eicker.news ᳇ tech news#TonyWu, a co-founder of #ElonMusk’s #xAI, #resigned, joining other departing founders. Wu’s departure comes amid #consumerbacklash and #regulatoryprobes over xAI’s #Grok #AIchatbot, which allowed the creation of non-consensual #deepfakeimages. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/elon-musk-xai-co-founder-tony-wu.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Michael GrassIt's been awhile since I've tested my skills to detect deepfake images at WhichFaceIsReal.com, built by @ct_bergstrom and Jevin West at the Univ. of Washington (both are affiliated with the Center for an Informed Public, where I work). Spotting manipulated faces can sometimes be tough!
Boing Boing recently featured Which Face Is Real:
https://boingboing.net/2022/12/17/can-you-guess-which-face-is-real-and-which-is-computer-generated.html
The UW CIP also helped build an associated deepfakes project: https://www.spotdeepfakes.org/en-US
