Tom Hanks has warned his fans that he has ‘nothing to do’ with a hoax advert for a dental plan, featuring an AI version of himself.
The movie star shared a screenshot of the fake advert on Instagram, warning his followers about it.
Hanks has spoken about AI before, warning that there’s no real way of telling whether an AI-generated version of him is real or not.
Experts at the University of Exeter are warning a rapid rise in the number of academic articles being published could undermine public trust in science.
Mark Hanson from the University’s Centre for Ecology and Conservation told Tech & Science Daily that, in order to speed up the process, some journals use algorithms to find academics to review research, which can lead to less reliable reviews.
Mark also explains how some authors cite themselves or swap citations with colleagues to inflate their work and make it appear more reputable.
The Royal Family’s own website has suffered a cyberattack.
A royal source revealed that the site ‘www.royal.uk’ was subject to a ‘denial of service attack’ which is when a site is bombarded by traffic, which causes it to stop working.
According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is bringing its powerful internal search engine, codenamed ‘Pegasus’, to the App Store and other apps.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said the search engine is due to be more deeply integrated into iOS and macOS and could even use generative AI tools to enhance it further.
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