Deepfakes for Politicians, AI Propaganda, Operation Safety Net, Understanding Pigs

Our 89th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Outline:

• (00:00) Intro

• Applications & Business • (3:23) Amazon Uses Machine Learning to Improve Video Quality on Prime Video • (6:55) These Campaigns Hope 'Deepfake' Candidates Help Get Out the Vote •

• Research & Advancements • (16:25) DeepMind’s new AI model helps decipher, date, and locate ancient inscriptions • (20:45) Generating and Identifying Propaganda With Machine Learning •

• Society & Ethics • (27:08) The secret police: Cops built a shadowy surveillance machine in Minnesota after George Floyd's murder • (33:40) AI-produced images can't fix diversity issues in dermatology databases •

• Fun & Neat • (40:35) Grunt of the litter: scientists use AI to decode pig calls • (43:25) I fell in love with my AI girlfriend - and it saved my marriage' •

• (48:00) Outro

Release date

Lydbog: 17. marts 2022