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Tech Conference Collapses After Organizer Admits To Making Fake ‘Auto-Generated’ Female Speaker
The founder of a software developer conference has been accused of creating fake female speakers to bolster diversity numbers — and some speakers are dropping out, with the event just nine days away. Devternity is an online conference for developers that’s invite-only for speakers. In the past, it reportedly drew Read more…
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New ‘Stable Video Diffusion’ AI Model Can Animate Any Still Image
On Tuesday, Stability AI released Stable Video Diffusion, a new free AI research tool that can turn any still image into a short video — with mixed results. It’s an open-weights preview of two AI models that use a technique called image-to-video, and it can run locally on a machine Read more…
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Amazon Tops UPS and FedEx To Become Biggest US Delivery Business
Amazon has grabbed the crown of biggest delivery business in the U.S., surpassing both UPS and FedEx in parcel volumes. The Seattle e-commerce giant delivered more packages to U.S. homes in 2022 than UPS, after eclipsing FedEx in 2020, and it is on track to widen the gap this year, Read more…
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Ridley Scott Is Terrified of AI: ‘It’s a Technical Hydrogen Bomb’
“Several of your films have explored artificial intelligence,” Rolling Stone pointed out to 85-year-old Ridley Scott, before asking: “Does AI worry you?” Ridley Scott: I always thought the world would end up being run by two corporations, and I think we’re headed in that direction. Tyrell Corp in Blade Runner Read more…
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The US Military’s AI ‘Swarm’ Initiatives Speed Pace of Hard Decisions About Autonomous Weapons
AI employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones in special operations forces’ missions and helped Ukraine in its war against Russia. But that’s the beginning. AI also “tracks soldiers’ fitness, predicts when Air Force planes need maintenance and helps keep tabs on rivals in space.” Now, the Read more…
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There is a Scientific Fraud Epidemic
Rooting out manipulation should not depend on dedicated amateurs who take personal legal risks for the greater good. As the Oxford university psychologist Dorothy Bishop has written, we only know about the ones who get caught. In her view, our “relaxed attitude” to the scientific fraud epidemic is a “disaster-in-waiting.” Read more…