New AMP tool unveiled to help fight deepfake media

Digital identity security firm ID Crypt Global has unveiled its Authenticated Media Protection (AMP) product, which creates an invisible cryptographic watermark that can be used to validate videos, photos, and

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Helldivers 2 adds Quasar Cannon and Heavy Machine Gun Stratagems to accidentally shoot your friends with

Co-op shooter Helldivers 2 is back with yet another update, this time adding two all-new Stratagems that seem specifically designed to help combat the brutal Automaton enemy type.The official Helldivers

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Elon Musk brings controversial AI chatbot Grok to more X users in bid to halt exodus

Premium subscribers of all tiers for the X social media platform will soon gain access to its generative AI chatbot, Grok. Previously, the chatbot was only accessible to users who

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A Boston Dynamics Robot dog took bullets for humans and K9s in a real world scenario

The Massachusetts State Police claim one of the members of its bomb squad has gone above and beyond in the line of duty and taken bullets for the team. However,

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Big tech is consolidating the AI industry — despite being under the antitrust microscope

Tech behemoths are on an AI spending spree, doling out billions to invest in, poach from, and gobble up smaller companies developing the world’s artificial intelligence technology. But as they

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Biden Administration Clamps Down on Agencies’ AI Use

The Administration announced new guidance for agencies to bolster their safe use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

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Chief AI officers will now be mandated for all federal agencies

As the use of artificial intelligence continues to spread at all levels, the U.S. government wants to staff up federal agencies with AI experts — or, if they don’t, stop

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Blockchain Technology Meets AI: Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, Ocean Protocol Form Alliance

The blockchain technology networks Fetch.ai,
SingularityNET, and Ocean Protocol recently merged their projects to create a
decentralized form of artificial intelligence (AI). According to a statement by Fetch.ai, this
collaboration

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Is self-healing code the next stage of GenAI?

Generative AI is revolutionizing the world of programming. Tools like GitHub, Copilot, ChatGPT and the like have given developers the power of generating almost instant code, further democratizing the industry.Despite

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US Treasury says that AI has made financial fraud easier than ever

The US Treasury department has said that AI is making it easier than ever for criminals to commit fraud against financial firms.The warning echoes those of the Consumer Financial Protection

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Amazon invests billions more in Anthropic in latest major AI push

Amazon has taken a major step forward in its AI strategy with a $2.75bn investment in Anthropic.The move takes Amazon’s total investment in the company to around $4bn as it

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The Download: the future of AI moviemaking, and what to know about plug-in hybrids

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.

What’s next for generative video

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