Police efforts to sort through online child sexual exploitation material are being hampered by the rise in AI-generated imagery. Here’s how they’re working to combat the problem.
People are concerned about the use of AI in newsrooms, but it depends on the type of news. Sports and entertainment don’t draw the same concern.
At the end of her professional career, Lynn Conway was professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan.
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The plant has been propagated worldwide, but every surviving specimen of Encephalartos woodii is a male clone – and without a female, natural reproduction is impossible.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, photographed in 2018.
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Secret recordings raise questions about Justice Alito’s impartiality, but they also reveal the weak state of legal protections against the misuse of the microphones and cameras everyone carries.
We didn’t stop climbing mountains when chair lifts were invented. Similarly, there will always be something uniquely special and valuable about human music-making.
Thousands of democrat voters received calls from what sounded like Joe Biden. It was a deepfake.
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An information scientist explains that while Google’s AI Overviews and other AI search tools may look enticing, you shouldn’t rely on them to fill all your search needs.
AI knowledge combined with gene-editing precision opens the way to dial-a-protein.
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AI has learned the ins and outs of proteins. Gene editing gives scientists control of life’s molecular machinery. Together they could lead to a revolution in biotechnology.
Is your social media group a budding democracy or someone’s fiefdom?
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Beijing’s cyber operations are largely conducted in the shadows. But a recent leak has shed light on how the state is working with private companies to target online activism.
AIs that can see and hear have captured the public imagination. A machine learning expert explains why the sense of smell has lagged behind – and why that could change.