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☆ A UPenn student started a YouTube channel. In weeks, her face was stolen on China's social media.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

That message included a link to a video on Xiaohongshu, a social media platform rapidly gaining steam in China. The student started her self-empowerment channel in November and has so far published eight videos and seven YouTube Shorts. The Xiaohongshu deepfakes of other YouTubers do the same. In a matter of about 10 minutes, BI found deepfake videos of at least five caucasian women on Xiaohongshu. But at least one Chinese deepfake version of Blakely has a different agenda to share on Xiaohongshu.

Persons: —, Olga Loiek, Loiek, Vladimir Putin, Loeik, Weibo, someone's, Lyu Siwei, it's, Haibing Lu, they've, Xiaohongshu, Natasha, she's, Annie, Sophia Elena, Katyusha, China, Lana Blakely, Blakely, Elizabeth Filips, Serbia, Filips, Lyu, Vincent Conitzer, Conitzer, Lu, Lyu who's, he's, Roy, Ari Lightman, she'll Organizations: Service, Business, Kremlin, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Media, University at Buffalo, Santa Clara University, University of Pennsylvania, BI, Russia, Institute for, Oxford University, Social, Carnegie Mellon University Locations: Munich, China, Moscow, Ukraine, Santa, China's Heilongjiang, Germany, Xiaohongshu, Russian, Russia, Stockholm, Xiaohongshu London, Pakistan

WHERE DEEPFAKES SHOW UPArtificial intelligence hit the mainstream last year like never before, enabling people to create ever-more realistic deepfakes. Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesThere's pornography — taking advantage of celebrities like Swift to create fake compromising images. California and Illinois have given victims the right to sue those who create images using their likenesses. Minnesota’s law also targets using deepfakes in politics. He warns that lawmakers should not target the technology that can be used to create deepfakes, as that could shut down innovation with important other uses.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Taylor, Swift, Drake, Joe Biden, Siwei Lyu, Lyu, “, ”, Jake Morabito, ALEC, Todd Helmus, “ It's, Helmus, OpenAI, Jenna Leventoff, Karine Jean, Pierre, WHAT'S, —, They're, Marty Jackley, ” Jackley, RAND's Helmus Organizations: deepfakes, University, Buffalo, American Legislative Exchange Council, RAND, guardrails, ACLU, White, Democrats, Republicans, GOP, Facebook, Associated Press Locations: New Hampshire, . Georgia, Hawaii , Texas, Virginia, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Indiana, Missouri, South Dakota

☆ China’s double whammy: Exports fell for the first time in 7 years, as domestic demand dips
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Exports for the year as a whole fell for the first time since 2016 as global demand for Chinese-made goods (other than cars) slowed, according to customs data released on Friday. Exports measured in US dollar terms stood at $3.38 trillion in 2023, down by 4.6% compared to the year before. The last time China registered a decline in overseas shipments was in 2016, when exports fell 7.7%. “Sluggish external demand has hit China’s exports.”He expects China will continue to face “difficulties” on export markets as global demand is likely to remain weak and “protectionism and unilateralism” hinder growth, he added. The United States remained China’s largest single-country trading partner in 2023, accounting for 11.2% of total trade.

Persons: ” Lyu, ” Goldman Sachs, Price, won’t, ” Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, National Bureau of Statistics, Imports, Administration of Customs, Bloomberg, Getty, PPI, Capital Economics, AFP, ASEAN, European Union Locations: China, Hong Kong, Beijing, Russia, United States, Washington, Taicang Port, China's, Jiangsu, Southeast Asia, That’s, “, Japan

☆ A rapid clean-energy transition could save 181 million years of healthy human life annually by 2050, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A rapid transition to green energy sources would prevent a lot of disability and early death, researchers say. In the year 2050 alone, the transition's impact amounts to 181 million future years of healthy human life, a new report found. Add to that list 181 million years of healthy human life — annually. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersDisability-adjusted life years, or DALYs, capture years of life affected by disability and years lost to premature death. If the world rapidly transitions to renewables, they found, the energy system will still hurt human health enough in 2050 to lead to early death and disability that affects 30 million years of human life.

Persons: Martin Meissner, it's, Stephanie Roe, WWF's, Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Nick Oxford, Dylan Martinez, Jonathan Buonocore, Buonocore, Lyu, Roe Organizations: Service, Wildlife Fund, Boston Consulting, Reuters, American Lung Association . Mines, Harvard, Boston University School of Public Health, WWF, China News Service, Getty, International Energy Agency, Stanford Locations: Haltern, Germany, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Texas, Fujian Province, China

☆ Fact Check: Image of Atletico Madrid fans holding giant Palestinian flag is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A fake image showing Atletico Madrid supporters displaying a giant Palestinian flag in their home stadium is being shared with the claim that it was a gesture of solidarity made by the Spanish football club amid the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023. The fabricated image, likely generated using AI, does not show a real event and the account that shared it is not associated with the football club, according to an Atletico Madrid official. “Atletico Madrid fans support Palestine,” reads one post with over 1.7 million views on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, sharing the image showing a giant Palestinian flag in the Civitas Metropolitan Stadium filled with fans wearing Atlético de Madrid jerseys. The fake image is being shared amid reports of a call from Scottish club Celtic’s fan group, Green Brigade, to fly the Palestinian flag on Oct. 25 during their Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. The image of Atletico de Madrid fans holding a giant Palestinian flag at a match is fabricated.

