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As you surely already know, the Internet can be a very dangerous place – and social media has made it more dangerous still.
I have already written several posts warning parents about the dangers of posting photos of their small children online, and now the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has boosted the danger to an entirely new level. [Read more…]
If you’ve been following the news of late, you’re surely aware of all the talk about how artificial intelligence (AI) is about to change the world.
Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to revolutionize life on Earth for the better or leave civilization in an utter shambles.
Well, if history is a reliable guide, the truth probably lies somewhere in between. [Read more…]
The FBI has posted this warning about scammers stealing photos from innocent victims’ social media profiles and using them to blackmail and/or otherwise extort money and other things of value from them.
Once a scammer has downloaded a victim’s photos they use artificial intelligence (AI) to create fake explicit photos and videos based upon the photos stolen from the victim’s profile.
These “deep fake” images and videos are so realistic the average person is likely to believe they are real. [Read more…]