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The AI-Generated Child Abuse Nightmare Is Here
Thousands of child abuse images are being created with AI. New images of old victims are appearing, as criminals trade datasets.
https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-images-child-sexual-abuse/
The GitHub Black Market That Helps Coders Cheat the Popularity Contest
Popularity on GitHub can open valuable doors for developers and startups. Underground stores sell “stars” on the platform, offering coders a way to literally fake it till they make it.
https://www.wired.com/story/github-stars-black-market-coders-cheat/
Amazon’s AI-Powered Van Inspections Give It a Powerful New Data Feed
Amazon delivery drivers at hundreds of sites around the world will be asked to drive through camera-studded archways that log every dent, scratch, or damaged tire.
https://www.wired.com/story/amazons-ai-van-inspections-powerful-data-feed/
The GitHub Black Market That Helps Coders Cheat the Popularity Contest
Popularity on GitHub can open valuable doors for developers and startups. Underground stores sell “stars” on the platform, offering coders a way to literally fake it till they make it.
https://www.wired.com/story/github-stars-black-market-coders-cheat/
Britain’s Big AI Summit Is a Doom-Obsessed Mess
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s global summit on AI governance will focus on extreme scenarios of algorithms causing harm. Many British AI experts would rather he focus on near-term problems.
https://www.wired.com/story/britains-big-ai-summit-doom-obsessed-mess/
Putting a Real Face on Deepfake Porn
Deepfake porn is on the rise. The new documentary Another Body is a gut-churning inside look at what it’s like for the women targeted.
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-porn-documentary-another-body/
The US Has Failed to Pass AI Regulation. New York City Is Stepping Up
The US Congress won’t pass federal AI regulation anytime soon. NYC is forging ahead with an AI Action Plan and a proposal for a new Office of Algorithmic Data Integrity.
https://www.wired.com/story/us-failed-to-pass-ai-regulation-new-york-city-stepping-up/
AI Is Becoming More Powerful—but Also More Secretive
The companies behind ChatGPT and other popular and powerful AI systems aren’t transparent enough about their training data and how they work, according to a new report from Stanford University.
https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-ai-powerful-secretive/
Misinformation Is Soaring Online. Don’t Fall for It
This week, we talk about how fake, doctored, and false media is so easily spread, how the social platforms are dealing with it, and how generative AI is making things worse.
A Chatbot Encouraged Him to Kill the Queen. It’s Just the Beginning
Companies are designing AI to appear increasingly human. That can mislead users—or worse.
https://www.wired.com/story/chatbot-kill-the-queen-eliza-effect/
The US Just Escalated Its AI Chip War With China
The American government has tightened its restrictions on exports of chips and chipmaking equipment, closing loopholes that let Chinese companies access advanced technology.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-just-escalated-its-ai-chip-war-with-china/
AI Chatbots Can Guess Your Personal Information From What You Type
The AI models behind chatbots like ChatGPT can accurately guess a user’s personal information from innocuous chats. Researchers say the troubling ability could be used by scammers or to target ads.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-chatbots-can-guess-your-personal-information/
A ‘Godfather of AI’ Calls for an Organization to Defend Humanity
Yoshua Bengio’s pioneering research helped bring about ChatGPT and the current AI boom. Now he’s worried AI could harm civilization, and says the future needs a humanity defense organization.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-godfather-yoshua-bengio-humanity-defense/
None of Your Photos Are Real
Tools like Google’s Pixel 8 AI photo editor are ushering in a deepening distrust of everything we see. Welcome to our new counterfeit reality.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-pixel-8-artificial-intelligence-photos/
Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-porn-is-out-of-control/
None of Your Photos Are Real
Tools like Google’s Pixel 8 AI photo editor are ushering in a deepening distrust of everything we see. Welcome to our new counterfeit reality.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-pixel-8-artificial-intelligence-photos/
Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-porn-is-out-of-control/
A 'Green' Search Engine Sees Danger—and Opportunity—in the Generative AI Revolution
Berlin-based Ecosia carved out a niche as a carbon-negative search engine. To adapt to the ChatGPT era, it’s moving closer to Google and exploring how AI could help users cut carbon emissions.
https://www.wired.com/story/search-engine-ecosia-generative-ai-revolution/
Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies
From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
https://www.wired.com/story/millions-of-workers-are-training-ai-models-for-pennies/
A New Tool Helps Artists Thwart AI—With a Middle Finger
Kudurru, the new tool from the creator of Have I Been Trained?, can help artists block web scrapers and even “poison” the scraping by sending back the wrong image.
https://www.wired.com/story/kudurru-ai-scraping-block-poisoning-spawning/