Tech & Society
Deepfakes Become Politics as Usual: Deepfakes dominate as India’s election season unfolds.
Synthetic depictions of politicians are taking center stage as the world’s biggest democratic election kicks off.
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India Warns Devs — No Unreliable AI: India advises pre-approval for new AI deployments by tech firms.
India advised major tech companies to seek government approval before they deploy new AI models.
Tech & Society
High Yields for Small Farms: AI elevates chili farming in India with smarter yields.
Indian farmers used chatbots and computer vision to produce higher yields at lower costs. The state government of Telangana in South India partnered with agricultural aid organization Digital Green to provide AI tools to chili farmers.
Tech & Society
The Global Landscape of AI Power: Study suggests China will dominate AI.
China is poised to become the dominant national power in AI, new research suggests. The Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public-policy think tank, assessed which of 50 countries are best positioned to become AI powerhouses.
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U.S. Adults Fail AI 101
Most Americans don’t understand AI, according to a new survey. Only 16 percent of adults in the United States got a passing grade on a true-or-false questionnaire of AI’s capabilities and uses.