The only way to fight deepfakes is by making deepfakes
…The problem of manipulated media isn’t new, but the advent of consumer-grade AI tools has made the creation of fake audio, video, and images essentially frictionless, and a number of…
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‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
…to exclusivity, windowing, and AI, and share more as we learn and decide,” says Sharma and Booty. The memo also touches on being “honest about where we are,” and the team having…
The military embraced AI long before Claude
…and say that they are using AI and that they’re finding it helpful. Then you have people like retired Defense Secretary Jim Mattis saying that targeting is no substitute for strategy…
Attack of the killer script kiddies
…And writing exploits is becoming easier as well. “You can use AI tools and with very minimal human guidance, and in some cases no human guidance, find a zero day in…
Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy
…Already, we’ve found out that Sutskever and others were worried about the success of Stability AI, a then-competitor open-source lab. Sutskever also felt “betrayed” by Reid Hoffman, an early…
Inside the return of Xbox
…This new AI assistant arrives just months after Microsoft hired a bunch of AI specialists and engineers from Robin AI a few months ago, a failed startup that was working on an…
The best deals we found during Amazon’s Gaming Week
Amazon’s annual Gaming Week is bringing discounts on video games, accessories, and PC components through May 4th. This event is smaller than Amazon’s other sales, but there are some genuinely…
How Ferrari bungled the design of its first EV
…memes, and AI slop. People compared it to a vacuum, a Magic Mouse, and, most insultingly, a Nissan Leaf. The Luce has arrived in a moment where wealth inequality and corporate excess…
CEO Melanie Perkins explains Canva’s big pivot to AI
…We talked about AI and design and the feelings people have about AI and design. And I was looking at that interview again just to prepare for this one. And a lot…
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Virtual Reality Richard Lawler May 18 With mass layoffs plannned, Meta reassigns thousands of employees to AI initiatives. The New York Times and Reuters report that a memo was sent to Meta…