Deepfakes: can the AI be harnessed for something good?
While audiences and users need to be educated on the negative implications of deepfakes, the technology can also have positive impacts. There are pitfalls with AI but the technology has the potential...
View ArticleLegal loopholes don’t help victims of sexualised deepfake abuse
Sexual deepfake abuse silences women causing lasting harm, and laws to protect them are inconsistent. In early 2024, pop megastar Taylor Swift became the centre of a disturbing controversy. Millions of...
View ArticleWhen you can’t trust your eyes anymore
Deepfakes are threatening privacy and security. Detection methods using deep learning aim to combat this but there’s a long way to go. It started in 2017 when Reddit users uploaded sexually explicit...
View ArticleIs AI enabling our next Renaissance?
Europe’s Renaissance sparked a flowering of free thought and new ideas in the arts and elsewhere. AI could too. Walking through the streets of Florence, there is a resounding beauty that still echoes...
View ArticleArtists can expose the reality behind AI
Art is based on life, and AI doesn’t have one. That’s just one reason why the art community is uniquely well-positioned to show us the limitations of AI. There’s no need to read a lengthy academic...
View ArticleTo go nuclear, the public must be onboard
Surveys over the past decade show that nuclear energy as an energy option is being increasingly accepted in Indonesia. In a meeting with the Indonesian Nuclear New Energy Society (MEBNI) in January...
View ArticleSmall reactors don’t add up as a viable energy source
Nuclear energy has been declining in importance as a source of power and SMRs will not reverse that. The nuclear industry has been offering so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to...
View ArticleIs India on the cusp of a nuclear energy renaissance?
Removing institutional bottlenecks will attract foreign and domestic participation in India’s nuclear energy programme. India’s nuclear energy expansion programme turned ambitious over the past ten...
View ArticleFloating reactors ready to set sail but regulations need to catch up
Russia’s experience has shown that the technology can help in reducing carbon emissions but making it widely available will take time. Nuclear energy has proven to be an energy source that helps in the...
View ArticleHow India’s beaches can unlock a nuclear-powered future
India’s Indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor (PFBR) and abundant thorium reserves hold key to India’s future energy security. India’s Kerala state is famous for its languid beauty,...
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