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Creators of comedy Dudesy podcast accused of using artificial intelligence to mimic the deceased stand-up’s voiceThe estate of comedian George Carlin settled a lawsuit on Tuesday against the owners of a comedy podcast who claimed they used artificial intelligence to mimic the deceased stand-up’s voice. The lawsuit was one of the first in the US to focus on the legality of deepfakes imitating a celebrity’s likeness.The Dudesy podcast and its creators – former Mad TV comedi

Paper by Anthropic outlines how LLMs can be forced to generate responses to potentially harmful requestsThe safety features on some of the most powerful AI tools that stop them being used for cybercrime or terrorism can be bypassed simply by flooding them with examples of wrongdoing, research has shown.In a paper from the AI lab Anthropic, which produces the large language model (LLM) behind the ChatGPT rival Claude, researchers described an attack they called “many-shot jailbreaking&rdquo

Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militantsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Israeli military’s bombing campaign in Gaza used a previously undisclosed AI-powered database that at one stage identified 37,000 potential targets based on their apparent links to Hamas, according to intelligence sources involved in the war.In addition to talking about their use of th

Statement issued after six Israeli intelligence sources speak out about AI use in Gaza warIDF statement in response to an article about the use of the AI-powered database named Lavender in the bombardment of Gaza: Some of the claims portrayed in your questions are baseless in fact, while others reflect a flawed understanding of IDF directives and international law. Following the murderous attack by the Hamas terror organization on October 7, the IDF has been operating to dismantle Hamas’ m

Paper by Anthropic outlines how LLMs can be forced to generate responses to potentially harmful requestsThe safety features on some of the most powerful AI tools that stop them being used for cybercrime or terrorism can be bypassed simply by flooding them with examples of wrongdoing, research shows.In a paper from the AI lab Anthropic, which produces the large language model (LLM) behind the ChatGPT rival Claude, researchers described an attack they called “many-shot jailbreaking”. I

Monitoring station detects predatory species using artificial intelligence and sends alert so nests can be tracedAn early warning system designed to track and trace predatory Asian hornets using artificial intelligence has been unveiled by experts from a British university.Researchers from the University of Exeter have invented a system that draws hornets to a monitoring station. They land on a sponge cloth impregnated with food and an overhead camera captures images. Continue reading...