AI Art Is Challenging the Boundaries of Curation
In just a few years, the number of artworks produced by self-described AI artists has dramatically increased. Some of these works have been sold by large auction houses for dizzying…
Why Computers Don’t Need to Match Human Intelligence
Speech and language are central to human intelligence, communication, and cognitive processes. Understanding natural language is often viewed as the greatest AI challenge—one that, if solved, could take machines much…
This AI Resurrects Ancient Board Games—and Lets You Play Them
In 1901, on an excavation trip to Crete, British archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed items he believed belonged to a royal game dating back millennia: a board fashioned out of ivory,…
The Secret Auction that Set Off the Race for AI Supremacy
Hinton remained one of the few who believed it would one day fulfill its promise, delivering machines that could not only recognize objects but identify spoken words, understand natural language,…
How to Spot a Deepfake Without Even Watching the Video
Actual Tom Cruise, for comparisonPhoto: Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures (Getty Images) Deepfakes are videos that glue one person’s face onto another’s body, making the former look like they’re…
Consider Your Data Privacy When Making MyHeritage ‘Deepfakes’
Screenshot: David Murphy One should always get a little privacy-skeptical when there’s a new flavor-of-the-week meme making the rounds. This time, it’s MyHeritage’s “Deep Nostalgia” photo animation tool, which renders…