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Chinese Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Used ChatGPT To Spread Fake News
The Gansu police authorities arrested Hong under the first-of-its kind law governing “deep synthesis technologies” which China introduced this year. Deep synthesis technologies refer to AI being used to generate text, images, video or other media. The law states that deep synthesis services cannot be used to disseminate fake news. China drafted the law as ChatGPT was taking off and going viral, as authorities looked to get ahead of the technology. China’s internet is heavily censored and controlled. Beijing has sought to introduce laws governing new technologies which could present concerns to the central government. ChatGPT is blocked in China but can be accessed with the use of a virtual private network — a software that can help bypass the country’s internet restrictions.
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Spotify Ejects Thousands of AI-made Songs in Purge of Fake Streams
The Boomy songs were removed because of suspected “artificial streaming” — online bots posing as human listeners to inflate the audience numbers for certain songs. AI has made this type of activity easier because it allows someone to instantly generate many music tracks, which can then be uploaded online and streamed. Boomy, which was launched two years ago, allows users to choose various styles or descriptors, such as “rap beats” or “rainy nights,” to create a machine-generated track. Users can then release the music to streaming services, where they will generate royalty payments. California-based Boomy says its users have created more than 14mn songs.
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Shadow Gambit developers say to beware of scammers offering a fake beta
Mimimi Games, the developers of upcoming supernatural pirate stealth-strategy Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, have warned that they’re being “targeted by a phishing campaign.” Apparently some nefarious party is sending out emails with a link to a website that looks nearly identical to the official Shadow Gambit site with the promise of beta access. Mimimi say that the email is not from them and that there is no beta.
22 Unhinged (but Fake) App Features
At the tail end of 2022, screenshots of bizarre app features started going viral on Twitter. They rested just on the line between plausible and absurd. Google isn’t going to add punctuality scores to calendar invites, but it could if it wanted to. Or what if Instagram sent a warning if you accidentally like a three…
Alex Jones Gets Punked by a Fake AI Tucker Carlson
Alex Jones—the bloated, misanthropic mannequin that spews hate and conspiracies with robotic efficiency—found himself at the mercy of a prank call earlier this week by a man claiming to be ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The jig was up, according to Jones, when the fake Carlson started saying “lewd, sexual things.”
Fox is sending a bizarre collection of celebrities to fake Mars for a new reality show
Stars on Mars also puts them all under the care of William Shatner
Firefox might one day be able to detect fake reviews written by ChatGPT
Mozilla Buys Fakespot, a Startup That Identifies Fake Reviews
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