OpenAI, a pioneer in the field of generative AI, is stepping up to the challenge of detecting deepfake imagery amid a rising prevalence of misleading content spreading on social media. At the recent Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, the company’s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, unveiled a new deepfake detector. Murati said OpenAI’s new tool…
Month: October 2023
Sui token struggles to regain despite denial of ‘unfounded’ allegations
Sui’s native SUI token has struggled to regain ground after plunging more than 9% amid allegations from South Korean regulators, which have accused the Sui Foundation of manipulating the supply of the token for its own gain. SUI token gained a little under 1% in the last 24 hours after falling from $0.41 on Oct. 16 to new lows of…
Universal Music Group Files Sues Anthropic Claiming ‘Widespread Infringement’
To curb the unauthorized use of its music to train AI models, Universal Music Group (UMG) is leading a lawsuit against Claude AI developer Anthropic, marking the first major lawsuit by the music industry against an AI developer. UMG is seeking $75 million in damages. Joining UMG in the lawsuit against Anthropic are Concord Music Group, ABKCO, Worship Together Music,…
Bitcoin bags untouched as firm splashes out on AI
Electric vehicle maker Tesla made no changes to its sizeable Bitcoin (BTC) holdings — the fifth quarter in a row — though it has directed more funds to double its computing capacity amid artificial intelligence efforts. Tesla’s Q3 2023 results released on Oct. 18 show as of Sept. 30, it held $184 million worth of digital assets — a portion…
Norman Rockwell Museum Debuts First NFT Collection
The Norman Rockwell Museum and the Norman Rockwell Family jointly announced Wednesday the launch of an NFT-backed, multi-part series that will offer collectors the opportunity to own several digital and physical works by the late artist—including a number of never-before-published images and process works from the Norman Rockwell archives. The series, titled “Studio Sessions: The Norman Rockwell Collection,” marks the…
Lightning Labs releases Taproot Assets alpha, bringing stablecoins to Bitcoin
Bitcoin layer-2 infrastructure firm Lightning Labs has released the mainnet alpha of Taproot Assets, a protocol aimed at enabling stablecoins and real-world assets to be issued on the Bitcoin and Lightning Network. The current version, Taproot Assets v0.3, will provide a “feature-complete developer experience” to issue, manage and explore stablecoins and other assets on the Bitcoin blockchain, according to Ryan Gentry, head…
What Role Is Crypto Actually Playing in the Israel-Palestine Conflict?
On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of 29 United States Senators and 76 congressmen led by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sheldon Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to President Biden’s top advisors, demanding answers as to the role played by cryptocurrency in sponsoring recent attacks on Israel. They also pushed the White House on its plans to prevent crypto-financed terrorism in…
Meta Has an AI That Can Read Your Mind and Draw Your Thoughts
Meta has unveiled a groundbreaking AI system that can almost instantaneously decode visual representations in the brain. Meta’s AI system captures thousands of brain activity measurements per second and then reconstructs how images are perceived and processed in our minds, according to a new research paper. “Overall, these results provide an important step towards the decoding—in real time—of the visual…
Will California’s BitLicense Chase Crypto Firms Out of the State?
California has followed New York and signed its very own BitLicense bill for the crypto industry. Signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week, the Digital Financial Assets Law—which would come into action from July 2025—wants to install a “robust regulatory framework” for the state. It’s reminiscent of New York’s 2015 BitLicense bill—which means not all those working in the…
The People’s AI: Americans Help Anthropic Draft a Constitution for AI
In a bid to democratize the development of AI tools, Claude AI creator Anthropic teamed with the non-profit Collective Intelligence Project to explore a different course for AI development, surveying 1,000 Americans to draft an AI constitution. “AI is going to have a transformative impact on the world,” Collective Intelligence Project co-founder Divya Siddarth told Decrypt. “Yet very few people…