Fraudsters impersonated WPP’s CEO using a fake Whatsapp account, a voice clone and YouTube footage used in a virtual meet The head of the world’s biggest advertising group was the target of an elaborate deepfake scam that involved an artificial intelligence voice clone. The CEO of WPP, Mark Read, detailed the attempted fraud in a …
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Fears ‘deadbots’ could cause psychological harm to their creators and users or digitally ‘haunt’ them Digital recreations of dead people are on the cusp of reality and urgently need regulation, AI ethicists have argued, warning “deadbots” could cause psychological harm to, and even “haunt”, their creators and users. Such services, which are already technically possible …
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Some of the threads connecting the chip to the brain began to retract. The Elon Musk-owned company did not explain why Neuralink’s first attempt at implanting its chip in a human being’s skull hit an unexpected setback after the device began to detach from the patient’s brain, the company revealed on Wednesday. The patient, Noland …
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Ad featuring massive hydraulic press crushing cultural objects strikes wrong note with some – including Hugh Grant Apple has faced an online backlash over an advert for its new iPad that features an industrial-sized hydraulic press crushing a collection of objects and gadgets including musical instruments and books. The ad, launched by Apple’s chief executive, …
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Critics say ChatGPT creator’s proposal to allow erotica, slurs and other adult content undermines its mission statement OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is exploring whether users should be allowed to create artificial intelligence-generated pornography and other explicit content with its products. While the company stressed that its ban on deepfakes would continue to apply to …
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Industry’s digital watermarking scheme will add to existing safeguards on TikTok’s own tools TikTok will flag users who upload AI-generated content (AIGC) to the video-sharing site from other platforms, the company says, becoming the first major video site to automatically label such content for users to see. Content created using TikTok’s own AI tools is …
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In this week’s newsletter: Celebrity anthology show Everything I Know About Me returns with the Towie star as its focus. Plus: five shows hosted by master podcasters • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Happily Never After: Dan & NancyWondery+, episodes weekly, then widely available from 3 JunNancy Brophy was …
New Mexico attorney general highlights real-world consequences of online dangers prevalent on firm’s Instagram and Facebook apps Three men have been arrested and charged with sexually preying on children via Meta’s social networks in New Mexico, the state’s attorney general announced Wednesday. The arrests stemmed from an investigation into the potential harm to children caused …
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Challenge cited California state law that allows plaintiffs and defendants to remove judge they believe can’t grant impartial trial The California judge presiding over Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, has removed himself from the case. Judge Ethan Schulman on Monday sustained a challenge from Musk’s lawyers, which cited a California …
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This lushly detailed game with a chunkily retro polygonal protagonist is a gorgeous homage to landmark titles of the past SFB Games; PC, PlayStation, Xbox It is fascinating to be playing games made by developers who have been raised on 3D games – and Crow Country’s affectionate referencing of Silent Hill is a prime example …
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