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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Samsung Gauss unveiled, Meta asks for disclosure on political AI ads, more
8Nov By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Samsung Gauss unveiled, Meta asks for disclosure on political AI ads, more

[ad_1] Today, November 8, was another exciting day for the artificial intelligence field as major tech firms made headlines for forays in AI. In the first incident, Samsung introduced a new generative AI model, Samsung Gauss, during its AI forum. The company claims that it can run locally on devices, and some reports are suggesting that it can be introduced in the Galaxy S24 series. In other news, Meta will require advertisers to disclose when political or social issue ads have been created or altered by AI. This will begin starting 2024. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Samsung unveils generative AI modelSamsung is developing a new generative AI model called Samsung Gauss, which can run locally on devices. According to a report by Korea Times, Gauss can be...
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Barrack Obama on AI: We should not put the genie back in the bottle despite deepfake threat
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Barrack Obama on AI: We should not put the genie back in the bottle despite deepfake threat

[ad_1] Regulation of artificial intelligence has become a major pain point for governments worldwide. The EU passed the AI Act after months of deliberation. Yet, it faces criticism from major corporations, same with the AI executive order taken by the Biden administration, which was said not to do enough to ensure equality. Even the AI Safety Summit in the UK under PM Rishi Sunak was not able to reach a consensus on what exactly is the best way to regulate AI without crippling the enormous potential. Now, former US President Barrack Obama has shared his views as a lawman on how he thinks this tricky problem can be solved.Obama gave an interview to Decoder, the video podcast by The Verge, where he delved deep into the regulatory side of AI, and why it is a tricky beast to tame. Obama als...
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Rashmika Mandanna deepfake row: What happened and how to identify such videos
7Nov By adminNo Comments
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Rashmika Mandanna deepfake row: What happened and how to identify such videos

[ad_1] On November 5, a video of actor Rashmika Mandanna emerged online where she can be allegedly seen entering an elevator. The video went viral on social media, but soon it was revealed that it was not Mandanna at all. In fact, it was a masterfully created deepfake video where the actor's face was superimposed on that of a British-Indian influencer. The video has now created a huge row over just how dangerous is this AI-powered technology, how can it be spotted to mitigate misinformation, and how can people protect themselves from being impersonated.Before we get into the incident, we should know what deepfake means. Deepfake is an AI technology where media, such as photos, videos, and audio are hyper-realistically manipulated to make it seem extremely real. Mandanna has become a vic...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI reveals cats’ expressions, AI stirs row over model’s white face, more
4Nov By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI reveals cats’ expressions, AI stirs row over model’s white face, more

[ad_1] The weekend is here, and some interesting stories from the world of artificial intelligence have also come to the surface today, November 4. In the first development, a group of researchers are now looking at AI to unlock the vocal and physical cues of a host of animals, with a special emphasis on cats. Scientists believe that AI can help us understand these creatures better. In other news, a Taiwanese American model has accused that a leading designer has uploaded an AI-edited image of her, in an attempt to make her appear white. The allegation raises a question about the malicious usage of AI to promote discrimination and racism.AI to unlock cats' expressionsResearchers are looking at AI to decipher the significance of vocal and physical cues exhibited by a variety of animals, ...
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Tom Hanks warns fans about his ‘AI version’ promoting dental plan: Have nothing to do with it
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Tom Hanks warns fans about his ‘AI version’ promoting dental plan: Have nothing to do with it

[ad_1] Hollywood veteran Tom Hanks has warned his fans about a dental plan advertisement that is using an "AI version" of him.Hanks took to Instagram over the weekend to inform his followers that he has nothing to do with the promotional campaign video. "Beware!! There's a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it,” the 67-year-old wrote alongside a screenshot of a computer-generated image of himself from the clip. Hanks has previously spoken about usage of artificial intelligence and deepfake technology in the creative industries on an episode of “The Adam Buxton Podcast”.“I could be hit by a bus tomorrow, and that's it, but performances can go on and on and on and on. And outside of the understanding that it's been done with AI o...
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Google unveils SynthID, a watermark for AI images that is impossible to remove
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Google unveils SynthID, a watermark for AI images that is impossible to remove

