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
Fake Detection

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
Fighting Fakes: China introduces a ban on deepfakes.
Fake Detection

Fighting Fakes: China introduces a ban on deepfakes.

China announced a ban on fake news, targeting deepfakes in particular. The Cyberspace Administration of China issued new rules restricting online audio and video, especially content created using AI.

December 11, 20192 min read
Keeping the Facts Straight: NLP system FactCC fact checks texts.
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Keeping the Facts Straight: NLP system FactCC fact checks texts.

Automatically generated text summaries are becoming common in search engines and news websites. But existing summarizers often mix up facts. For instance, a victim’s name might get switched for the perpetrator’s.

December 11, 20192 min read
Fighting Fakes: China introduces a ban on deepfakes.
Fake Detection

Fighting Fakes: China introduces a ban on deepfakes.

China announced a ban on fake news, targeting deepfakes in particular. The Cyberspace Administration of China issued new rules restricting online audio and video, especially content created using AI.

December 11, 20192 min read
Keeping the Facts Straight: NLP system FactCC fact checks texts.
Fake Detection

Keeping the Facts Straight: NLP system FactCC fact checks texts.

Automatically generated text summaries are becoming common in search engines and news websites. But existing summarizers often mix up facts. For instance, a victim’s name might get switched for the perpetrator’s.

December 11, 20192 min read
Bias Goes Undercover: Adversarial attacks can fool explainable AI techniques.
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Bias Goes Undercover: Adversarial attacks can fool explainable AI techniques.

As black-box algorithms like neural networks find their way into high-stakes fields such as transportation, healthcare, and finance, researchers have developed techniques to help explain models’ decisions. New findings show that some of these methods can be fooled.

November 27, 20192 min read
Bias Goes Undercover: Adversarial attacks can fool explainable AI techniques.
Fake Detection

Bias Goes Undercover: Adversarial attacks can fool explainable AI techniques.

As black-box algorithms like neural networks find their way into high-stakes fields such as transportation, healthcare, and finance, researchers have developed techniques to help explain models’ decisions. New findings show that some of these methods can be fooled.

November 27, 20192 min read
Deepfakes Wreak Havoc
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Deepfakes Wreak Havoc

Will AI fakery erode public trust in the key social institutions? Generative models will flood media outlets with convincing but false photos, videos, ads, and news stories. The ensuing crisis of authority will lead to widespread distrust in everything from the financial system to democracy itself.

October 30, 20192 min read
Deepfakes Wreak Havoc
Fake Detection

Deepfakes Wreak Havoc

Will AI fakery erode public trust in the key social institutions? Generative models will flood media outlets with convincing but false photos, videos, ads, and news stories. The ensuing crisis of authority will lead to widespread distrust in everything from the financial system to democracy itself.

October 30, 20192 min read
Facing Down Deepfakes
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Facing Down Deepfakes

Deepfakes threaten to undermine law and order, perhaps democracy itself. A coalition of tech companies, nonprofits, and academics joined forces to counter potential adverse impacts.

September 11, 20191 min read
Facing Down Deepfakes
Fake Detection

Facing Down Deepfakes

Deepfakes threaten to undermine law and order, perhaps democracy itself. A coalition of tech companies, nonprofits, and academics joined forces to counter potential adverse impacts.

September 11, 20191 min read
How to Share Dangerous AI
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How to Share Dangerous AI

OpenAI raised eyebrows in February when it announced — and withheld — the full version of its groundbreaking language model, GPT-2. Six months later, the company has re-examined the decision.

September 4, 20191 min read
How to Share Dangerous AI
Fake Detection

How to Share Dangerous AI

OpenAI raised eyebrows in February when it announced — and withheld — the full version of its groundbreaking language model, GPT-2. Six months later, the company has re-examined the decision.

September 4, 20191 min read

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