Who likes being fooled by a con? Scams are one thing, and there’re tips to avoid those, whether via USPS (paper) mail, phone, email, text, etc. Whether obvious or not, the business model typically is about money – monetizing your personal data, either directly or indirectly. But what’s the business model for misinfo, disinfo, and… Continue reading Rabbit holes of misinfo – keeping critical thinking in play
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AI voice mimicry – the darkside of fakery
Paraphrasing a famous quote by Mark Twain: A fake video can make it half way around the world before social media even has time to identify it (let alone perhaps take it down). Another dimension to deepfakes – voice clones. A trope in crime and spy thrillers. And now putting voice artists’ jobs at risk.… Continue reading AI voice mimicry – the darkside of fakery