Day: February 4, 2023

By OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions — the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader. Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions — the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader. Artificial Intelligence is redefining the proverb “seeing is believing,” with a deluge of images created out of thin air and people shown mo… Read More “Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes”

United States Congresswoman Majorire Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) lamented her life as a lawmaker in a recent episode of her podcast. “The nature of this job – it keeps members of congress and senators in Washington so much of the time, too much of the time to be honest with you, that we don’t get to go home and spend more time with our families, our friends, you know, all in our district, or maybe just be regular people because this job is so demanding, and it’s turned into practically year-round,” Greene said. “And for those of us in the House of Representatives, we have to run for Congress eve… Read More “‘Has made my life miserable’: Marjorie Taylor Greene explains why she hates being in Congress”

Washington (AFP) – The first Chinese surveillance balloon that the Pentagon found flying over sensitive US ballistic missile sites may be guided by advanced artificial intelligence technology, a US expert said Friday. A second Chinese surveillance balloon was later spotted over Latin America, the Pentagon said, without specifying its exact location. William Kim, a specialist in surveillance balloons at the Marathon Initiative think tank in Washington, told AFP that balloons are a valuable means of observation that are difficult to shoot down. Guided by AI?Kim said the first Chinese balloon loo… Read More “Chinese balloon advanced, hard to shoot down: US expert”

By Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP Excitement around ChatGPT — an easy to use AI chatbot that can deliver an essay or computer code upon request and within seconds — has sent schools into panic and turned Big Tech green with envy. Excitement around ChatGPT — an easy to use AI chatbot that can deliver an essay or computer code upon request and within seconds — has sent schools into panic and turned Big Tech green with envy. The potential impact of ChatGPT on society remains complicated and unclear even as its creator Wednesday announced a paid subscription version in the United States. Here is a c… Read More “ChatGPT: the promises, pitfalls and panic”

By praetorianphoto / Getty Images Could humanity finally be gaining the upper hand in our age-old fight against cancer? Could humanity finally be gaining the upper hand in our age-old fight against cancer? Recent scientific and medical advances have added several new weapons to our arsenal, including personalised gene therapy, artificial intelligence screening, simple blood tests — and potentially soon vaccines. Cancer accounted for nearly 10 million deaths — almost one in six of the global total — in 2020, according to the World Health Organization. Ahead of World Cancer Day on Saturday, h… Read More “From vaccines to AI: New weapons in the fight against cancer”

A friendly face appears on the screen and so begins what could be yet another Zoom call – except I’m sitting inside a white booth that looks like a doctor’s office designed to fit on an airplane, and I’m a little nervous. Attached to the walls are a stethoscope, a blood pressure monitor, an oximeter and other scopes that I will be instructed to use on myself throughout my teleconsultation. As France struggles with a shortage of doctors, its worst-hit regions are rolling out hi-tech telemedicine booths, where patients can conduct their own checkups while on a video call with a physician in anot… Read More “Can’t find a doctor? This hi-tech telemedicine booth offers a handy, hands-on checkup”