Summary: A new study highlights the challenges and advancements in detecting AI-generated videos. Researchers have found that traditional digital media detection methods falter against videos produced by AI, such as those created by the Sora generator from OpenAI. By employing a machine-learning algorithm, the team successfully identified unique digital “fingerprints” left by various AI video …
AI-generated audio and video platforms are rapidly improving, proving themselves potentially useful in areas from entertainment to HR. But its leaders acknowledge that there are risks—and they’ll have to be careful about enforcing moderation policies that prevent users from using AI to impersonate public figures or commit fraud. Speaking with Fortune senior writer Jeremy Kahn …
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer In December of last year, Ariel, a 24-year-old content creator in New Jersey, received a message from a French digital-marketing company called Arcads. Ariel makes her living doing marketing videos for brands, who hire her through platforms like Fiverr and Upwork. Arcads had a slightly different request. “They asked if I’d be willing …
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. With all the legal drama surrounding Elon Musk and OpenAI these past few days, an important AI headline has fallen through the cracks. A pair of researchers said it took them just two seconds to remove watermarks intended to indicate content was generated by AI. It’s not the …
Many people dropped off their ballots at the country Registrar of Voters office. Photo by Chris Stone An AI-generated voice that sounds like President Biden and tried to discourage voter participation last month is proof that artificial intelligence is a threat to public trust and can discourage voter participation, Assemblymember Gail Pellerin, a Santa Cruz …
The creator of an audio deepfake of US President Joe Biden urging people not to vote in this week’s New Hampshire primary has been suspended by ElevenLabs, according to a person familiar with the matter. ElevenLabs’ technology was used to make the deepfake audio, according to Pindrop Security Inc., a voice-fraud detection company that analyzed it. …
Business By Shannon Thaler Published Jan. 25, 2024, 9:03 a.m. ET Fake pornographic images of Taylor Swift generated using artificial intelligence are circulating on social media, leaving her loyal legion of Swifties wondering how there’s not more regulation around the nonconsensual creation of X-rated images. The images in question — known as “deepfakes” — show …
OctoML says it has ended its business relationship with Civitai days after an investigation by revealed the text-to-image platform was being used to generate images that “could be categorized as child pornography.” Civitai previously relied on OctoML’s OctoAI for image generation. While OctoML initially indicated it would continue working with Civitai and introduced new measures …
Hours after IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the government will come up with new regulations to tackle deepfakes, Google India said that the company will share expertise and knowledge towards responsible AI development, which includes guardrails to prevent misuse of technology.“We appreciate the opportunity to meet with the government, jointly with industry stakeholders, to …