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​Open AI CEO Sam Altman, left, and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son attend a marketing event in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 3, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: OpenAI monster funding round, Meta’s glasses sales, Teens fall for AI too, The Beatles win at the Grammys, Anthropic’s move to reduce jailbreaking

Polymath Synthetic Media Solutions shows a demo video to potential customers that shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking. You can see how the face of Indian Prime Minister Modi is analyzed to create an avatar of him.
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Deepfake videos are a possible election threat

If a deepfake video doesn’t sow chaos during the upcoming US election, it’s almost sure to disrupt an election somewhere in the world very soon.

How the UN is combating disinformation in the age of AI
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How the UN is combating disinformation in the age of AI

Disinformation is running rampant in today’s world. The internet, social media, and AI — combined with declining trust in major institutions — have created an ecosystem ripe for exploitation by nefarious actors aiming to spread false and hateful narratives. Meanwhile, governments worldwide are struggling to get big tech companies to take substantive steps to combat disinformation. And at the global level, the UN’s priorities are also being hit hard by these trends.

The FEC kicks AI down the road
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The FEC kicks AI down the road

The US Federal Election Commission will not regulate deepfakes in political ads before November’s elections.

A supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is wearing a face mask of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and dancing during a roadshow ahead of the Indian General Elections in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, on April 6, 2024.
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Dreams of a dancing Modi

A video circulating on social media shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi dressed stylishly and dancing to a Bollywood song while another shows his political rival Mamata Banerjee in a similar setting, though there’s a political speech of hers playing in the background.

​FKA Twigs, Stella McCartney, Ed Sheeran and Cara Delevingne pose at the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' in New York City, New York, U.S., May 6, 2024.
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Gaza protests, union negotiations, and deepfakes: Is the Met Gala a microcosm of the times?

​Pikesville High School, part of Baltimore County Public Schools, investigated a recording of racist and antisemitic remarks allegedly made by its principal, leading to the recent charges against Dazhon Darien.
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Alleged AI crime rocks Maryland high school

A former athletic director at Pikesville High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, has been charged with a litany of crimes related to using AI to frame the school's principal.

AI and Canada's proposed Online Harms Act
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AI and Canada's proposed Online Harms Act

In this episode of GZERO AI, Taylor Owen, professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and director of its Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy, takes at a look at the Canadian government’s Online Harms Act, which seeks to hold social media companies responsible for harmful content – often generated by artificial intelligence.

Voters beware: Elections and the looming threat of deepfakes
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Voters beware: Elections and the looming threat of deepfakes

With AI tools already being used to manipulate voters across the globe via deepfakes, more needs to be done to help people comprehend what this technology is capable of, says Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith.

Deepfakes and dissent: How AI makes the opposition more dangerous
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Deepfakes and dissent: How AI makes the opposition more dangerous

Former US National Security Council advisor Fiona Hill has plenty of experience dealing with dangerous dictators – but 2024 is even throwing her some curveballs.