3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (681+ words) Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday digital life, transforming the way people work, communicate and even present themselves online. But as AI-generated images become increasingly common, a less visible question is beginning to demand attention: what happens when…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (942+ words) A brightly coloured Hawaiian shirt may not seem like something capable of challenging artificial intelligence. But one unusual design from Berlin is being used to demonstrate just how differently humans and AI-powered cameras can interpret the same scene. Digital artist…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (38+ words) How to check what’s real and what’s fake; follow these 7 safety tips Bhaskar English False claims about WhatsApp’s blue and red ticks circulating online:How to check what’s real and what’s fake; follow these 7 safety tips...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1030+ words) Sarah Newman is collecting secrets. Specifically, she’s collecting secrets about AI. At conferences and other events, she puts out a wooden box and invites passersby to anonymously disclose the ways they’re using the powerful, mushrooming technology. “I’ve written a speach…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1089+ words) Imagine walking into a store and having the environment automatically adjust to your mood — the lighting softens, the music changes, and a digital assistant greets you with a tailored offer. Sounds like a sci-fi movie, right? Well, it’s not. It’s…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (414+ words) The public conversation about artificial intelligence is focused on the wrong problem. We worry about hallucinations, misinformation and factual errors. We ask whether AI can tell the truth. Yet one of the most significant risks is not that AI gets…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (818+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert and former professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Farid also co-founded GetReal, a digital forensics and cybersecurity startup. It has been edited for length…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (173+ words) Dan Price has spent 40 years making voices sell things. As founder of Oink Ink Radio, he has directed voice performances for Google, IBM, Ford, AT&T, NBC, and Staples, winning nearly a thousand industry awards along the way, including Cannes…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (540+ words) Cisco’s AI Threat Intelligence and Security Research team has published the second installment of a study probing how vision-language models (VLM), AI systems that read and interpret images, can be manipulated through specially crafted visual inputs. Cisco’s experts found that…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (616+ words) Cost varies across paper mills, but the least expensive one is in India, according to a new analysis of social media advertisements by Dalmeet Singh Chawla, special to C&EN The average cost of buying the first-author slot on a…...