal licensing frameworks for AI content training,” the authors wrote in the paper. One of the nonprofit’s founders and paper’s authors, Tim O’Reilly, is the CEO of O’Reilly Media. An OpenAI spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to Fast Company‘s request for comment. Training data lies at the heart of all artificial intelligence models. Large language models require an incredible amount of information that it uses to guide back on when it churns out text or images for users. OpenAI has struck up some licensing deals to be able to train their models on certain content. But the company, which recently fundraised and is worth $300 billion, has also come under fire for sourcing certain content. The New York Times, for example, is leading a charge against OpenAI and minority owner Microsoft over alleged copyright infringement. The researchers acknowledged limitations in their study but argued the issue is likely part of a broader systemic problem in how large language models are developed. “Sustainable ecosystems need to be designed so that both creators and developers can benefit from generative AI,” the authors said. “Otherwise, model developers are likely to rapidly plateau in their progress, especially as newer content becomes produced less and less by humans.”
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