Google DeepMind launches a watermarking tool for generative content
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Perhaps years too late already watermarking content created by ai may help us identify it, and help AI’s avoid training themselves on it to avoid AI Model Collapse. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Scientific journal Nature bans publishing synthetic imagery and videos
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Scientific research has to have integrity and be accurate, and time and time again researchers using synthetic content in their papers have been shown to produce shoddy work. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
A survey of 1.5 Million people shows a third can’t tell AI from Humans
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI and other technologies will only improve from here so if one third of people can be fooled by them today in the future it’ll be 100 percent. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Crypto scammers are using AI to create fake CEOs to land big bucks
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI’s ability to create increasingly photo real and authentic human-like content is great news for scammers, and bad news for trust. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Survey shows images of deepfake faces are now more real than genuine photos
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When deepfakes are more convincing and real than genuine images of people we change our behaviours, opinions, and more importantly trust behaviours. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
This singer Deepfaked then open sourced her own voice so you can sing like her
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI can create music, create the voices to sing the music for you, and even let singers open source their voices … it’s an odd world. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Creators used AI to generate endless podcasts of Herzog and Zizek talking together
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What happens when AI generates most of our content – including podcasts? It changes entertainment, society, and our ability to trust. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Metaphysic wows US AGT judges with their digital deepfake human synths
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future will we need human actors, artists, entertainers, pop stars, writers and and and … ? And if not then what? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
The FBI warns people are using DeepFakes to apply for remote tech jobs
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When you hire someone you give them money, as in a wage, and access to your systems, so what happens when those people aren’t who they seem to be? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself...
Elon Musk deepfake crypto scams are on the rise and they’re getting better
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Deepfakes are getting better, in two years they’ll be perfect, and that means you won’t be able to trust anything you see. And that’s a huge issue. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
Sony and co form an alliance to use blockchain tech to fight DeepFakes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Some deepfakes are meant for fun, others are meant to spread lies, disinformation, and weaponise society against itself so new tools are needed to detect them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
State actors weaponise DeepFakes to try and change the course of the Ukraine war
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When you can no longer trust the information you see, and when technology lets you create fake people and fake content, the fabric of society starts to unravel. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Europe’s new Artificial Intelligence Act can demand AI models are retrained and deleted
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regulating AI, which is often seen as a black box is at best incredibly difficult and at worst impossible especially as we see AI’s spontaneously evolve as we have several times now. But it needs to be regulated. Love the Exponential Future? Join our...
Locked down Bruce Willis used DeepFake tech to create ads and pick up $2million
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Deepfakes mean actors and celebs no longer need to travel to filming locations in order to appear in videos – is this the start of a trend?! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
People are hiring out their faces as DeepFake clones for marketing
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Deepfake tech is getting more advanced – and now your face can launch a thousand products in entirely new ways. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Facebook develops a way to reverse engineer DeepFakes and identify their source
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Disinformation and misinformation is its own growing pandemic, and Facebook’s latest innovation can identify who’s creating it. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Deepfakes aren’t a big problem on Facebook right now,...
Deepfakes could soon spread to affect satellite and GIS imagery researchers find
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Earth imagery and mapping are important for all sorts of reasons, and there are real world implications if they’re manipulated. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Have you seen the latest deepfake...
Futurist Podcast: DeepFakes and the Future of Synthetic Content, The Mentor Project
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF DeepFakes are having an increasing impact on our society, but Synthetic Content is the real act we should all be watching … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Firstly, thanks to Elyse...
Slick Tom Cruise deepfake shows the tech is getting better
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Deepfakes are fun, but what happens when you can no longer believe or trust the content you see online? Nothing good … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. In a crop of...
To beat Deepfakes researchers built a smarter camera
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Deepfakes and synthetic media are here to stay and they’re getting better – better at spawning misinformation and undermining democracy. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. One of the most difficult things...
