The Murky Waters of Deepfakes: Synthetic Media’s Impact and the Quest for Veracity

The Murky Waters of Deepfakes: Synthetic Media’s Impact and the Quest for Veracity

What Are Deepfakes? Deepfakes are essentially synthetic media where the likeness of a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else’s likeness through AI technologies. This represents AI’s first genuine confrontation with humanity, disrupting the traditional norms of trust and veracity in digital media. The Dark Side: Examples that Haunt Us […]

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14/14: Welcome to the world of ‘Smart Toilets’! ๐Ÿ˜€

14/14: Welcome to the world of ‘Smart Toilets’! ๐Ÿ˜€

I had the pleasure of collaborating with the brilliantย Maria Franzoniย recently, and together, we decided to create a series of concise Zoom interviews discussing key future trends. In our fourteenth friendly chat, we dive into a fresh perspective on an innovation that didn’t become widespread until less than 200 years ago – the FLUSH TOILET! In […]

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13/14: Digital Detoxes are bollocks!

13/14: Digital Detoxes are bollocks!

I had the pleasure of collaborating with the brilliant Maria Franzoni recently, and together, we decided to create a series of concise Zoom interviews discussing key future trends. In our thirteenth friendly chat, we dive into a fresh perspective on digital detox retreats. In the current digital era, it’s tempting to view digital detoxes as […]

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12/14: Let’s take a more future-facing view on #DEI!

12/14: Let’s take a more future-facing view on #DEI!

I had the pleasure of collaborating with the brilliantย Maria Franzoniย recently, and together, we decided to create a series of concise Zoom interviews discussing key future trends. In our twelfth friendly chat, we dive into a fresh perspective on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Have you ever pondered the future of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)? It’s […]

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VERY NEAR FUTURE JOB DESCRIPTION: VP, AI SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE!

VERY NEAR FUTURE JOB DESCRIPTION: VP, AI SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE!

Job Title: VP, AI Safety and Compliance Job Description: Our organisation seeks a dynamic and experienced VP, AI Safety and Compliance. This pivotal role involves leading and refining our AI safety policies and procedures, much like a conductor leading an orchestra, ensuring AI is applied ethically across all levels of our organisation. Your efforts will […]

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“The System’s broken” – Oh F*^k off will you!

“The System’s broken” – Oh F*^k off will you!

Bit of a rant from me this morning. There’s some real garbage spoken by some people about this and that system is broken. I’m here to make clear the world has never had it so good! From the moment James Watt took energy from coal and powered up the industrial revolution, humans have experienced exponentially […]

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ: ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ: ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

In an era-defining moment, the robotics startup 1X, backed by OpenAI, has accomplished a formidable feat. Surpassing even the high-flying endeavours of Elon Musk’s Tesla, they’ve pioneered the deployment of the first-ever humanoid robot in a professional setting. The humanoid, known as EVE, has been assigned to a role as security guard at an android […]

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