Real or fake text? We can learn to spot the difference
The most recent generation of chatbots has surfaced longstanding concerns about the growing sophistication and accessibility of artificial intelligence.
Feb 27, 2023
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Microsoft's VALL-E can faithfully reproduce a voice after listening to a three second recording
A team of researchers at Microsoft has demonstrated a new AI system that is capable of mimicking a person's voice after training with a recording just three seconds long. The team explains developing the new app in a paper ...
Internet
Cyber researcher pioneers method to track groups of anomalous users
Malicious or fictitious users on internet networks have become the bane of the internet's existence. While many bemoan their increasing frequency, few have developed methods to track and expose them. A Ben-Gurion University ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Business
War-themed video game fuels wave of misinformation
Troops battle through burning streets. Missiles take down fighter jets. Drones pulverize tanks. The dramatic visuals have the trappings of real-life combat, but they are clips from video games fuelling misinformation.
Jan 2, 2023
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If Twitter falls, valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior will be lost
What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest fires, and public health professionals trying ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Security
The strengths and limitations of approaches to detect deepfake text
Advances in the field of machine learning have recently enabled the development of computational tools that can create convincing but artificially produced texts, also known as deepfake texts. While the automatic creation ...
Computer Sciences
Finding COVID-19 fake news with a computer chatbot
The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by ever-present fake news surrounding the behavior and effects of the coronavirus, the impact of social distancing, lockdowns, and quarantine, and the medical response in terms of vaccinations ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Singapore proposes new law to tackle harmful online content
Social media sites could be blocked or fined in Singapore if they fail to stop users in the tightly-controlled country from accessing "harmful" content under a proposed law introduced in parliament on Monday.
Oct 3, 2022
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Computer Sciences
The daily grind of the rumor mill: Machine learning deciphers fake news
Research published in the International Journal of Cloud Computing looks at how machine learning might allow us to analyze the nature and characteristics of social media updates and detect which of those updates are adding ...
Aug 11, 2022
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Internet
Celebrity deepfakes are all over TikTok. Here's why they're becoming common, and how you can spot them
One of the world's most popular social media platforms, TikTok, is now host to a steady stream of deepfake videos.
Jul 19, 2022
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