Apple Intelligence and the Future of AI-Generated Content
Though Reality Defender is uniquely and decisively positioned on the defensive side of generative AI, we are still very much supportive of responsible developments of new generative tools. This is precisely why I'm thrilled to see Apple Intelligence, Apple's bold expansion into the world of generative AI. This new advancement is set to bring these capabilities to over 2 billion users overnight.
Yet as we celebrate this innovation, it is essential to take a step back and assess the implications.
Learn more about this key turning point in our industry — and what it means for Reality Defender's defense against weaponized AI — in my deep-dive on today's news.
You can read more here.
- Ben Colman , Co-Founder and CEO, Reality Defender
Headlines
Deepfakes
Experts continue to track Russia’s extensive efforts in utilizing deepfakes and AI to manipulate public opinion around the world regarding elections, the Ukraine war, and the Paris Olympics.
Addressing the growing scourge of AI undressing apps, Google Play Store now requires that apps offering AI features implement safeguards to prevent the generation of explicit and violent deepfake content.
In Australia alone, scammers have stolen $8 million by circulating deepfake photos and videos of celebrities asking for financial help.
Schools and law enforcement are struggling to catch up to the rise of deepfake-fueled bullying.
Zoom's CEO wants his company to become “AI-first,” envisions a future in which users send their deepfake avatar to attend meetings in their stead.
Generative AI
DuckDuckGo now offers anonymized access to AI services like GPT-3.5 and Claude 3, preventing the use of chats for AI model training.
Intel’s new AI Playground Windows app will allow users to generate and edit images and utilize chatbot while running locally on the user’s PC.
Raspberry Pi, manufacturer of microcomputers, joins the AI revolution by offering an AI chip add-on for its hardware.
Executives behind U.K.’s top news media platforms gathered to discuss the relationship between AI and journalism, and stressed the need for rigorous fact-checking in a deepfake world.
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Elon Musk ordered Nvidia to reroute 12,000 flagship AI chips reserved for Tesla to xAI.
In an open letter, OpenAI and Google DeepMind workers warned about the existential risks of AI, concerning practices among AI developers, and the need to protect whistleblowers in the industry.
In the lucrative race to create the era-defining AI video-generation software, start-ups are raising tens of millions in funding to compete with Big Tech.
Selling data to train AI models could help media companies make up for severe losses in ad revenue—but the resulting prevalence of AI content may lay waste to digital advertising as we know it.
More companies are devoting resources to retraining their employees for a workplace where AI will become a colleague.
Government and Policy
The efforts to manipulate Indian elections with well-crafted deepfake campaigns, fueled with $50 million investment from political parties, were minimized thanks to the work of India’s journalists and influencers.?
The DOJ refused to release the recording of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Hur, citing fears that the audio could be used to create malicious deepfakes.
The FTC and DOJ are reportedly investigating potential antitrust violations of AI’s holy trinity: Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia.
Investigative journalists are sounding the alarm on the potential of deepfakes to disrupt democratic elections around the globe.
Australia’s Attorney-General introduced a new bill that would punish offenders sharing nonconsensual explicit deepfakes with up to six years in prison.
The U.S. government’s top cybersecurity officials warn that AI makes even incompetent hackers dangerous, while acknowledging that AI provides advantages in the fight against deepfakes.
Arts and Entertainment
Following FKA Twigs’ plans to create a deepfake doppelganger to handle her digital interactions, artists wonder whether such avatars can make their online lives easier—or worse.?
Artist Daddy Kev launched an AI-driven website that helps recording artists review contracts and other legal documents.
Infamous Team Fortress 2 players are using a deepfake voice clone of their prominent critic in efforts to destroy his reputation.
Taylor Swift was once again targeted by viral deepfakes on the social platform X, depicting her as a supporter of Donald Trump and boosting stolen election conspiracies.
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