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Introducing a Novel Surveillance Tool Impacting Border Towns

Contributor — Sat, 04 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000

This week, WIRED reported that a group of prolific scammers known as the Yahoo Boys are openly operating on major platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, and Telegram. Evading content moderation systems, the group organizes and engages in criminal activities that range from scams to sextortion schemes. On Wednesday, researchers published a paper detailing a new...

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UK Blocks the Largest Deepfake Porn Website

Contributor — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:54:17 +0000

Two of the biggest deepfake pornography websites have now started blocking people trying to access them from the United Kingdom. The move comes days after the UK government announced plans for a new law that will make creating non-consensual deepfakes a criminal offense. Non-consensual deepfake pornography websites and apps that “strip” clothes off of photos...

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Preventing the Utilization of Your Data for AI Training: Effective Measures

Contributor — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:30:00 +0000

If you’ve ever posted something to the internet—a pithy tweet, a 2009 blog post, a scornful review, or a selfie on Instagram—it has most likely been slurped up and used to help train the current wave of generative AI. Large language models, like ChatGPT, and image creators are powered by vast reams of our data....

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