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Can you tell the difference between real and AI-generated images? Take the Real or Not quiz.
August 20, 2024
AI technologies used to create deepfakes are widely available and not limited only to those who care about responsible use. This means well-informed citizens are essential to curbing the spread of deepfakes and upholding the democratic process during this year’s presidential election. Even for skilled AI experts, spotting AI-manipulated images can be difficult. Try Microsoft’s Real or Not quiz to see just how hard it is to distinguish AI-generated images from real ones.
The skyline of San Francisco at night.
(Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) via Reuters
Late last week, the San Francisco City Attorney filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the owners of 16 websites that create nonconsensual deepfake pornography.
Grok logo displayed on a laptop screen and Elon Musk account on X displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 8, 2023.
(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)
If you’ve been on X this past week, you might have seen some strange and disturbing images: a MAGA hat-wearing Mickey Mouse smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer on the beach, former President Barack Obama threatening President Joe Biden with a knife, or maybe Microsoft founder Bill Gates sniffing copious amounts of cocaine.
McPHOTO/M. Gann via Reuters
A recent study from the University of Bath in England and the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany found that artificial intelligence doesn’t actually pose an existential risk to humans.
In this photo illustration, Worldcoin logo is seen on a smartphone screen.
Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images via Reuters Connect
Sam Altman wants to scan the eyeballs of every single person on Earth with an orb-shaped scanner and then pay them with cryptocurrency.
Hard Numbers: Business risks, Germany’s controversial pop hit, Water works, Detecting autism early
August 20, 2024
FILE PHOTO: The Wall Street entrance to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in New York City, U.S., November 15, 2022.
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Will Russia negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine in good faith, or is total destruction President Vladimir Putin’s ultimate goal? Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal, tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World that the fear among Ukrainians that Russia wants to erase Ukraine’s national identity isn’t just a belief; it’s a fact. Russian officials, including Putin, have been saying as much since the invasion began.
A demonstrator is holding a banner during an antigovernment protest in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 4, 2024. Venezuelans in Lisbon are gathering in Praca do Comercio to protest and express their disagreement with the election results in Venezuela and to support opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.
Photo by Luis Boza/NurPhoto via Reuters
A new poll shows more than 40% of Venezuela’s population — roughly 7 million people — might flee the country in the wake of strongman President Nicolás Maduro’s apparently successful bid to steal the July 28 election.
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he attends the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. August 19, 2024.
REUTERS/Craig Hudson
On the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the party ushered in a new candidate – and a new era.
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