What began as a primitive tool has spawned hyperrealistic fakes with the potential to disrupt elections around the world Concern about doctored or manipulative media is always high around election cycles, but 2024 will be different for two reasons: deepfakes made by artificial intelligence (AI) and the sheer number of polls. The term deepfake refers …
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Faster chip, tremendous battery life, premium touch points and a price cut make the best even better Apple’s latest MacBook Air adds more power to an already potent package while maintaining its very long battery life and coming at a lower price than its predecessor. The 2024 model ships with Apple’s latest M3 chip, first …
In discovering malicious code that endangered global networks in open-source software, Andres Freund exposed our reliance on insecure, volunteer-maintained tech On Good Friday, a Microsoft engineer named Andres Freund noticed something peculiar. He was using a software tool called SSH for securely logging into remote computers on the internet, but the interactions with the distant …
A massive cliff and a fearless friend helped the photographer capture an unforgettable image “Eskil is a tough guy,” Atle Rønningen says of the friend he was hiking Pulpit Rock with. “It’s a massive cliff over 600 metres high, in Preikestolen, Norway. It’s so popular and busy in the summer months, so we went in …
A jury found that Do Kwon and Terraform Labs misled investors before the collapse of the company’s namesake cryptocurrency A jury in Manhattan found a Singapore-based former crypto CEO liable on civil fraud charges on Friday, agreeing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that both he and his firm misled investors before the 2022 …
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Parent company Meta also to add ‘high-risk’ label to Al-altered content that deceives the public on ‘a matter of importance’ Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, announced major changes to its policies on digitally created and altered media on Friday, before elections poised to test its ability to police deceptive content generated by artificial intelligence …
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Tech company cuts employees from eight offices in Santa Clara in its first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation. The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple …
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The surveillance specialist was invited to dine with the home secretary after the company he ran gave the party thousands Christen Ager-Hanssen was in Mallorca conducting an espionage operation when the email from Conservative party headquarters arrived. “Thank you for indicating you would like to attend our private dinner with Suella Braverman,” a party official …
Beijing did a test run in Taiwan using AI-generated content to influence voters away from a pro-sovereignty candidate China will attempt to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India this year with artificial intelligence-generated content after making a dry run with the presidential poll in Taiwan, Microsoft has warned. The US tech firm …
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AI is not only scarily expensive to run, it is also antithetical to the advertising that is Google’s bread and butter Google considering charge for internet searches with AI, reports say Google search prints money. Generative AI burns money. What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object? News that the search engine is …
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