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Deepfake satellite images pose serious military and political challenges

Engadget

It's well established that deepfake images of people are problematic, but it's now clearer that bogus satellite imagery could also represent a threat. The Verge reports that University of Washington-led researchers have developed a way to generate deepfake satellite photography as part of an effort to detect manipulated images. The team used an AI algorithm to generate deepfakes by feeding the traits of learned satellite images into different base maps. They could use Tacoma's roads and building locations, for example (at top right in the picture below), but superimpose Beijing's taller buildings (bottom right) or Seattle's low-rises (bottom left). You can apply greenery, too. While the execution isn't flawless, it's close enough that scientists believe you might blame any oddities on low image quality.


How Artificial Intelligence's (AI) Effect On Retail Sales Is Increasing

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Nowadays, almost everybody is aware of the effect Artificial Intelligence (AI) has on our every day lives. AI is already a part of many people's lives and maybe already a part of your life too -- whether you realize it or not. Alexa), Google Home, and Apple's HomePod (with Siri) are perhaps the three most popular products in the thriving field of AI assistants. It's estimated that Amazon has sold about 25 million Echo devices up to now, and they expect that number to go double or more by 2020. These AI assistants products understand spoken commands and speak in humanlike voices using natural language.


Machine Learning with Python: Digital Tools and Methods for Humanities and Social Sciences …

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This interactive workshop introduces the principles and practices of machine learning using the Python programming language and its associated …


Artificial intelligence will be more revolutionary for education than the internet

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Aftab Hussain, Information Learning Technology (ILT) manager at Bolton College, and a supporter of the National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education.


The Challenges of Animal Translation

The New Yorker

Disney's 2019 remake of its 1994 classic "The Lion King" was a box-office success, grossing more than one and a half billion dollars. But it was also, in some ways, a failed experiment. The film's photo-realistic, computer-generated animals spoke with the rich, complex voices of actors such as Donald Glover and Chiwetel Ejiofor--and many viewers found it hard to reconcile the complex intonations of those voices with the feline gazes on the screen. In giving such persuasively nonhuman animals human personalities and thoughts, the film created a kind of cognitive dissonance. It had been easier to imagine the interiority of the stylized beasts in the original film.


How a hi-tech search for Genghis Khan is helping polar bears

The Guardian

Genghis Khan got his dying wish: despite attempts by archaeologists and scientists to find the Mongolian ruler's final resting place, the location remains a secret 800 years after his death. The search for his tomb, though, has inspired an innovative project that could help protect polar bears. "I randomly tuned into the radio one night and heard an expert talking about the use of synthetic aperture radar [SAR] to look for Genghis Khan's tomb," says Tom Smith, associate professor in plant and wildlife sciences at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah. "They were using SAR to penetrate layers of forest canopy in upper Mongolia, looking for the ruins of a burial structure." Talking to engineers, including BYU's Dr David Long, Smith learned that SAR is used by the military to detect enemy camps, tanks and vehicles hidden beneath camouflage and is being studied as a potential tool for finding avalanche survivors.


Global Machine Learning Operationalization Software Market Report Future Prospects, Growth …

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This latest Machine Learning Operationalization Software report published by Global Market Monitor covers the current market dynamics, and …


Neurocle, a Developer of Deep Learning Software

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Neurocle aims to enable anyone to use artificial intelligence or AI technology. We focus on the field of deep learning vision, in particular.


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There is certainly an important role AI and Machine Learning technology plays in addressing the most sophisticated online fraud as well as improving …


How Thermo Fisher Scientific Created a Purpose Driven Data Science Organization

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In recent years, the company has started incorporating machine learning into various products, from drug discovery tools to its laboratory information …