The fake-relative scam with an AI-cloned voice: how it works and how to protect yourself
Criminals use AI to clone the voices of children and grandchildren and demand an urgent transfer by phone. How the scam …
Artificial Intelligence 26 posts
Information security in plain English: scams, hardening and privacy — plus retrogaming, games and geek culture.
WormGPT and FraudGPT: how the malicious AI sold on the dark web works
WormGPT and FraudGPT are chatbots with no safety filters, sold for up to US$1,700 a year on the dark web. How they work …
Deepfake: how to spot an AI-generated fake video (7 signs)
Deepfake fraud is growing fast worldwide. Here are 7 technical signs — from blinking patterns to deformed hands — that …
UNIVAC I at 75: the computer that called an election and was silenced
On 14 June 1951, the UNIVAC I was delivered to the US Census Bureau. Seventy-five years on: the story of the first …
Deep Blue 1997: the day the machine beat the world champion
On 11 May 1997, IBM's Deep Blue beat Kasparov at chess. Twenty-nine years on, what did that match really prove about …
Metropolis: the 1927 sci-fi every worker needs to see
On International Workers' Day, Fritz Lang's Metropolis turns 99 and has never felt more current: robots, class and the …