• Georgia lawmakers are using an AI deepfake video to try to ban political deepfakes

    Georgia lawmakers are using an AI deepfake video to try to ban political deepfakes
    A bill working its way through state legislature seeks to stop use of AI tech in politics – but some far-right activists are opposedWhen wrangling legislation, sometimes it’s best to sound out a problem in front of you.In Georgia, it sounds like the state senator Colton Moore. But it only sounds like Colton Moore. Continue reading...
  • ‘Fraud is fraud’: Georgia aims to ban AI deepfakes in political campaigns

    ‘Fraud is fraud’: Georgia aims to ban AI deepfakes in political campaigns
    Bill working its way through state legislature seeks to stop use of AI tech in politics – but some far-right activists are opposedWhen wrangling legislation, sometimes it’s best to sound out a problem in front of you.In Georgia, it sounds like the state senator Colton Moore. But it only sounds like Colton Moore. Continue reading...
  • Mustafa Suleyman: the new head of Microsoft AI with concerns about his trade

    Mustafa Suleyman: the new head of Microsoft AI with concerns about his trade
    The son of a Syrian taxi driver and an English nurse torn between AI’s potential and problemsMicrosoft hires DeepMind co-founder to lead new AI divisionLike many artificial intelligence pioneers, Mustafa Suleyman has expressed concerns about a technology he has played an important role in developing.Speaking at the global AI safety summit last year, the 39-year-old Briton said there might have to be a pause in development towards the end of the decade. “I don’t rule it out. And
  • Google fined €250m in France for breaching intellectual property rules

    Google fined €250m in France for breaching intellectual property rules
    Watchdog accuses US tech firm of not negotiating in ‘good faith’ with publishers over use of their contentGoogle has been fined €250m (£213m) by French regulators for breaching an agreement over paying media companies for reproducing their content online.France’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday that it was fining the US tech company for breaches linked to intellectual property rules related to news media publishers. The regulator also cited concerns about Goog
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  • Google fined €250m in France for breaching intellectual property deal

    Google fined €250m in France for breaching intellectual property deal
    Watchdog accuses US tech firm of not negotiating in ‘good faith’ with publishers over use of their contentGoogle has been fined €250m (£213m) by French regulators for breaching an agreement over paying media companies for reproducing their content online.France’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday that it was fining the US tech company for breaches linked to intellectual property rules related to news media publishers. The regulator also cited concerns about Goog
  • Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder to lead new AI division

    Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder to lead new AI division
    British tech pioneer Mustafa Suleyman will be chief executive of organisation focusing on consumer products and researchMicrosoft has appointed the co-founder of the British artificial intelligence lab DeepMind as the head of a new AI division.Mustafa Suleyman, 39, co-founded DeepMind with Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in 2010 and the company went on to be bought by Google for £400m in 2014. It now forms the core of Google’s AI efforts after merging with another unit to become Google