With the emergence of incredibly powerful machine learning technologies, such as Deepfakes and Generative Neural Networks, it is much easier now to spread false information. In this article, we will briefly introduce deepfakes and generative neural networks, as well as a few ways to spot AI-generated content and protect yourself against misinformation. I have many elderly relatives and some middle-aged relatives that just aren't well-versed with technology. Some of these people believe nearly everything they read, or at least believe it enough to share it on social media. While that doesn't sound so bad, it depends on what you are sharing.

English school-leaving exam results will now be based on teacher assessments after the government scrapped a controversial algorithm that downgraded nearly 40% of predicted grades. The U-turn came after evidence emerged that students from fee-paying schools had disproportionately benefited from the algorithm, which used a formula based on a school's historical results and each pupil's attainment. In response, the government said students could appeal the results or resit exams in the fall. But a wave of student protests and a backlash from Conservative MPs have convinced the government to revert to center-assessed grades for both A-levels and GCSEs, the exams taken by 18 and 16–year-old students respectively. However, students who had their results marked up by the algorithm can keep the higher grade.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $6 million contract for the Competency Aware Machine Learning (CAML) program to Raytheon, the company announced on Monday. The contract is to facilitate communication conditions where machine learning systems from CAML can communicate to human operators what they have learned about a situation, under what conditions the machines absorbed information the best, and the situations when the learned strategies are most appropriate. This could address the problem of Machine Learning systems needing human decision assistance in combat situations. "The CAML system turns tools into partners…Once the system has developed these skills, the team will apply it to a simulated search and rescue mission. Users will create the conditions surrounding the mission, while the system will make recommendations and give users information about its competence in those particular conditions," said Ilana Heintz, principal investigator for CAML at Raytheon BBN Technologies.

The First Five Consortium, a nod to the importance of the first five minutes in responding to a natural disaster, aims to build between 10 and 30 different AI-powered systems. Microsoft will provide technological resources, including its Azure cloud for AI model training and inference. Other organizations, including public- and private-sector entities, are expected to participate. The Morning Download delivers daily insights and news on business technology from the CIO Journal team. The announcement comes as California confronts another summer of raging wildfires, while Iowa reels from devastating windstorms.

Savan Group, a leader in advanced data analytics and visualization, announced that it has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to establish a cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) platform. Savan Group continues to apply state-of-the-art AI solutions to address the data and information challenges of the Federal Government. Savan Group is now developing ML models with a near unlimited scale using distributed cloud storage and GPU compute within a FedRAMP-authorized environment. The Federal Government is under increasing pressure to fully leverage the value of data for mission, service, and public good. Unfortunately, much of this data is locked away in documents, videos, audio, images, and paper.

Unit 8200 may or may not ring a bell, but you've likely heard of Viber, the popular instant messaging app or Wix, the cloud computing service. Viber, Wix, and hundreds of other high-tech startups have their origins in Unit 8200, the cyberware division of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The links are Talmon Marco and Avishai Abrahami, Viber's, and Wix' founders, both of whom did their mandatory military service at or worked for Unit 8200. Over the years, Unit 8200 has turned out thousands of tech-savvy entrepreneurs who, like Marco and Abrahami, went on to found their own tech companies or to occupy leading positions in established ones. In what has become the world's premier example of military innovation, Unit 8200 is credited with playing a key role in developing Israel's high-tech know-how, which has resulted in the country having the highest concentration of startups per capita in the world and consistently ranking as a global leader in innovation.

Dragon Professional customers in the U.S. now can access an AI-powered documentation solution for law enforcement, social services, financial services, and legal Nuance Communications, Inc. announced the availability of its cloud-based Dragon Professional Anywhere speech recognition solution in the United States across multiple markets including law enforcement, social services, financial services, and legal. This next-generation AI-powered solution enables police officers, social workers, customer service agents, and lawyers to create high-quality documentation more efficiently, securely, and at scale, while reducing cost and boosting productivity. Already available in the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany, Dragon Professional Anywhere customers in the U.S. can now use Nuance's speech recognition solutions anywhere, anytime. The continued expansion of Dragon Professional Anywhere is driven by the increasing demand for cloud technology to meet the needs of modern business environments. Forrester Research reports that companies are ramping up investments in cloud-based tools to facilitate extended periods of working from home, a trend that is poised to continue post-pandemic and expected to better prepare organizations for the now dynamic post-COVID economic recovery.

Nitin Alabur is an iOS developer from India who lived in the US and dreamed of creating a tech startup. "I had a zillion ideas," he tells me. But he'd been hired by a US firm under an H-1B visa, which ties you to your employer. A green card that would make self-employment possible was years away. "It felt like shackles," he says.

Last October, a couple of days before joining Stanford University as the international policy director at the Cyber Policy Center, Marietje Schaake, a former member of the European Parliament, spoke alongside Eric Schmidt, the ex-C.E.O. of Google, to a large audience of tech employees and academics. It was the keynote event at a conference hosted by the newly launched Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (H.A.I.), at which Schaake would also have a co-appointment. Beneath the scalloped panels of a blond wood ceiling, people sipped coffee and typed on laptops in the plush chairs of a new auditorium at the heart of campus. Schmidt spoke first, striking expected notes. He said that artificial intelligence would power "extraordinary gains" in the next five years and stressed just how central Google--which had helped fund H.A.I.--would be to those advances. He acknowledged that China's use of A.I. for surveillance, especially in the Xinjiang region, was concerning.

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The Air Force is investigating whether a small drone flew close to Air Force One on Sunday before it landed safely at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, D.C. The White House referred queries to the Pentagon, which confirmed that the incident, which was described by reporters aboard the plane as Mr. Trump was returning from his golf resort in Bedminster, N.J. Sunday evening, was being examined.