President Donald Trump has upended the global geopolitical order in place for more than 70 years with major economic consequences that have only begun to be felt, and which won’t help the U.S., according to economist David McWilliams. Read more... [...]
AI has empowered fraudsters to sidestep anti-spoofing checks and voice verification, allowing them to produce counterfeit identification and financial documents remarkably quickly. Their methods have become increasingly inventive as generative technology evolves. How can consumers protect themselves, and what can financial institutions do to help? 1. Deepfakes Enhance the Imposter Scam AI enable [...]
Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model is now available for production use. The model can generate, edit, and combine images.<br /> The article Google ships Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model with new features appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]
Apple announced a bunch of news recently, as the company refreshed its Mac and iPad lineups for 2025. As a result, there are deals aplenty on older models — and now they're overlapping with the Amazon Spring Sale. Take, for instance, the 10th-gen iPad. It's $80 off at $269, bringing the tablet back down close to its record-low price. <br /> The 10th-gen iPad arrived in late 2022. [...]
A group of researchers covertly ran a months-long "unauthorized" experiment in one of Reddit’s most popular communities using AI-generated comments to test the persuasiveness of large language models. The experiment, which was revealed over the weekend by moderators of r/changemyview, is described by Reddit mods as “psychological manipulation” of unsuspecting users.<br /> “ [...]