Tag: Deepfakes and revised history

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Peter Biles
Date
September 20, 2022

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Animation (science fiction benefits), Artificial Intelligence, censorship, Creativity, Deepfakes and revised history, film, Story, the past}

HBO Max Cuts Cigarette from Iconic Movie Poster

_{Modern tech gives entertainment companies the power to “retro-edit” material. How far could it go?} _{Peter Biles
September 20, 2022

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Arts & Culture}

Last week, HBO Max, the Warner Bros.-owned TV streaming platform, cut more than just their costs — they’re cutting back on cigarettes too. Disneyland used to Photoshop out cigarettes in portraits of Walt Disney: https://t.co/7n3oBWzMI7 pic.twitter.com/zP58u8xBG5 — PetaPixel (@petapixel) October 12, 2016 Keen observers noticed that HBO Max removed the cigarillo from the iconic movie poster from “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.” Now, McCabe is awkwardly holding up two fingers with no smoking device in hand. They also scrubbed cigarettes from several other film posters, including “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean,” “There Was a Crooked Man,” “Fallen Angels,” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” HBO hasn’t yet disclosed its reasoning for the cuts. Maybe they thought people Read More ›

Computing, cyberspace and programming background

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News
Date
June 30, 2022

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Data Privacy, Law

Tagged
Audio deepfakes, Deepfake detection methods, Deepfakes, Deepfakes and de-aging, Deepfakes and identity theft, Deepfakes and revised history, Deepfakes in job applications, Phishing, Vishing, Vishing and deepfakes}

Are We Losing the Battle With Online Fraud via Deepfakes?

_{Now, the FBI warns, faked up “tech employees” are applying for remote work jobs with sensitive corporate data} _{News
June 30, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Data Privacy, Law}

From Gizmodo this week we learn that the FBI has received a number of complaints about people using “stolen information and deepfaked video and voice to apply to remote tech jobs”: According to the FBI’s announcement, more companies have been reporting people applying to jobs using video, images, or recordings that are manipulated to look and sound like somebody else. These fakers are also using personal identifiable information from other people—stolen identities—to apply to jobs at IT, programming, database, and software firms. The report noted that many of these open positions had access to sensitive customer or employee data, as well as financial and proprietary company info, implying the imposters could have a desire to steal sensitive information as well Read More ›