deep learning
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Crypto’s Biggest Federal Villain Says AI Could Help Cause the Next Big Financial Crisis
Tech hype comes in waves, and while the focus constantly changes (first crypto, then metaverse, and now AI), some things—like tech’s critics—remain the same. SEC Chair Gary Gensler has been the crypto community’s public enemy no. 1 for a few years now, but now he’s offering his somewhat caustic assessment on Silicon Valley’s latest heartthrob:…
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FBI Says People Are Using Deepfakes to Apply to Remote Jobs
Companies hiring for an open IT position might need to do more than scrutinize how prospective employees react to the question “What is your worst quality?” If the prospective hire sneezes or coughs without moving their lips, their worst quality might be that they’re not actually real.
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This Smart Speaker Will Read Stories to Your Kids With a Deepfaked Copy of Your Own Voice
You stop judging all the shortcuts and workarounds that make parenting easier once you actually become one, like Takara Tomy’s new AI-powered smart speaker that can imitate a parent’s voice at bedtime and read those children’s books and fairy tales most parents are sick of reading over and over.
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Move Over Global Disinformation Campaigns, Deepfakes Have a New Role: Corporate Spamming
Have you ever ignored a seemingly random LinkedIn solicitor and been left with a weird feeling that something about the profile just seemed…off? Well, it turns out, in some cases, those sales reps hounding you might not actually be human beings at all. Yes, AI-generated deepfakes have come for LinkedIn and they’d like to connect.