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Researchers can now use AI and a photo to make fake videos of anyone

7 years 4 months ago
Researchers have come up with a method for creating realistic-looking — but fake — videos of anyone by using just a single image of them with a trained artificial intelligence system. It's a potentially worrisome capability in the runup to the 2020 United States presidential election, as falsified videos of candidates are expected to spread.

Growth consumed Silicon Valley. Now it's searching for its moral compass

7 years 4 months ago
For years, tech companies pitched their products as tools for making the world a better place. Now, a growing number of tech veterans who were instrumental in building companies ranging from Google to Facebook and Twitter have admitted they didn't give enough thought into how their products could be used to do the opposite.

Mounting antitrust scrutiny has Silicon Valley on the defensive

7 years 4 months ago
On Tuesday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee gathered for a hearing with a dry, forgettable title: "Understanding the Digital Advertising Ecosystem and the Impact of Data Privacy and Competition Policy." It would have been clearer to say it was a meeting about power, and whether some Silicon Valley giants have amassed too much of it.
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