[ad_1] Google DeepMind, the AI division of the company, is launching a tool that will both identify as well as watermark images created with the help of artificial intelligence. This major breakthrough was announced on Tuesday, August 29, when the DeepMind team revealed the product for the first time. This watermark can help with the ongoing challenge of deepfakes where it is sometimes very difficult to tell apart the artificially created image from the real one. This detection tool can enable people to identify fake images and not fall into the trap of cybercriminals. This new tool has been named SynthID. Announcing the tool, the DeepMind team said in a blog post, “Today, in partnership with Google Cloud, we're launching a beta version of SynthID, a tool for watermarking and identifyin...
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States Are Rushing to Regulate Deepfakes as AI Goes Mainstream
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States Are Rushing to Regulate Deepfakes as AI Goes Mainstream

[ad_1] Images of former President Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Anthony Fauci, his ex-chief medical adviser. Pornographic depictions of Hollywood actresses and internet influencers. A photo of an explosion at the Pentagon.All were found to be “deepfakes,” highly realistic audio and visual content created with rapidly advancing artificial intelligence technology. Those harmed by the digital forgeries—especially women featured in sexually explicit deepfakes without consent—have few options for legal recourse, and lawmakers across the country are now scrambling to fill that gap. “An honestly presented pornographic deepfake was not necessarily a violation of any existing law,” said Matthew Kugler, a law professor at Northwestern University who supported an anti-deepfake bill in Illin...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI scam, EVE robot, Sam Altman and much more
24May By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI scam, EVE robot, Sam Altman and much more

[ad_1] The artificial intelligence race has just got even more intense. Microsoft, during the keynote session of its developer-centric event Microsoft Build, announced a wide range of AI copilots for its products as well as a full copilot stack for its developers to build apps and plugins. With Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) just a couple of weeks away, it remains to be seen if Apple too will join the AI bandwagon. In other news, a scammer in China used AI technology to scam people. This and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.Scammer uses AI technologyIn Northern China, a scammer used AI ‘deepfake' technology to scam an unsuspecting victim and steal his money. According to a report by Reuters, the incident occurred in Baotou, in the region of Inner Mongoli...
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‘This song sucks’: Nick Cave trashes AI-generated lyrics
18Jan By adminNo Comments
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‘This song sucks’: Nick Cave trashes AI-generated lyrics

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be able to generate beguiling images, "deepfake" video and passable high-school essays, but musician Nick Cave is deeply unimpressed with their song-writing skills. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be able to generate beguiling images, "deepfake" video and passable high-school essays, but Australian musician Nick Cave is deeply unimpressed with their song-writing skills. Cave, whose decades-long career has been built on macabre lyrics and emotional stage performances, was asked by a fan to assess the merits of a work created in his style with ChatGPT. The chatbot by OpenAI has been making headlines around the world for its ability to generate essays, news articles and other prose from short prompts. The Cave fan, named as Mark...
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China moves to regulate deepfake technology
11Jan By adminNo Comments
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China moves to regulate deepfake technology

[ad_1] New rules went into effect in China on Tuesday to regulate the use of deepfakes, the increasingly realistic digital video manipulations that have sparked disinformation fears around the globe. New rules went into effect in China on Tuesday to regulate the use of deepfakes, the increasingly realistic digital video manipulations that have sparked disinformation fears around the globe. Deepfake technology allows users to replace one person's face with another in a video, or to put words into a speaker's mouth, with at times disconcerting realism. The technique relies on artificial intelligence and has proven popular on social media, where amusing and often uncanny creations featuring face-swapping celebrities abound. However, the technology can "also be used by unscrupulous...
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