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FCC bans AI-generated voices in robocalls |
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned the use of voices generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in robocalls, just weeks after a message impersonating President Biden went out to New Hampshire residents ahead of the state's primary election. |
The agency unanimously adopted a ruling recognizing AI-generated voices as "artificial" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which restricts telemarketing calls and the use of artificial or prerecorded voice messages. The law gives the FCC the ability to fine robocallers and block calls from telephone carriers facilitating illegal robocalls, the agency noted in a press release. It also allows consumers and organizations to sue robocallers. "It seems like something from the far-off future, but it is already here," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement. "Artificial Intelligence-generated voice cloning and image creating tools are now more accessible and more likely to be used for fraud." "This technology can confuse us when we listen, view, and click, because it can trick us into thinking all kinds of fake stuff is legitimate," she continued. Rosenworcel pointed to several recent incidents, including the circulation of explicit AI-generated photos of pop superstar Taylor Swift last month and the AI version of actor Tom Hanks that promoted a dental plan online last fall. She also appeared to reference the fake Biden call, citing "calls from candidates for political office that are designed to confuse us about where and when to vote." Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Ransomware payments skyrocketed in 2023, hitting a record-high $1.1 billion extorted from targets of the schemes, according to a Chainalysis report released Wednesday. The New York-based firm’s report details ransomware actors going after companies such as British Airways, as well as targeting infrastructure that yielded a surge of ransom payments. The 2023 figure is a vast increase from the $567 million extorted … |
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Several Republican senators slammed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday over its "deeply troubling" conduct in a recent case against the cryptocurrency company DEBT Box. The SEC brought the case against DEBT Box in July, accusing the company of "an ongoing, sprawling, fraudulent securities offering" that defrauded investors of at least $49 million. The federal judge overseeing the case granted the agency's … |
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Leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies joined a new safety consortium to play a part in supporting the safe development of generative AI, the Biden administration announced Thursday. Microsoft, Alphabet’s Google, Apple, Facebook-parent Meta Platforms, OpenAI and others have joined the AI Safety Institute Consortium, a coalition focusing on the safe development and deployment of generative AI. The newly formed … |
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Hundreds of parent advocates urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to pass the Kids Online Safety Act in a letter and full-page Wall Street Journal ad published Thursday. The call to action builds on pressure from parents at last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Discord, Snap and X, the company formerly known as Twitter. "We have paid the ultimate price for Congress's failure … |
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Google launches its most advanced AI chatbot |
Google launched Gemini Ultra, its most advanced AI chatbot to rival ChatGPT, which will be available through a paid experience, The Associated Press reported. |
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How TikTok creators are coining new terms |
Vox reported on how TikTok creators are flooding the platform by coining new terms from "loud budgeting" to "girl hobby." |
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A criminal actor is to blame for a dayslong cyberattack on a Chicago hospital, officials say |
CHICAGO (AP) — A large children’s hospital in Chicago remains hobbled by a cyberattack that began more than a week ago, cutting doctors and nurses off from digital patient records and limiting parents’ ability to communicate with their kids’ caregivers. Officials at Lurie Children’s … |
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President Biden's legal team blasted parts of a report by special counsel Robert Hur on Thursday, accusing him of “investigative excess” … Read more |
| Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerged as an unlikely ally of former President Trump on Thursday when the Supreme Court heard arguments over an effort … Read more |
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