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Payment software giant AvidXchange suffers its second ransomware attack of 2023
Hackers have published a trove of sensitive data stolen from payment software company AvidXchange after the company fell victim to ransomware for the second time this year. AvidXchange provides cloud-based software that helps organizations automate invoice processing and payment management processes. The North Carolina-based company says it processed 70 million transactions for 8,000 customers in […]
Payment software giant AvidXchange suffers its second ransomware attack of 2023 by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Häfele Recovers From Ransomware Attack Using SASE
Following a well-publicised ransomware attack in February 2023, Häfele was able to recover in record time by moving to Cato SASE…
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Both Attack On Titan games are permanently cheaper now
Turning Attack On Titan’s giant enemies and grapple-hooking sword combat into a video game seemed like a tall order (pun intended), and one that a budget Koei Tecmo treatment seemed doomed to fail. And yet. As I explained in my Attack On Titan: Wings Of Freedom review back in 2016, the game absolutely nailed the series’ action.
As of this week, both it and its sequel are permanently cheaper.
Republicans release AI-generated attack ad on President Biden
President Joe Biden announced he was officially running for re-election on Tuesday. And Republicans had an attack ad ready for the occasion. The ad knocks Biden for his culpability in various domestic and foreign policy-related events, with startling visuals for each.
One thing viewers should know: The images in the video are AI-generated.
The video from the Republican National Committee is titled “Beat Biden” and imagines a scenario in which Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris win reelection in 2024. The ad shows completely AI-generated images of Biden and Harris celebrating their election day victory.
It then depicts a number of imagined events with AI-created visuals ostensibly brought about by Biden’s electoral victory, such as China invading Taiwan, hundreds of regional banks shutting down in the U.S., and the city of San Francisco being shut down due to crime.
Republicans aren’t hiding that the video was assembled entirely from images created by AI platforms like Midjourney and DALL-E. “An AI-generated look into the country’s possible future if Joe Biden is re-elected in 2024,” the video description reads on the GOP’s YouTube page. This is seemingly the first time a political ad has been created entirely with AI-generated imagery.
All this flashy AI usage seemingly sidesteps the need to criticize the actual policies of the Biden administration. The Republican critique is instead on events that exist entirely in party members’ own imaginations.
Republicans attack Biden with a fully AI-generated ad
It’s not a huge surprise that the Republican National Committee (RNC) had attack ads ready to go whenever President Joe Biden officially announced his re-election campaign. What’s novel this time is that the video uses imagery generated by artificial intelligence to present the RNC’s vision of what the world may look like if Biden wins again in 2024.
The RNC told Axios it was the first time it had used a video that was made entirely with AI. The ad starts by depicting Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at an election victory party. Although there’s a faint disclaimer in the top-left corner noting that the ad was “built entirely with AI imagery,” there’s a dead giveaway that it’s not a real photo of Biden and Harris — both of the smiling, AI-generated figures have far too many teeth.
The ad goes on to depict several domestic and international incidents that the RNC suggests might happen if the Biden-Harris ticket wins again. “This morning, an emboldened China invades Taiwan,” a fake news announcer says, for instance. The ad goes on to stoke fears of a financial crisis prompted by the closures of hundreds of regional banks, as well as border agents being overrun by asylum seekers and the military taking over San Francisco due to “escalating crime and the fentanyl crisis.”
This particular ad doesn’t stray too far from the kinds of talking points one might expect Republicans to hit in an attack ad. But the video is a sobering bellwether of what we may see more of from political campaigns in the months and years to come. It’s not difficult to imagine AI-generated images depicting outright falsehoods in attack ads.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/republicans-attack-biden-with-a-fully-ai-generated-ad-184055192.html?src=rss