Regulators Target Deepfakes: China's new law limits AI-generated media.
Deepfakes

Regulators Target Deepfakes: China's new law limits AI-generated media.

China’s internet watchdog issued new rules that govern synthetic media. Legislation from the Cyberspace Administration of China limits the use of AI to create or edit text, audio, video, images, and 3D digital renderings. The law took effect on January 10.

January 26, 20231 min read
Regulators Target Deepfakes: China's new law limits AI-generated media.
Deepfakes

Regulators Target Deepfakes: China's new law limits AI-generated media.

China’s internet watchdog issued new rules that govern synthetic media. Legislation from the Cyberspace Administration of China limits the use of AI to create or edit text, audio, video, images, and 3D digital renderings. The law took effect on January 10.

January 26, 20231 min read
Generate Articles, Publish Errors: CNET pauses its practice of writing news articles with AI.
Deepfakes

Generate Articles, Publish Errors: CNET pauses its practice of writing news articles with AI.

A prominent tech-news website generated controversy (and mistakes) by publishing articles written by AI. CNET suspended its practice of publishing articles produced by a text-generation model following news reports that exposed the articles’ authorship.

January 26, 20232 min read
Generate Articles, Publish Errors: CNET pauses its practice of writing news articles with AI.
Deepfakes

Generate Articles, Publish Errors: CNET pauses its practice of writing news articles with AI.

A prominent tech-news website generated controversy (and mistakes) by publishing articles written by AI. CNET suspended its practice of publishing articles produced by a text-generation model following news reports that exposed the articles’ authorship.

January 26, 20232 min read
Your Personal Deepfaked Agent: This GPT-powered voice tool will talk to customer service for you.
Deepfakes

Your Personal Deepfaked Agent: This GPT-powered voice tool will talk to customer service for you.

Hate talking to customer service? An AI-powered tool may soon do it for you. Joshua Browder, chief executive of the consumer advocacy organization DoNotPay, demonstrated a system that autonomously navigates phone menus and converses...

January 11, 20231 min read
Your Personal Deepfaked Agent: This GPT-powered voice tool will talk to customer service for you.
Deepfakes

Your Personal Deepfaked Agent: This GPT-powered voice tool will talk to customer service for you.

Hate talking to customer service? An AI-powered tool may soon do it for you. Joshua Browder, chief executive of the consumer advocacy organization DoNotPay, demonstrated a system that autonomously navigates phone menus and converses...

January 11, 20231 min read
Avatars Gone Wild: What's going on with Lensa, the AI-powered selfie app?
Deepfakes

Avatars Gone Wild: What's going on with Lensa, the AI-powered selfie app?

A blockbuster app produces sexualized avatar images, even when the original portraits were safe for work.

December 14, 20222 min read
Avatars Gone Wild: What's going on with Lensa, the AI-powered selfie app?
Deepfakes

Avatars Gone Wild: What's going on with Lensa, the AI-powered selfie app?

A blockbuster app produces sexualized avatar images, even when the original portraits were safe for work.

December 14, 20222 min read
Your Coworkers Aren’t Human: Confronting the Fear of a White Collar AI Takeover
Deepfakes

Your Coworkers Aren’t Human: Confronting the Fear of a White Collar AI Takeover

The new remote administrative assistant is a little too perky, hardworking, and efficient. Is it because he’s a bot?

October 26, 20221 min read
Your Coworkers Aren’t Human: Confronting the Fear of a White Collar AI Takeover
Deepfakes

Your Coworkers Aren’t Human: Confronting the Fear of a White Collar AI Takeover

The new remote administrative assistant is a little too perky, hardworking, and efficient. Is it because he’s a bot?

October 26, 20221 min read
Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words
Deepfakes

Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words

The filmmakers used technology from Flawless AI to clean up the language, enabling the film to earn a rating that welcomes younger viewers.

August 17, 20222 min read
Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words
Deepfakes

Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words

The filmmakers used technology from Flawless AI to clean up the language, enabling the film to earn a rating that welcomes younger viewers.

August 17, 20222 min read
Actors Act Against AI: UK Actors Union Launches Campaign Against AI
Deepfakes

Actors Act Against AI: UK Actors Union Launches Campaign Against AI

Performing artists are taking action to protect their earning power against scene-stealing avatars. Equity, a union of UK performing artists, launched a campaign to pressure the government to prohibit unauthorized use of a performer’s AI-generated likeness.

June 1, 20222 min read
Actors Act Against AI: UK Actors Union Launches Campaign Against AI
Deepfakes

Actors Act Against AI: UK Actors Union Launches Campaign Against AI

Performing artists are taking action to protect their earning power against scene-stealing avatars. Equity, a union of UK performing artists, launched a campaign to pressure the government to prohibit unauthorized use of a performer’s AI-generated likeness.

June 1, 20222 min read
AI for President: How South Korean president's campaign used deepfakes
Deepfakes

AI for President: How South Korean president's campaign used deepfakes

A deepfake of South Korea’s new president helped propel him into office. Yoon Suk-yeol, who won the country’s March 9 election, campaigned using videos that featured an AI-generated likeness of himself answering voters’ questions.

March 16, 20221 min read

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