US politicians call for AI legislation after Taylor Swift deepfakes, Polestar cuts 450 jobs

Image credit: Ronald Woan, Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwoan/albums/72177720307235065/with/52792412295 US politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images, after explicit faked photos of Taylor Swift were viewed millions of times online. The images were posted on social media sites, including X and Telegram. US Representative Joe Morelle called the…

McAfee unveils deepfake audio detection technology at CES 2024

Cybersecurity company McAfee has announced an AI-powered Deepfake Audio Detection technology, known as Project Mockingbird, at CES2024. This new, proprietary technology was developed to help defend consumers against the surging threat of cybercriminals using fabricated, AI-generated audio to carry out scams that rob people of money and personal information. Increasingly sophisticated and accessible generative AI…

The Digest: Spotify vs Taylor Swift… and 4 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title="Next"] Spotify defends itself against Taylor Swift's criticism | BBC News "Spotify's chief executive has defended its business model, saying it has paid out $2bn (£1.2bn) to the music industry to date. Daniel Ek's lengthy blog post follows a high profile move by pop star Taylor Swift to pull her entire back catalogue from…