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As Ren masqueraded as Musk on our video chat, frames from the call were sent over to Reality Defender’s custom model for analysis, and the company’s widget on the screen alerted me to the fact that I was likely looking at an AI-generated deepfake and not the real Elon.
https://www.wired.com/story/real-time-video-deepfake-scams-reality-defender/
Starting this week, the “Multisearch” feature in Google Lens will let users point their cameras at an object and ask questions about it. AI will then provide an answer along with links to more resources.
By late 2013 Bitcoin was, in fact, the opposite of untraceable—that its blockchain would actually allow researchers, tech companies, and law enforcement to trace and identify users with even more transparency than the existing financial system.
https://arstechnica.com/features/2024/01/how-a-27-year-old-busted-the-myth-of-bitcoins-anonymity/
Via LOLGOP:
Unemployment claims this week are 187,000, one of the lowest numbers ever recorded and nearly a record low per capita.
Maybe you're not impressed with going from record high claims under #Trump to record lows under #Biden.
But it is remarkable that the number is lower now than BEFORE the pandemic. #Bidenomics
We just released version 2.0.0 of the #ActivityPub plugin for #WordPress (WordPress.com release is planned for tomorrow).
Main feature: Full bidirectional/threaded comment federation 🎉
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/releases/tag/2.0.0
Thanks #Automattic @mattwiebe @kanru @linos @mediaformat @mat @webrocker @sentynel and @janboddez for your contributions
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