because of what you said, the facebooks and because of generative a.i. it is getting easier and easier to create b.s. stories. the b.s. doesn t stand for brian stelter, does it. not in this case. i did have a flier in high school saying don t vote for b.s. i m out of time but we ve learned the acronym has been bothering you a long time. news will be more valuable in a world full of noise. where most of it is made in a world of a.i., with actual b.s. but news will be will be more se and much more valuable. important numbers. brian stelter gets the last word on that. when we return, the new bribery allegations against new jersey senator menendez.
their son missing, but only after transferring the equivalent of roughly $80,000 into chinese bank accounts. in recent months, police across china have been warning international students in particular, chinese students who are either in china or outside studying, that these scammers are impersonating officials. they claim the students when they call them are under investigation so as to scare them to comply. there have been a similar cases targeting folks across the u.s. in recent years. it has the fbi warning scammers are becoming more and more convincing. this is because of technology. a.i. is allowing people to more precisely in person at the voices of your loved ones. when they found zhang on sunday, officials say he wanted to talk to his family and china to make sure that they were okay and then he asked if you could eat a warm cheeseburger. he s still a kid. he did get both of those things. it s terrifying thinking that these scammers took advantage of the family being in differ
well. but as we look at 2024, the main narrative for the markets will be potential rate cuts, and that includes the federal reserve as well. so let s see how that narrative will play out this year. so the new york times is suing microsoft. my phone was buzzing about this over the weekend. explain to viewers just what exactly this legal action is all about. so it s a very important story. the new york times is suing open a.i. and microsoft for copyright infringement. the argument from the new york times is that millions of articles are being used to train a.i. now, it s important t keep in mind as well, john, the times has become the first major news organization to take this step. and this will, no doubt, be an important story this year as well. because it could have ramifications for the development of a.i. going forward but also for the media landscape. and one more for you, as we
they would withstand these kinds of things. if you recall, in 2016, russia interfered in the american election with hacked emails and got involved in that way. there have been a lot of improvements in the cybersecurity and other kinds of security of election systems all over the country, though there is more to do. as you said, this time, we have every reason to think that, not just russia, but china and iran and north korea, who else, knows, we ll have a reason to get involved. we do have new risk, though, of artificial intelligence. a.i., and the deepfakes that have been used to try to influence elections and other countries. we need to be ready for that. we need to stand by the election officials who are getting lots of threats of violence and harassment and make sure that they have the resources that they need, the money that they need. the law enforcement protection they need. if we do these kinds of things,
it appear they are being held captive and send the photos this to their parents. in china his parents terrified, they can t reach their son, reportedly receiving ransom letters and call police in utah to report their son missing not after transferring $80,000 in chinese bank accounts. how unusual is this? yeah, i mean, this is what is interesting across china. police there are warning international students that the scammers are impersonating officials. we have seen this in shanghai a. they are claiming they are under investigation. that scares them to want to comply. there have been similar cases across the u.s. in recent years. the fbi is warning that scammers are becoming more and more con since. all of this thanks to technology. a.i. allowing some to impersonate the voices of loved