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Feb 06 2024
News
New Hampshire AG 'confident' he's found source of fake AI Biden robocalls
New Hampshire's attorney general has identified a Texas telecommunications company as the culprit behind phony calls President Joe Biden urging Democrats not to vote in the state's primary election. Republican attorney general John Formella held a press conference Tuesday announcing the opening of a criminal investigation after working with the Federal Communications Commission and a private
Raw StoryFeb 06 2024
News
Authorities target 2 Texas firms in probe of AI-generated robocalls before N.H. primary
Concord, N.H. — Authorities issued cease-and-desist orders Tuesday against two Texas companies they believe were connected to robocalls that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice and discourage people from voting in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary last month. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said investigators have identified the source of
Detroit NewsFeb 27 2024
News
Dean Phillips distances himself from campaign operative who reportedly paid $1 for AI-generated Biden deepfake
Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., is distancing himself from a report that one of his campaign's former consultants hired a magician to create a deepfake of President Biden urging New Hampshire voters not to participate in last month’s primary.
Paul Carpenter, a magician from New Orleans, came forward and said he had made the deepfake for $1 and
Fox News (Online News)Jan 17 2024
News
OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools
OpenAI has quietly walked back a ban on the military use of ChatGPT and its other artificial intelligence tools.
The shift comes as OpenAI begins to work with the U.S. Department of Defense on AI tools, including open-source cybersecurity tools, Anna Makanju, OpenAI’s VP of global affairs, said Tuesday in a Bloomberg House interview at the World Economic Forum alongside CEO Sam Altman
CNBCJan 17 2024
Opinion
AI Fraud Act Could Outlaw Parodies, Political Cartoons, and More
Mixing new technology and new laws is always a fraught business, especially if the tech in question relates to communication. Lawmakers routinely propose bills that would sweep up all sorts of First Amendment-protected speech. We've seen a lot of this with social media, and we're starting to see it with artificial intelligence. Case in point: the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And
ReasonJan 16 2024
News
Microsoft will start charging $20 a month for Copilot AI's coolest features
My colleague Maxwell Zeff once described Microsoft Copilot as “if Clippy went to get his MBA.” Microsoft just announced a new premium subscription to its Copilot AI, which can be analogous to Clippy getting a PhD. Targeted at “power users and creators,” Copilot Pro promises to be an advanced version of the free tier for a monthly fee of $20. It runs across your devices (yes, on your phones,
QuartzNov 09 2023
News
Humane’s Ai Pin up close
A few hours after this morning’s big unveil, Humane opened its doors to a handful of press. Located in a nondescript building in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, the office is home to the startup’s hardware design teams. An office next door houses Humane’s product engineers, while the electrical engineering team operates out of a third space directly across the street. The company also
TechCrunchFeb 08 2024
News
AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial intelligence, a decision that sends a clear message that exploiting the technology to scam people and mislead voters won’t be tolerated.
The unanimous ruling targets robocalls made with AI voice-cloning tools under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a 1991 law restricting
Associated PressNov 28 2023
News
Sports Illustrated Ripped for Alleged AI 'Writers'
The controversy also centers around Sports Illustrated (SI) creating fake author profiles, complete with AI-generated headshots and biographies, lacking any real-life existence or prior publishing history beyond their SI contributions, Breitbart reported. Upon investigation, SI promptly removed the suspected AI-authored articles from their website after being contacted about the unusual
Newsmax (News)Jan 22 2024
News
Top House Democrat seeks DOJ probe of AI-generated Biden robocalls
A leading House Democrat is urging the Department of Justice to open an investigation into an AI-generated robocalls featuring President Biden's voice urging New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in Tuesday's primary. Why it matters: The government is trying to keep pace with and regulate rapidly advancing AI technology, particularly when it comes to areas like advertising and the spread of
Axios