Some deepfake videos present a convincing pulseAlamy Stock Photo Deepfake videos that feature digital manipulations of people’s facial expressions and voices can also depict realistic heartbeats, making them even harder…
Disinformation can be especially prevalent on social media sitesStefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has terminated government research grants for studying misinformation and disinformation. The…
Wikipedia is under threat from the AI boomChris Dorney / Alamy Wikipedia is one of the greatest knowledge resources ever assembled, containing crowdsourced contributions from millions of humans worldwide –…
AI models struggle to mimic people with particular demographic identitieswhitebalance.oatt/Getty Images Artificial intelligence models from OpenAI and Meta often resort to simplistic and sometimes racist stereotypes when prompted to portray…
David Parker/Science Photo Library What is the difference between artificial intelligence and quantum computing? One is a sci-fi-sounding technology that has long promised to revolutionise our world, providing researchers can…
Humans use both speech and gestures to convey informationStanford University An artificial intelligence model can make virtual avatars gesture naturally to match spoken words – possibly paving the way for…
Readers rated AI-mimicry of Shakespeare’s poems above the author’s real worksNorth Wind Picture Archives / Alamy Most readers can’t distinguish classic works by poets such as William Shakespeare and Emily…
Scams can fool AI modelsWong Yu Liang/Getty Images The large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots are increasingly being used in attempts to scam humans – but they are susceptible…
Artificial intelligences need specific training to excel at a task, but now a more generally intelligent one from DeepMind has performed as well as humans in a virtual world test…
Artificial intelligence that analyses the sound of a cough to detect covid-19 had been reported to be 99 per cent accurate, but a comprehensive analysis shows it’s only about 60…
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