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A True Story About Bogus Photos of People Making Fake News

Fittingly, Miskin’s account came with the hard-to-verify promise that her profile photo was generated by AI. Bendiksen spent weeks curating her account to resemble an enthusiastic freelance photographer from North […]




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Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos

Clearview AI has stoked controversy by scraping the web for photos and applying facial recognition to give police and others an unprecedented ability to peer into our lives. Now the […]




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Twitter’s Photo-Cropping Algorithm Favors Young, Thin Females

In May, Twitter said that it would stop using an artificial intelligence algorithm found to favor white and female faces when auto-cropping images.Now, an unusual contest to scrutinize an AI […]




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These Algorithms Look at X-Rays—and Somehow Detect Your Race

Millions of dollars are being spent to develop artificial intelligence software that reads x-rays and other medical scans in hopes it can spot things doctors look for but sometimes miss, […]




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The Pentagon Is Bolstering Its AI Systems—by Hacking Itself

The Pentagon sees artificial intelligence as a way to outfox, outmaneuver, and dominate future adversaries. But the brittle nature of AI means that without due care, the technology could perhaps […]




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As the Use of AI Spreads, Congress Looks to Rein It In

There’s bipartisan agreement in Washington that the US government should do more to support development of artificial intelligence technology. The Trump administration redirected research funding toward AI programs; President Biden’s […]