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Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds

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AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’, researchers sayDeepfake fraud has gone “industrial”, an analysis published by AI experts has said.Tools to create tailored, even personalised, scams – leveraging, for example, deepfake videos of Swedish journalists or the president of Cyprus – are no longer niche, but […]

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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

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Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companiesOn the veranda of her family’s home, with her laptop balanced on a mud slab built into the wall, Monsumi Murmu works from one of the few places where the mobile signal holds. The familiar sounds of domestic life come

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What does the disappearance of a $100bn deal mean for the AI economy?

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Apparent collapse of Nvidia–OpenAI tie-up raises questions about circular funding and who will bear the cost of AI’s expansionDid the circular AI economy just wobble? Last week it was reported that a much-discussed $100bn deal – announced last September – between Nvidia and OpenAI might not be happening at all.This was a circular arrangement through

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Mandelson’s links with US tech firm Palantir must be fully exposed, campaigners warn

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Government faces call for transparency on former peer’s involvement amid fears he may have leaked more sensitive informationPeter Mandelson’s involvement with the US tech company Palantir must be exposed to full public transparency, campaigners have said, amid fears he may have leaked more sensitive information than is alleged in his emails to Jeffrey Epstein.Palantir, an

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French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit

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Prosecutors summon tech billionaire and company’s ex-CEO for questioning as part of expanded investigationEurope live – latest updatesProsecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.“A search is under way

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Palantir beats Wall Street expectations amid Trump immigration crackdown

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CEO Alex Karp hails ‘iconic’ financial results despite criticism over contracts with ICE and homeland securityPalantir celebrated its latest financial results on Monday, as the tech company blew past Wall Street expectations and continues to prop up the Trump administration’s push to deport immigrants.Palantir has secured millions of dollars in federal contracts amid Trump’s crackdown

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Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI at $1.25tn valuation

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Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world’s most valuable private companyBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a $1.25tn (£910bn) merger that consolidates part of Musk’s empire as SpaceX prepares to go public later this year.The two companies announced the

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‘Deepfakes spreading and more AI companions’: seven takeaways from the latest artificial intelligence safety report

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Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruptionThe International AI Safety report is an annual survey of technological progress and the risks it is creating across multiple areas, from deepfakes to the jobs market.Commissioned at the 2023 global AI safety summit, it is chaired by the Canadian

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Viral AI personal assistant seen as step change – but experts warn of risks

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OpenClaw is billed as ‘the AI that actually does things’ and needs almost no input to potentially wreak havocA new viral AI personal assistant will handle your email inbox, trade away your entire stock portfolio and text your wife “good morning” and “goodnight” on your behalf.OpenClaw, formerly known as Moltbot, and before that known as

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How the left can win back the internet – and rise again | Robert Topinka

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In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tideRobert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of LondonPart one: How liberals lost the internetPart two: How the

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