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Efforts from members of Congress to clamp down on deepfake pornography are not entirely new. In 2019 and 2021, Representative Yvette Clarke introduced the DEEPFAKES Accountability Act, which requires creators of deepfakes to watermark their content. And in December 2022, Representative Morelle, who is now working closely with Francesca, introduced the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act. His bill focuses on criminalizing the creation and distribution of pornographic deepfakes without the consent of the person…

And really, what’s the point of such a hard-won triumph unless it’s to enforce your rights? “Honestly, this train has been coming down the track since at least 2014, if not earlier. We’re at the collision point. I struggle to imagine there’s going to be a diversion,” says Sherkow. “Brace for impact.” The Broad Institute didn’t answer any of my questions, and a spokesperson for MIT didn’t even reply to my email. That’s not a surprise. Private universities can be exceedingly obtuse when it comes to acknowledging their…

“If you’re doing a specific application, like searching through email … do you really need these big models that are capable of anything? I would say no,” Luccioni says.  The energy consumption associated with using AI tools has been a missing piece in understanding their true carbon footprint, says Jesse Dodge, a research scientist at the Allen Institute for AI, who was not part of the study.  Comparing the carbon emissions from newer, larger generative models and older AI models  is also important, Dodge adds. “It…

Get Together 2 XL Bluetooth SpeakerSustainable, powerful, and wireless. The Get Together 2 XL succeeds by just being a speaker.Pros Amazing sound quality Long-lasting battery Water and dust resistantCons Doesn’t feature AirPlay Lacks a handle to take it anywhere Lacks Dolby Atmos or 360º soundAfter testing House of Marley’s affordable Little Bird wireless earbuds, I was eager to try something more premium from the company. Luckily, they sent us the Get Together 2 XL Bluetooth speaker, the head…

For data center operators, options for boosting sustainability include shifting energy sources, upgrading physical infrastructure and hardware, improving and automating workflows, and updating the software that manages data center storage. Hitachi Vantara estimates that emissions attributable to data storage infrastructure can be reduced as much as 96% by using a combination of these approaches. Critics might counter that, though data center decarbonization is a worthy social goal, it also imposes expenses that a…

In the fall of 2018, the University of California tasked a team of researchers with identifying projects from which it could confidently purchase carbon offsets that would reliably cancel out greenhouse gas emissions across its campuses. They found next to nothing. The findings helped prompt the entire university system to radically rethink its sustainability plans. Now the researchers are sharing the lessons they learned over the course of the project, in the hopes of helping other universities and organizations…

Direct cuts In 2013, the University of California pledged to achieve carbon neutrality across its campuses and health centers within 12 years by shifting to emissions-free vehicles, building renewables projects, and undertaking similar efforts. But reaching that goal would have also required significant purchases of offsets through carbon markets.  Students, faculty, and campus budget officers raised concerns about the institution’s plan to rely on and invest so heavily in such an unreliable climate tool. In response,…

Samsung is not the first name that comes to mind when talking about the Indian laptop market. However, the company seems to be getting serious about making its presence felt with its Galaxy Book3 series. We’ve already tested the Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 and now we have the most premium offering, the Galaxy Book3 Ultra which sort of competes with the 16-inch Apple MacBook Pro. The Galaxy Book3 Ultra comes with a premium metal chassis, a vivid contrast-rich AMOLED display, and powerful chips including the latest Intel Core i9…

Vivo's V-series targets camera enthusiasts and people looking for a solid package in sub-Rs. 40,000 price segment. The brand launched its successor to the Vivo V27 Pro, Vivo V29 Pro, sometime back in India with MediaTek's Dimensity 8200 SoC. It is said to have a camera system that the brand claims is great at low-light portrait photography. But is the all-new Vivo V29 Pro good enough for its Rs. 39,999 starting price, and does the new flagship from Vivo deliver? Let's find out in this detailed Vivo V29 Pro review.Vivo V29…

GNoME can be described as AlphaFold for materials discovery, according to Ju Li, a materials science and engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. AlphaFold, a DeepMind AI system announced in 2020, predicts the structures of proteins with high accuracy and has since advanced biological research and drug discovery. Thanks to GNoME, the number of known stable materials has grown almost tenfold, to 421,000. “While materials play a very critical role in almost any technology, we as humanity know…