Experts In The News
FOX5 discovered two separate social media posts this week showing one of Las Vegas’s most iconic venues on fire, but both videos were fake and created using artificial intelligence. The discovery highlights how artificial intelligence is making fake news posts increasingly difficult to distinguish from legitimate breaking news, according to a digital media expert who warns the days of taking news at face value are over.
Getting high around a campfire in a national park, especially in Wyoming, is likelier to get you prosecuted under a new Justice Department policy cracking down on minor marijuana offenses on federal land.
A former airline pilot has shared the chilling reason why the window shades on planes must be lifted up upon take-off and landing. In an exclusive chat, Daniel Bubb, a Professor in Residence in the Honours College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a former airline pilot for Air Vegas Airlines, shared insights into his time as a commercial pilot.
In breaking ranks to end the federal government shutdown this week, Nevada’s two Democratic senators showcased the shifting politics of the once solidly blue state, home to a diverse, working-class population that relies heavily on tourism. In the national battle for party expansion, Republicans have the edge in the Silver State.
Elon Musk has been pushing hard for companies to exit Delaware and reincorporate elsewhere, following the lead of his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Coinbase became the latest to take the leap, announcing this week that it was moving its state of incorporation to Texas from Delaware. Despite Musk’s proclamation that “Delaware continues to bleed companies,” those departing the state make up a distinct minority.
Southern Nevada’s economy is showing signs of distress but remains steady as businesses and analysts adjust, according to the latest outlook from UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research, released at the group’s annual conference Thursday.
This week, the Food and Drug Administration said it's working to remove the “black box” warning on many hormone treatments for women with menopause symptoms. The 'black box' warning is the FDA's strongest drug label alert.
Friend of the ARC Las Vegas show, Dr. Rebecca Gill, a political science professor at UNLV joins us to talk about the next steps after the longest government shutdown ends.