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What Are Deepfakes? Here’s How You Can Spot Them
Deepfakes are a type of synthetic content, generated with the aid of artificial intelligence, that can depict scenes and events that did not happen. Images [… Read more ]
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AI image generator Midjourney stops free trials but says influx of new users to blame
AI image generator Midjourney has halted free trials of its service, blaming a sudden influx of new users. Midjourney CEO and founder David Holz announced [… Read more ]
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Pope Francis Didn’t Really Wear A White Puffer Coat.
Aphoto of Pope Francis went viral over the weekend when an image of him stepping out in public in a stylish, puffer-coat version of white [… Read more ]
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Making Deepfakes Gets Cheaper and Easier Thanks to A.I.
Meme-makers and misinformation peddlers are embracing artificial intelligence tools to create convincing fake videos on the cheap. It wouldn’t be completely out of character for [… Read more ]
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Deepfakes are being used for good
In the second season of BBC mystery thriller The Capture, deepfakes threaten the future of democracy and UK national security. In a dystopia set in present [… Read more ]
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A deepfake video of Joe Biden singing the children’s song Baby Shark
The clip started out as a joke, but that doesn’t stop something gaining its own nefarious life online Ihate to have to say this, but [… Read more ]
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TOP 5 DEEPFAKE SCAMS THAT STORMED THE INTERNET THIS YEAR
Deepfakes, which are increasingly utilized in scams, are phony computer-generated audio or video representations of a genuine person. It might be compared to a fusion [… Read more ]
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Facebook’s Metaverse Could Be Overrun By Deep Fakes
Mark Zuckerberg’s virtual-reality universe, dubbed simply Meta, has been plagued by a number of problems from technology issues to a difficulty holding onto staff. That [… Read more ]
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Is That Trump Photo Real?
On Monday, a technology startup in London did something that most software companies never do: It published the code behind its creation so that anyone could replicate it. [… Read more ]
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AI image generator’s ability to create nude deepfakes
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How to keep your business safe from deepfakes
Is that really Tom Cruise about to wrestle an alligator? Keanu Reeves dancing like nobody is watching? Or Robert Pattinson getting shade from his cat? No – it’s a [… Read more ]
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Can a deepfake company be ethical?
On TikTok, you might have seen Tom Cruise playing acoustic guitar in a plain white t-shirt and a green baseball cap. You might have seen Tom Cruise check [… Read more ]
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Star Wars fan ‘fixes’ The Mandalorian season 2 finale with a deepfake video
The season 2 finale of The Mandalorian was an emotional roller coaster for a lot of fans (including me), but there was one big reveal that’ll most likely have [… Read more ]
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Metaphysic, AI startup behind Tom Cruise deepfakes, raises $7.5M
Metaphysic, the company behind the Tom Cruise deepfakes, has raised $7.5 million. The London-based company develops artificial intelligence for hyperreal virtual experiences in the metaverse, the universe of [… Read more ]
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Five ways artificial intelligence could shape our lives
Tech evangelists habitually brim with enthusiasm over artificial intelligence’s potential to transform our lives, and the crowds at this year’s Web Summit were no exception. [… Read more ]