X blocks Taylor Swift searches: What to know about the viral AI deepfakes | Internet News

X blocks Taylor Swift searches: What to know about the viral AI deepfakes | Internet News

Social media platform X has blocked searches for one of the world’s most popular personalties, Taylor Swift, after explicit artificial intelligence images of the singer-songwriter went viral. The deepfakes flooded several social media sites from Reddit to Facebook. This has renewed calls to strengthen legislation around AI, particularly when it…

In India an algorithm declares them dead; they have to prove they’re alive | Technology

In India an algorithm declares them dead; they have to prove they’re alive | Technology

This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Rohtak and New Delhi, India: Dhuli Chand was 102 years old on September 8, 2022, when he led a wedding procession in Rohtak, a district town in the north Indian state of Haryana. As is customary in…

Jelena Begovic: Serbia’s tech rise in East vs West power struggle | Science and Technology

Jelena Begovic: Serbia’s tech rise in East vs West power struggle | Science and Technology

Serbian minister of science explores how the country’s growth in technology navigates the East-West rivalry. Following the Cold War’s ideological rift, East-West rivalry persists, fuelled by advances in AI, cybersecurity, telecommunications and biotechnology. Emerging from conflict, Serbia, once a war-torn nation, has left its pariah status behind. Two decades after…

From school bans to the Sam Altman drama: the big AI developments in 2023 | Technology

From school bans to the Sam Altman drama: the big AI developments in 2023 | Technology

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry began 2023 with a bang as schools and universities struggled with students using OpenAI’s ChatGPT to help them with homework and essay writing. Less than a week into the year, New York City Public Schools banned ChatGPT – released weeks earlier to enormous fanfare –…

China considers revising gaming rules after tech giants lose billions | Technology News

China considers revising gaming rules after tech giants lose billions | Technology News

Draft document outlining restrictions caused major stir as tech stocks tumbled, sent investors into a panic. Chinese authorities have said they may revise newly drafted online gaming rules shortly after the planned restrictions caused major tech companies to lose billions of dollars. State broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday that the…

Israel’s AI-powered ‘mass assassination factory’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel’s AI-powered ‘mass assassination factory’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘Accountability can’t be transferred to any software system,’ software engineer Laura Nolan unpacks use of AI in war. “A mass assassination factory” was the headline of the investigation by +972 magazine and Local Call that unveiled the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) based targeting system by Israel. The system,…

Drones help solve the forest carbon capture riddle in Thailand | Environment

Drones help solve the forest carbon capture riddle in Thailand | Environment

On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a drone’s rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest. It moves back and forth atop the rich canopy, transmitting photos to be knitted into a 3D model that reveals the woodland’s health…

Tesla recalls nearly all US vehicles over autopilot system defects | Automotive Industry News

Tesla recalls nearly all US vehicles over autopilot system defects | Automotive Industry News

The firm’s largest-ever recall comes after a two-year investigation by federal safety regulator focused on autopilot function. Tesla is recalling more than two million cars in the United States, nearly all of its vehicles sold there, after a federal regulator said defects with the autopilot system pose a safety hazard….

European Union reaches agreement on landmark legislation to regulate AI | Technology News

European Union reaches agreement on landmark legislation to regulate AI | Technology News

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen hails AI Act as ‘global first’ that will safeguard rights of people and businesses. European Union policymakers have agreed on landmark legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), paving the way for the most ambitious set of standards yet to control the use of the…

PM Modi Backs Rules for Crypto, Says There’s No Point in Ignoring Technology

PM Modi Backs Rules for Crypto, Says There’s No Point in Ignoring Technology

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed that a comprehensive set of rules are necessary govern the crypto sector. PM Modi, during an exclusive interview with Business Today said that it is only wise to keep up pace with advancements in the technological sector. The regulation of cryptocurrencies has been among…