The battle against fake images, video and audio is becoming ever harder as the tech improves. Source link
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Tech Life: Charging electric bikes and scooters
What can be done to make charging them safer? Source link
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Could AI take the grind out of accountancy?
AI could mean fewer accountancy jobs but is also taking over some of the more mundane tasks. Source link
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Neuralink video shows patient playing chess using brain implant
In a livestream on X, patient Noland Arbaugh explained that he was playing a game of chess online using a device in his brain to move the cursor. He appeared in the video beside Neuralink’s brain interface software lead Bliss Chapman, and answered questions about how the technology worked, saying that it required him to...
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India in undersea race to mine world’s battery metal
Countries including China, Russia and India are vying to reach the huge deposits of mineral resources – cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese – that lie thousands of metres below the surface of oceans. These are used to produce renewable energy such as solar and wind power, electric vehicles and battery technology needed to battle against climate...
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‘Journalists are feeding the AI hype machine’
“There is more hype and obfuscation about what the technology can and cannot actually do,” says Ms Heikkilä. “This can lead to embarrassing mistakes, and for journalists to feed into the hype machine, by, for example, anthropomorphizing AI technologies, and mythologizing tech companies.” Source link
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Elon Musk and son visit Berlin Tesla plant after pylon fire
Elon Musk – and his son X AE A-XII – have visited a Tesla plant in Berlin that was targeted by a suspected arson attack earlier this month. A nearby electricity pylon was set on fire, leaving the facility without power for nearly a week. An activist group took responsibility for the fire. It said...
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Once India's most valuable start-up, Byju's is now fighting to survive
The ed-tech giant is teetering on the precipice after some investors voted to out its CEO last month. Source link
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BBC Verify: How to spot AI fakes in the US election
Images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), are one of the emerging disinformation trends ahead of the US presidential election in November. A BBC investigation discovered dozens of deepfakes circulating on social media. Marianna Spring explains what you need to know to spot these AI fakes. Source link