ai, ai and humanity, deepfakes, fake news
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are supercharging the problem of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and various image, voice, and video generators have made it easier than ever to produce content, while making it harder to tell what is factual or real. Malicious actors looking to spread disinformation can use AI ...
Tristan Harris, an ex-ethicist at Google and the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, has warned that the entire digital space has become a “dark infrastructure,” with tech products and culture being intentionally designed for mass deception. This is one of the looming dangers of tech. He was speaking to a U.S. House Subcommittee ...
Until a few years ago, a photo could be accepted as a visual depiction of truth. With advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), this is no longer true. AI photos of human beings usually look uncannily similar to those of real-life people. This has raised several concerns since the technology can be misused and a person’s ...
The United States’ military research division, DARPA, is investing millions of dollars in identifying doctored images and videos, known as deepfakes. Since some of these deepfakes look convincing to most people, DARPA wants to develop software to spot them before international governments and rogue agencies use the technology against the country. DARPA and deepfakes The ...