The AI poisoning tool Nightshade, which protects digital artwork from being used to train generative AI models without permission, racked up more than 250,000 downloads in just five days. Continue Reading →
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The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has informed OpenAI that it suspects ChatGPT of violating European Union privacy laws. Continue Reading →
ElevenLabs, an AI startup specializing in voice replication technology, has banned a user account responsible for creating an audio deepfake of President Biden. The deepfake featured a message urging people not to vote in the New Hampshire primary. Continue Reading →
Deepfakes are all fun and games until a synthetic Taylor Swift starts promising free cookware on TikTok – then it requires Federal legislation. Continue Reading →
Just in time for my upcoming lecture at the Newhouse School – Generative AI Co-teachers and Co-students: A New Relationship – Google has introduced several new features for its Classroom aimed at enhancing classroom management, accessibility, and the integration of AI in educational tools. Continue Reading →
Google is introducing three new experimental AI features for Chrome. They range from useful to not-so-useful, but they also foreshadow an AI-infused future. Continue Reading →
Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, "Eternal You" is a documentary that explores the emerging (and slightly unsettling) business of "thanabots" (thanatology meets robotics), where AI models are trained to resurrect those who've shuffled off this mortal coil. Continue Reading →
In an interview with Alex Heath for The Verge, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined his company's ambitious goal to develop AGI and its strategic reorganization to integrate AI research and product development. Continue Reading →
Is your preferred AI application built on ethically sourced data? Fairly Trained, a new non-profit organization, is going to do its best to figure out the answer, then certify AI models that legally license protected data for training their AI models. Continue Reading →
Is AI good for cheating? Yes, it's good for cheating, but it's great for teaching, and even greater for learning. As many of you know, alongside my full-time consulting practice, I have the privilege of serving as the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at the Newhouse School of Public Communications. I'm thrilled to announce my upcoming talk: "Generative AI - Co-teachers and Co-students: A New Relationship." Continue Reading →