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Google’s Liveliness Detectors Aims to Combat Deepfakes

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The company is seeking two patents to detect whether biometrics have been faked, one for fingerprint data and one for voice data.

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Consultancy Firms Are Using AI to Fast-Track Partnerships

Large consulting and law firms are trying to get junior staffers on the fast track to partner using tools like ChatGPT.

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Microsoft May Check Your Mental Health Using AI

Microsoft’s patent for a computerized wellness check walks a fine line between privacy and convenience.

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Intel Goes After Responsible AI with Ethics Index Patent

Intel’s ethics index aims to call out when people are using AI for the wrong reasons.

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Amazon is Narrowing the Gap in the AI Race

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The company filed a patent for a way to make AI models easily using pre-built machine learning models.

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Stability AI Is Reportedly Shopping Around for a Buyer

Stability AI, the startup behind AI-powered image-generator Stable Diffusion, is reportedly shopping itself to potential acquirers.

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OpenAI: It’s Complicated

The first large-scale rebellion among artificial intelligence workers raises some serious questions.

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Special Report: How Big Tech Makes You Buy

As the holiday season approaches, consumers and tech companies alike have shopping on the brain.

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From the Experts: When AI meets Online Shopping

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How AI is impacting the world of e-commerce and digital advertising, and what it means for user privacy.

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Meta Stamps Out its Responsible AI Team

Meta has disbanded a team in charge of making sure the company developed AI in an ethical way, according to The Information.

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Artificial Intelligence Is the New Gold Rush

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Artificial Intelligence Is the New Gold Rush

How the race for profits could overtake the need to weigh human risks.

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Google Wants to Clean Up its Data to Train AI Safely

Avoiding data security slip-ups involving its AI tools is vital in keeping its strong position in the market.

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AI Bots Struggle to Transition from Novelty to Money-Maker

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Sam Altman thinks big and spends big. But when it comes to a product that makes money, the whole AI thing can feel a little Metaverse-y…

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JPMorgan Chase Fuels AI Ambitions With New Patent

JPMorgan Chase wants to be the finance industry’s AI frontrunner, filing patent after patent to secure its AI tech portfolio.

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Adobe May Add Face Swapping Tools to its AI Arsenal

The company’s latest patent could have implications for training image generating AI without the copyright issues.

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Apple Could Use Generative AI to Visualize Your Feelings

The tech further adds to the company’s reported investment in generative AI, and shows that it wants to build up its health tech even further.

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