TikTok collects more of your data than you may realize. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson shows you some tips on how to protect your privacy. Technology has been taking over the world, especially within the last decade with the advent of the gig economy. Now, more and more companies are figuring out how to make themselves more efficient by becoming more tech friendly. CLICK TO GET KURT'S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO'S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER However, China is taking this to the next extreme with the growing popularity of virtual people.

We humans are obsessed with technologies that blur the boundaries between what is real and what is fabricated. In fact, two of the hottest fields right now are defined by how effectively they can deceive us: the metaverse and artificial intelligence. When it comes to the metaverse, the goal of VR and AR technology is to fool the senses, making computer-generated content seem like real-world experiences. On the AI front, Alan Turing famously threw down the gauntlet, stating that the ultimate test of a human-level AI would be to successfully fool us into believing that it was human. Whether you're looking forward to these technologies or not, their power of deception will soon transform society.

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Earlier this year a chilling academic study was published by researchers at Lancaster University and UC Berkeley. Using a sophisticated form of AI known as a GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) they created artificial human faces (i.e. They discovered that this type of AI technology has become so effective, we humans can no longer tell the difference between real people and virtual people (or "veeple" as I call them). You see, they also asked their test subjects to rate the "trustworthiness" of each face and discovered that consumers find AI-generated faces to be significantly more trustworthy than real faces.

AI can already create photorealistic faces, objects, and landscapes. We can already recreate any voice. GPT-3 can already write dialogue and movie plots almost indistinguishable from ones written by humans. Even generated music is making fast progress. It's startling to realize that Hollywood movies that cost $300M to produce today might be generated for a few cents within our lifetimes.

Imagine you're the president of a European country. You're slated to take in 50,000 refugees from the Middle East this year. Most of them are very religious, while most of your population is very secular. You want to integrate the newcomers seamlessly, minimizing the risk of economic malaise or violence, but you have limited resources. One of your advisers tells you to invest in the refugees' education; another says providing jobs is the key; yet another insists the most important thing is giving the youth opportunities to socialize with local kids.

We would be delighted to hear from you and share more details about how AI-powered Virtual People can help you provide deeper, richer solutions for your customers and employees. We would be glad to set up a 30 minute demo of our Virtual People or discuss how to take advantage of our advisory materials to help you get started in the AI revolution. We look forward to connecting soon!

Later this month Valerie will go on duty behind the reception desk at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Sciences. Besides doling out information and directions, she'll chat about her ever-changing personal life. If you introduce yourself, she'll remember you. If you ask about the weather, when she meets you again she may bring up the subject. Valerie, in case you haven't guessed, is a robot - one in a long line of increasingly sophisticated machines.

My family was in the next room, laughing and screwing around with Legos or puzzles or something. I was standing in the middle of a rocky amphitheater, that looked like Monument Valley, Arizona. I really don't know where I was, but it was at the edge of a sandstone dais, and something like Stonehenge was orbiting overhead. The GearVR strapped to my noggin didn't feel heavy at all. I was in Land's End, having a blast, solving my own puzzles in virtual reality.