Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning
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Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning

A new model designed to sharpen images tends to turn some dark faces white, igniting fresh furor over bias in machine learning. Photo Upsampling via Latent Space Exploration (Pulse) generates high-resolution versions of low-resolution images.

July 1, 20202 min read
Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers
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Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers

A consortium of top AI experts proposed concrete steps to help machine learning engineers secure the public’s trust. Dozens of researchers and technologists recommended actions to counter public skepticism toward artificial intelligence, fueled by issues like data privacy.

April 29, 20201 min read
Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers
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Toward AI We Can Count On: Public trust recommendations from AI researchers

A consortium of top AI experts proposed concrete steps to help machine learning engineers secure the public’s trust. Dozens of researchers and technologists recommended actions to counter public skepticism toward artificial intelligence, fueled by issues like data privacy.

April 29, 20201 min read
Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.
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Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.

Are you secretly yearning to have a My Little Pony character voice your next online presentation? A new web app can make your dreams come true. 15.ai translates short text messages into the voices of popular cartoon and videogame characters.

April 1, 20201 min read
Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.
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Voice Cloning for the Masses: An AI project clones cartoon character voices.

Are you secretly yearning to have a My Little Pony character voice your next online presentation? A new web app can make your dreams come true. 15.ai translates short text messages into the voices of popular cartoon and videogame characters.

April 1, 20201 min read
Guest Speaker: Deepfake method syncs up mouth movements with words.
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Guest Speaker: Deepfake method syncs up mouth movements with words.

Deepfake videos in which one person appears to speak another’s words have appeared in entertainment, advertising, and politics. New research ups the ante for an application that enables new forms of both creative expression and

March 11, 20202 min read
Guest Speaker: Deepfake method syncs up mouth movements with words.
Deepfakes

Guest Speaker: Deepfake method syncs up mouth movements with words.

Deepfake videos in which one person appears to speak another’s words have appeared in entertainment, advertising, and politics. New research ups the ante for an application that enables new forms of both creative expression and

March 11, 20202 min read
. . . And I Approve of This Deepfake: How India's BJP used AI to create campaign videos
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. . . And I Approve of This Deepfake: How India's BJP used AI to create campaign videos

Deepfake tech reared its digitally altered head in Indian politics, but with a twist: Altered images of a politician were produced by his own campaign.

February 26, 20201 min read
. . . And I Approve of This Deepfake: How India's BJP used AI to create campaign videos
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. . . And I Approve of This Deepfake: How India's BJP used AI to create campaign videos

Deepfake tech reared its digitally altered head in Indian politics, but with a twist: Altered images of a politician were produced by his own campaign.

February 26, 20201 min read
Trading Faces: FaceShifter swaps faces obscured by objects.
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Trading Faces: FaceShifter swaps faces obscured by objects.

AI’s ability to transfer a person’s face from a source photo onto someone in a target photo doesn’t work so well when the target face is partially obscured by, say, eyeglasses, a veil, or a hand. A new technique handles such occlusions.

February 19, 20202 min read
Trading Faces: FaceShifter swaps faces obscured by objects.
Deepfakes

Trading Faces: FaceShifter swaps faces obscured by objects.

AI’s ability to transfer a person’s face from a source photo onto someone in a target photo doesn’t work so well when the target face is partially obscured by, say, eyeglasses, a veil, or a hand. A new technique handles such occlusions.

February 19, 20202 min read
Facebook vs Deepfakes: How Facebook cracked down on deepfakes
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Facebook vs Deepfakes: How Facebook cracked down on deepfakes

Facebook announced a ban on deepfake videos, on the heels of a crackdown on counterfeit profiles that used AI-generated faces. Facebook declared this week that it will remove deepfake videos it deems deliberately misleading.

January 8, 20201 min read
Facebook vs Deepfakes: How Facebook cracked down on deepfakes
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Facebook vs Deepfakes: How Facebook cracked down on deepfakes

Facebook announced a ban on deepfake videos, on the heels of a crackdown on counterfeit profiles that used AI-generated faces. Facebook declared this week that it will remove deepfake videos it deems deliberately misleading.

January 8, 20201 min read
Deepfakes Go Mainstream: Why 2019 was a big year for deepfakes
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Deepfakes Go Mainstream: Why 2019 was a big year for deepfakes

Society awakened to the delight, threat, and sheer weirdness of realistic images and other media dreamed up by computers.

December 24, 20192 min read
Deepfakes Go Mainstream: Why 2019 was a big year for deepfakes
Deepfakes

Deepfakes Go Mainstream: Why 2019 was a big year for deepfakes

Society awakened to the delight, threat, and sheer weirdness of realistic images and other media dreamed up by computers.

December 24, 20192 min read

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