Researchers have been experimenting with a novel way to eavesdrop on what you’re typing on your smartphone – by listening to the taps of your fingers.
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YouTube bans kids’ live-streaming without an adult present
In another step to scrape pedophiles off the bottom of its shoe YouTube is banning youngsters from live-streaming without adult supervision.
New research generates deepfake video from a single picture
Now it’s easier for attackers to produce deepfakes, even if the target doesn’t have much existing footage. Like the Mona Lisa.
US Army clarifies its killer robot plans
The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems last month.
Booking a restaurant? Let Google’s Duplex AI make the call for you
Bon appétit, Dave. Google’s table-booking Duplex AI needs to pass the creepy test.
Fake text generator is so good its creators don’t want to release full version
OpenAI has created what amounts to a text version of a deepfake – and it’s too scared for humanity to release the full version.
Faster fuzzing ferrets out 42 fresh zero-day flaws
A group of researchers has found 42 zero-day flaws in a range of software tools using a new take on an old concept – fuzzing.
Social media scraping app Predictim banned by Facebook and Twitter
We all want a “perfect” babysitter. But can we trust AI to comb through years of social media posts and label people with a “score?”
AI-generated ‘skeleton keys’ fool fingerprint scanners
Artificial intelligence can be used to ‘grow’ fake fingerprints that pack in common features, fooling scanners.
Terrorists told to hijack social media accounts to spread propaganda
Facebook has removed 14 million pieces of content dubbed likely to come from terrorists, as determined by new machine learning technology