Tag: Deepfakes

Government orders tech firms to seek approval before releasing ‘unreliable’ AI tools
4Mar By adminNo Comments
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Government orders tech firms to seek approval before releasing ‘unreliable’ AI tools

[ad_1] The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a second advisory to platforms or intermediaries, asking them to seek explicit permission from the Centre before launching Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, under testing, in the country. The advisory was issued on Friday evening, more than two months after the ministry issued an advisory in December last year to social media platforms, directing them to follow existing IT rules to deal with the issue of deepfakes. "The use of under-testing / unreliable Artificial Intelligence model(s) /LLM/Generative AI, software(s) or algorithm(s) and its availability to the users on Indian Internet must be done so with explicit permission of the Government of India and be deployed only after appropriately label...
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Meta launches WhatsApp helpline to tackle fake news in India, update app to improve business features
25Feb By adminNo Comments
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Meta launches WhatsApp helpline to tackle fake news in India, update app to improve business features

[ad_1] Meta's WhatsApp has announced a collaboration with the Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) to take on the sharp rise of fake news and deepfakes in India, especially as the country moves closer to its election dates.Last week, Meta said that it will launch a dedicated fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp next month “to combat media generated misinformation using artificial intelligence which may deceive people on matters of public importance, commonly known as deepfakes, and help people connect with verified and credible information.” Commenting on the launch, Shivnath Thukral, Director of Public Policy India, Meta said, “We recognize the concerns around AI-generated misinformation and believe combatting this requires concrete and cooperative measures across the industry.” Thukral ...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today; First AI officer, Google halts AI-linked people images, more
22Feb By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today; First AI officer, Google halts AI-linked people images, more

[ad_1] US Justice department appoints first AI officer to navigate technology challenges; Google halts AI generated people images over racial inaccuracies;  ITMO researchers utilise AI to accelerate carbon nanoparticle synthesis for cancer diagnosis; Majority of Indian consumers prefer AI over human interaction, reveals Adobe report- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. US Justice department appoints first AI officer to navigate technology challengesThe U.S. Justice Department appoints its first AI officer, Jonathan Mayer from Princeton University, amid growing challenges posed by AI in federal law enforcement. Mayer, as chief science and technology adviser, will guide the responsible integration of AI into investigations and prosecutions. With a focus on staying ah...
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Political Deepfakes Will Hijack Your Brain — If You Let Them
21Feb By adminNo Comments
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Political Deepfakes Will Hijack Your Brain — If You Let Them

[ad_1] Realistic AI-generated images and voice recordings may be the newest threat to democracy, but they're part of a longstanding family of deceptions. The way to fight so-called deepfakes isn't to develop some rumor-busting form of AI or to train the public to spot fake images. A better tactic would be to encourage a few well-known critical thinking methods — refocusing our attention, reconsidering our sources, and questioning ourselves.Some of those critical thinking tools fall under the category of “system 2” or slow thinking as described in the book Thinking, Fast and Slow. AI is good at fooling the fast thinking “system 1” — the mode that often jumps to conclusions. We can start by refocusing attention on policies and performance rather than gossip and rumors. So what if former P...
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Crackdown on deepfakes: MCA, Meta partner to curb AI-generated misinformation with WhatsApp helpline
20Feb By adminNo Comments
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Crackdown on deepfakes: MCA, Meta partner to curb AI-generated misinformation with WhatsApp helpline

[ad_1]  The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) and Meta have announced that a dedicated fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp - aimed at combating deepfakes and deceptive AI-generated content - will be available for the public in March 2024.The pledge to crack down on deepfakes comes at a time when the world's largest democracy is preparing for general elections. The Lok Sabha elections are due in April-May this year. "The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) and Meta are working on launching a dedicated fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp in an effort to combat media generated using artificial intelligence (AI) which may deceive people on matters of public importance, commonly known as deepfakes, and help people connect with verified and credible information," according to a release. The...
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We need to know how AI firms fight deepfakes
12Feb By adminNo Comments
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We need to know how AI firms fight deepfakes

