The Download: China’s EV to humanoid robot pivot, and voice clone censorship
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Summary
A new study has found that AI voice cloning can create realistic impressions of individuals based on just a few minutes of recorded speech, causing concern about the potential for crime and the manipulation of digital records.
Voice cloning experts from the University of Washington in Seattle have shown that deepfake technology can synthesise realistic versions of prominent figures, causing concerns about criminal activity.
MIT technology review has indicated that AI could “eat quantum computing’s lunch.”
For the first time, a scientific study has confirmed that bird flu, concentrating on the H5N8 type, has spread across the US, largely unobserved, potentially becoming well established in the country’s wild bird population.
The DOGE team is heading to NASA.
Apple is teasing a new product.
Scientific American has published information about scientists’ reactions to Robert FK Jr’s appointment as HHS Secretary.
OpenAI’s reasoning model is a significant improvement over GPT-3 and has the potential to transform AI.
TikTok is back on app stores, supporting user profiles and navigation from Twitter and Instagram.