… That said, at this point in time, it doesn’t appear that SynthID has been reverse-engineered, at least not to the point where script-kiddies can download a tool and remove or add Google’s watermark to trick AI detection systems. …
We’re about to find out if the systems designed to make deepfakes and AI-generated content easy to spot are actually up to snuff. …
… The report also mentions AI as a target for attackers, saying “GTIG has observed adversaries increasingly target the integrated components that grant AI systems their utility, such as autonomous skills and third-party data connectors.” Google’s report also details how hackers are using “persona-dri… …
… The release comes a year after DeepSeek rattled the US AI industry with R1, a model it claimed was trained at a fraction of the cost of leading US systems. DeepSeek has not disclosed V4’s training costs or what hardware it was trained on. …
… YouTube says it still requires creators to manually disclose when they use photorealistic AI, but now if a creator doesn’t specify whether or not they used AI, an AI label will be applied automatically if YouTube’s systems “detect significant photorealistic AI use.” If video content is incorrectly … …
… They’re engaging, this interpretation goes, but not deciding — just reacting to an incoming threat. “The ‘and’ is doing a lot of work inside of that statute — we have systems that can decide and systems that can engage but you can’t have a system that does both,” Reddie said. “Even without full aut… …
Google updated its spam policy to mark attempts to “manipulate” its AI model in search results as spam, including results in AI Overview or AI Mode in Search, as Search Engine Land reports: “In the context of Google Search, spam refers to techniques used to deceive users or manipulate our Search sy… …
The next update to Apple’s operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. …
… Ukraine sounded like a pretty big inflection point in the development of these systems. What happened there? This becomes a really important moment where the artillery fire team realizes that AI can help them speed up their operations and targeting. …
… Other AI labs have spent the past couple of years dramatically advancing agentic AI systems, which aim to perform complex and multistep tasks on users’ behalf, though there’s still room for improvement. …