[ad_1] When people fret about artificial intelligence, it's not just due to what they see in the future but what they remember from the past -- notably the toxic effects of social media. For years, misinformation and hate speech evaded Facebook and Twitter's policing systems and spread around the globe. Now deepfakes are infiltrating those same platforms, and while Facebook is still responsible for how bad stuff gets distributed, the AI companies making them have a clean-up role too. Unfortunately, just like the social media firms before them, they're carrying out that work behind closed doors.I reached out to a dozen generative AI firms whose tools could generate photorealistic images, videos, text and voices, to ask how they made sure that their users complied with their rules.(1) Ten...
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IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar talks AI, deepfakes and India’s digital growth at DNPA event
6Feb By adminNo Comments
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IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar talks AI, deepfakes and India’s digital growth at DNPA event

[ad_1] At the DNPA Conclave & Awards 2024 held in New Delhi on Tuesday, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar talked about India's digital transformation in the last 10 years, as well as the country being the pioneer in addressing deepfakes and fake news, issues which later attained global attention. Chandrasekhar also highlighted the need for governance in this era of artificial intelligence (AI).Rajeev Chandrasekhar at DNPA Concalve 2024Deepfakes have increasingly become a major concern, with people falling victim to photos and videos that are edited or manipulated to make anyone say or do anything that they did not do in real life. Last month, Taylor Swift's deepfake photos went viral on X, further raising concern. Talking about India's profi...
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ReplaceAnything app: This shocking AI tool will replace everything in any photo! Know how it works
4Feb By adminNo Comments
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ReplaceAnything app: This shocking AI tool will replace everything in any photo! Know how it works

[ad_1] With the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, we have been seeing the use of technology for photo and video editing. While this can be used for various beneficial purposes, the technology is also being misused to manipulate or blackmail people or simply to indiscriminately spread deepfakes. However, that should not detract from the fact that this AI tool is simply awesome in its scope and reach. While miscreants will always try to manipulate, there will be a huge majority that will put it to positive purposes in private and professional life.One such truly amazing AI tool that has come to light in recent days has the exceptional capabilities of editing photos. This AI app is called ReplaceAnything which can change any object, part or person in the image through user...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI-enhanced resumes, ByteDance unveils StreamVoice, more
27Jan By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI-enhanced resumes, ByteDance unveils StreamVoice, more

[ad_1]  AI enhanced resumes gain favour as hiring managers embrace technology trends; ByteDance unveils StreamVoice: AI voice transformation raises fraud concerns; Netcore Cloud report: 7 in 10 CEOs set to invest in generative AI; Nasscom foundation launches fourth cohort at Hexart AI to skill students in emerging technologies- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. AI enhanced resumes gain favour as hiring managers embrace technology trendsAccording to a Canva and Sago survey, 45 percent of job seekers use AI tools to enhance their résumés. Surprisingly, 90 percent of hiring managers find it acceptable, with 44 percent endorsing AI in interview-related content. Despite 67 percent claiming to identify AI-modified resumes, the study suggests a rising trend in visual co...
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Sam Altman-led OpenAI seeks to allay election meddling fears in blog post; know how it will do so
16Jan By adminNo Comments
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Sam Altman-led OpenAI seeks to allay election meddling fears in blog post; know how it will do so

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence lab OpenAI published a blog post Monday seeking to address fears that its technology will meddle with elections, as more than a third of the globe prepares to head to the polls this year. The use of AI to interfere with election integrity has been a concern since the Microsoft-backed company released two products: ChatGPT, which can mimic human writing convincingly, and DALL-E, whose technology can be used to create "deepfakes," or realistic-looking images that are fabricated. Those worried include OpenAI's own CEO Sam Altman, who testified in Congress in May that he was "nervous" about generative AI's ability to compromise election integrity through "one-on-one interactive disinformation."The San Francisco-based company said that in the United States, whi...
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