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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Congress demands deepfake redressal, Google to invest in Character.AI, more

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Congress demands deepfake redressal, Google to invest in Character.AI, more

[ad_1] Diwali is almost here, and while India is all set to enter the festive weekend, the artificial intelligence space is ever so buzzing. In the first incident, Maharashtra Congress asked the state government to intervene and set up a committee to create a legal, regulatory framework to deal with the issue of deepfakes. In another incident, Google is currently in talks to invest capital worth hundreds of millions of dollars into the popular character-based AI chatbot platform Character.AI. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Congress demands Maharashtra govt to deal with deepfakesThe Maharashtra Congress is urging the state government to establish a committee to develop a legal and regulatory framework for addressing deepfakes created by AI, reported PTI. T...

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Air India to bring AI features, Tom Cruise deepfake, more

[ad_1] The weekend is just around the corner but before you let loose, you should know about the top developments in the artificial intelligence space. In the first incident, Air India has planned to introduce new features to its generative AI virtual agent that handles more than 6,000 customer queries daily. In other news, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued a statement that multiple AI-generated videos are being circulated targeting the Olympic officials, including one particular video where Hollywood actor Tom Cruise has been seen saying that officials are “slowly and painfully destroying the Olympic sports that have existed for thousands of years”. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Air India to introduce new AI featuresAir India aims to ...

Hollywood Actors Fighting Over ‘Basic Principles’ of AI Replicas

[ad_1] One month after the Hollywood writers' strike ended following a landmark agreement with studios to establish guardrails for how artificial intelligence is used in their work, actors are still working to reach a similar deal for their own AI protections. “The principle that actors need to have informed consent over the creation of a digital replica and the use of that digital replica and fair compensation, that's not negotiable,” said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator for SAG-Aftra, on the latest episode of the Bloomberg Originals series AI IRL. “Those are basic principles that need to be enshrined.” SAG, which represents about 160,000 performers, made “some progress during the first part of negotiations” on this issue, Crabtree-Ireland said earlier this month, but “ther...