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Hundreds sign letter calling for deepfake regulation |
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang were among hundreds who signed an open letter Wednesday calling for deepfake regulation. |
More than 400 artificial intelligence (AI) experts, artists and politicians signed the letter, which urged governments to pass laws criminalizing deepfake child pornography and establishing criminal penalties for those who knowingly create or facilitate the spread of harmful deepfakes. The letter also suggested software developers and distributors be required to prevent their products from creating harmful deepfakes and be held liable if their measures are too easily circumvented. Deepfakes — which the letter describes as "non-consensual and grossly misleading AI-generated voices, images, or videos, that a reasonable person would mistake as real" — pose growing risks as AI technology has become more widely available. "Deepfakes are a huge threat to human society and are already causing growing harm to individuals, communities, and the functioning of democracy," said Andrew Critch, an AI researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and lead author of the letter, in a statement. "We need immediate action to combat the proliferation of deepfakes, and my colleagues and I created this letter as a way for people around the world to show their support for law-making efforts to stop deepfakes," he added. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Most physicians in a new survey said they regularly feel burned out, and many believe artificial intelligence (AI) could be the solution. The survey, released Wednesday by Athenahealth, found around 93 percent of respondents experienced burnout after working 15 hours over their normal hours. The struggle with burnout is catching up to health care professionals who also contend with vast administrative workloads and staffing … |
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Apple is getting into the free sports application game. The company on Wednesday introduced Apple Sports, a free app for iPhone that gives sports fans access to real-time scores, stats, and more. "We created Apple Sports to give sports fans what they want — an app that delivers incredibly fast access to scores and stats," Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Services said in announcing the new app. "Apple Sports is available … |
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The U.S. informed its NATO and Asian allies that Russia could deploy a nuclear weapon into space this year after details of American intelligence assessments of its ambitions circulated last week, according to The New York Times. U.S. intelligence agencies also told allies Moscow could also send a harmless "dummy" warhead into space that would likely leave questions about Russia's capabilities, the Times reported … |
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The U.S. is offering rewards for information on leaders of the LockBit ransomware group. LockBit is a syndicate operating since 2019. It accounted for 23 percent of the nearly 4,000 attacks globally last year in which ransomware gangs posted data stolen from victims to extort payment, according to the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, per The Associated Press. "The Department of State is announcing reward offers totaling … |
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Waymo expansion application put on hold |
Waymo's application to expand its robotaxi service to parts of Los Angeles and the Bay Area has been put on hold by the California Public Utilities Commission until mid-June, The Verge reported . |
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Google launches open AI models |
Google has released a new family of open AI models, known as Gemma, that allows developers to make adjustments as they see fit, Reuters reported. |
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Nvidia's 4Q revenue, profit soar thanks to demand for its chips used for artificial intelligence |
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Nvidia Corp., which has seen its value skyrocket over the past year thanks to soaring demand for its graphics chips used for artificial intelligence, posted stronger-than-expected results Wednesday for its latest quarter, with its revenue more than tripling from a year … |
Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation’s top policing agency and other parts of its government — a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and … |
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President Biden is facing growing pressure to back a cease-fire in Gaza, with fresh criticism mounting after the United States vetoed another United … Read more |
| The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is forgiving a total of $1.2 billion in student debt for roughly 153,000 borrowers. The relief comes … Read more |
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