New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, on Saturday, said that a new update on “improved image matching” will defeat deepfakes as well as shallowfakes on social media platform X. The new update will show notes on 30 per cent more posts that contain “similar or identical images.” “We just rolled out the update … Read more
New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes, multi-factor authentication (MFA) fatigue attacks, and complex ransomware incidents are identified as imminent threats for 2024 in India that require urgent attention, a new report said on Friday. Looking ahead to 2024, Seqrite, the enterprise arm of global cybersecurity solutions provider Quick Heal, anticipated emerging challenges that demand vigilance … Read more
Tennessee became the first U.S. state to protect musicians from AI that could clone and manipulate their voices, creating deepfakes, without permission. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act into law on Thursday, adding the unauthorized use of a person’s voice to Tennessee’s list of protected rights. The … Read more
The agency is also looking into large language models that have led to an increase in “potency and proliferation of phishing scams”, said Ms Cheryl Tan, deputy director of sense-making and surveillance centre of expertise at HTX. Cybersecurity firms CNA spoke to have also adopted AI to defend against increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. An example … Read more
Elections across the world are changing across the world with the advent of AI deepfakes. While in India signs of it were already visible in local elections where dead leader’s voices were used to influence voters, the people in the UK are staring at an inevitable influence. A top minister from the Rishi Sunak government … Read more
Washington: Alarmed by a surge in impersonation fraud or deepfakes around the globe, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sought to modify a rule that would prohibit the impersonation of individuals. The Lina Khan-led agency said in a statement that it is taking this action in light of public outcry about the harms caused … Read more
Taking a major step towards transparency and authenticity in AI-generated visuals, OpenAI announced it will be embedding watermarks directly into images created by ChatGPT on the web and the company’s popular image generation model, DALL-E 3. The move comes amid the prevalence of AI-generated deepfakes and misinformation online. To combat this issue, OpenAI said it … Read more
Alarmed by a global wave of deepfakes related to upcoming elections, Meta said it is ramping up its efforts to identify and label AI-generated images, building on its existing initiatives to combat misinformation. In line with this, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company is developing a tool that will identify AI-generated content when it surfaces on Facebook, … Read more
OpenAI has banned the developer of Dean.Bot, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered bot that mimics US presidential candidate Dean Phillips. The Microsoft-backed AI startup said the developer violated company policy. To those unaware, Phillips, 55, announced his bid for the presidency in October, arguing a younger generation should be given the opportunity to lead. While … Read more
Artificial intelligence lab OpenAI published a blog post Monday seeking to address fears that its technology will meddle with elections, as more than a third of the globe prepares to head to the polls this year. The use of AI to interfere with election integrity has been a concern since the Microsoft-backed company released two … Read more
