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Victims of Deepfakes Are Fighting Back
Anyone who’s spent a moment observing U.S. political chatter in recent months has probably encountered the following prediction: 2024 will yield the world’s first deepfake election. Rapidly evolving AI video and audio generators powered by large language models have already been used by both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaigns to smear each other…
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Google and Universal Music Discuss Making an AI Tool to Replicate Artists’ Voices
Universal Music Group and Google are in discussions to license artists’ voices and melodies for AI-generated content. The two companies are considering developing a tool that people can use to create AI-generated music, otherwise known as deepfake, with popular artists’ voices, the Financial Times reported. Under the licensing deal, the relevant copyright owners would be…
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FBI Says People Are Using Deepfakes to Apply to Remote Jobs
Companies hiring for an open IT position might need to do more than scrutinize how prospective employees react to the question “What is your worst quality?” If the prospective hire sneezes or coughs without moving their lips, their worst quality might be that they’re not actually real.
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This Smart Speaker Will Read Stories to Your Kids With a Deepfaked Copy of Your Own Voice
You stop judging all the shortcuts and workarounds that make parenting easier once you actually become one, like Takara Tomy’s new AI-powered smart speaker that can imitate a parent’s voice at bedtime and read those children’s books and fairy tales most parents are sick of reading over and over.