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Okay! Major Camera makers like Sony, Nikon and Cannon have had enough of AI fakes! They are adding tamper-resistant digital watermark technology to their cameras to help users prove that their photos are not AI-generated.

In today’s menu:

• Quick stats

• Nikon, Sony and Canon adding a new tech to fight AI fakes

• AI content as human-made should be illegal

• AI course: What Is Generative AI?

• AI image of the day

• 3 Trending short takes

Read time: 5 minutes!

QUICK STATS

A new study by Amazon finds that 92% of organizations plan to use AI solutions by 2028. Let that sink in for a moment!

LATEST NEWS

Nikon, Sony and Canon adding a new tech to fight AI fakes

Nikon, Sony, and Canon are developing camera technology that embeds digital signatures to distinguish authentic images from fakes. This contains data like date, time, location, and the photographer's name, and can be used to authenticate that the image has not been changed in any way.

Sony will add this feature to professional-grade mirrorless SLR cameras this spring via a firmware update, and Canon will release an image authentication app to do the checking.

While this technology offers benefits for journalists and photo editors, it is not a complete solution to the issue of AI-generated deepfakes on social media.

80% of Americans think presenting AI content as human-made should be illegal

A new poll conducted by the AI Policy Institute (AIPI) found that 80% of Americans believe presenting AI content as human-made should be illegal!

Key points:

• Sports Illustrated is accused of using AI to write articles and assign them fake bylines, a practice most Americans believe should be illegal according to the poll.

• Despite the controversy, Sports Illustrated and its third-party contractor, AdVon Commerce, deny using AI to generate the content of the articles.

Source

AI COURSE OF THE DAY

What Is Generative AI?

Whether you work in film, marketing, healthcare, automobile, or real-estate, generative AI is changing the way your job is executed, and those who adapt early will reap its benefits sooner.

Generative AI expert Pinar Seyhan Demirdag covers the basics of generative AI, with topics including:

• What it is

• How it works

• Different types of models

• Future predictions and ethical implications

It’s free and takes only 45 minutes to complete. Enroll here.

AI IMAGE OF THE DAY

What if World War 1 was fought by millennials?

SHORT TAKES

Brett Adcock, founder of Figure AI Robotics just teased on X saying:

What’s new coming? 👀

RIP Microsoft WordPad. You Will Be Missed!

After approximately 30 years in existence, WordPad is bidding farewell. Microsoft has announced that WordPad will no longer be auto-installed with the new OS build and will be officially removed in a future update.

Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts. A student project called PIGEON, designed by three Stanford graduate students, can identify locations on Google Street View and make accurate guesses about the location of personal photos it hasn't seen before. Read more..

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