2024-04-27
In a disturbing exploitation of AI, former Pikesville High School athletic director Dazhon Darien was arrested for allegedly impersonating the school's principal using AI voice synthesis to disseminate false racist and antisemitic statements. The synthetic audio, widely shared on... [image]
The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore Police arrest a high school teacher for allegedly framing his principal by using AI to create an audio file of the principal making racist comments
We are not prepared for the world we have created. — #Baltimore #generativeAI — https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/ ... Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social : If what's be...
2020-06-09
If you need a new computer, go buy one. If you don't, don't. In a perfect world, all of your favorite software will work with Apple's new ARM-based chips... or it won't. “This is the way.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Sources: Apple is planning to announce a shift to its own Arm-based processors in Mac computers, replacing chips from Intel, as early as this month at WWDC
- Company readies Macs for next year without Intel processors — Apple is holding virtual version of WWDC event week of June 22
2020-02-13
Reuters Fact Check will review content across the spectrum of misinformation formats. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Reuters launches a new Reuters Fact Check business unit and blog and partners with Facebook to review news headlines, deepfakes, and user generated content
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
2020-01-16
Big news: most modern iPhones can now be used as a built-in phone security key for Google apps. https://9to5google.com/...
9to5Google
Google Smart Lock on iOS now leverages Secure Enclave to enable the iPhone's use as a physical 2FA key to sign in to Google apps via Chrome on nearby devices
here's how it works Buster Hein / Cult of Mac : Google now lets you use iPhone as a physical security key Asif Shaik / iPhone Hacks : You Can Now Use Your iPhone As Google Security...