Persons: Israel, Atlético, ” @AtletiHouse, Juan Jose Anaut, Siwei, Atletico’s, Read Organizations: Atletico Madrid, Spanish, “ Atletico Madrid, Madrid, Facebook, Palestinian, Civitas Metropolitano, Atletico Madrid’s, Reuters, Computer Science, Engineering, University at Buffalo, Real Sociedad, Atletico’s, Green Brigade, Champions League, Atletico de Madrid, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Civitas, Madrid’s Civitas, Palestinian

☆ China is installing offshore wind turbines as tall as 30 Rock in the Taiwan Strait
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

China recently switched on a 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine in the Taiwan Strait. It's the largest, most powerful turbine in the world, at 499 feet tall with 404-foot blades. That dwarfs the size and capacity of American and European wind turbines currently in use. For comparison, the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island has five wind turbines capable of generating 30 megawatts of electricity combined, which the company behind it says can power 17,000 homes. Workers install the world's first 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine at an offshore wind farm operated by China Three Gorges Corporation on June 28, 2023 in Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, Fujian Province of China.

Persons: IFLScience, Lyu, GREG BAKER, it's, China doesn't Organizations: Service, Privacy, Gorges Corporation, Workers, China Three Gorges Corporation, China News Service, Getty, GE Locations: China, Taiwan Strait, Rhode, Fujian Province, New York City, Pingtan, Taiwan, China's, Fujian, AFP

☆ Fact Check-Images of eggs hanging from trees are AI-generated
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

AI-generated images of eggs hanging from trees have confused users on social media, with some saying they show white mangoes. A spokesperson for Microsoft said the images were created on Bing’s Image Creator. A watermark showing Microsoft Bing’s logo is visible on the bottom left of the images. A spokesperson for Microsoft told Reuters in an email that these images were user-created using Bing Image Creator. Images of eggs hanging from tree branches are AI-generated.

☆ Brazil lures China's Cofco to finance recovery of degraded land
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Lisandra Paraguassu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"They have every interest," said Augustin, adding that a Cofco delegation is expected for talks in Brasilia next month. China is Brazil's biggest trade partner and Brazil accounts for 22% of Chinese imports, driven largely by farm goods. One version would have farmers guarantee sale of their production to the companies that finance land recovery, he said. "You don't need to deforest another hectare to increase (farm) production," Augustin said. Agriculture Ministry studies estimate a cost of 15,000 to 23,000 reais to recover one hectare of degraded land.

☆ Fact Check-Video of Australian news interview featuring Bill Gates edited using AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The version of the clip with altered dialogue being shared was created using deepfake technology, which manipulates audio and visuals to make it appear that an individual is saying something (here). There are signs of several techniques used to create the fake video, according to Dominic Lees, an associate professor of filmmaking at the University of Reading. “Voice cloning has been used to create the fake voices of Gates and his interviewer…The fake audio has been applied to a re-edited version of the interview,” Lees told Reuters. So, this analysis suggests the video is likely to be manipulated.”A spokesperson for ABC News told Reuters, “The video is clearly fake. The video shared on social media has been manipulated using deepfake technology and does not show an authentic interaction between ABC News journalist Sarah Ferguson and Bill Gates.

☆ Fact Check-Digitally altered video shows Biden talking about UFOs and extraterrestrials
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

White House Spokesperson Saloni Sharma told Reuters the remarks “never happened.”Reuters found no public record of Biden saying this. “While the voice cloning is quite effective, the video manipulation is quickly discernible as fake,” he told Reuters via email. Reuters previously debunked another digitally altered video of Biden (here ). A White House spokesperson told Reuters Biden did not make such remarks about flying objects. There is no evidence that he said that, and experts told Reuters that the video circulating on social media has been manipulated.

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show Joe Biden making transphobic remarks
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A clip that seemingly shows U.S. President Joe Biden making transphobic remarks has been shared on social media as if authentic. There is no evidence that Biden ever made these remarks. Footage of this speech (bit.ly/3XbOjH5) shows Biden wearing similar clothes and the same flags behind him as in the manipulated video. Neither this clip nor the official transcript of this speech (here) include any of the remarks made in the video being shared online. There is no evidence that U.S. President Joe Biden made a series of transphobic remarks.

☆ In 2022 inflation data trumped Fed comments for moving markets, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Michael S. Derby | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In terms of market moves, “the sheer volatility around each CPI release is remarkable” and reflects the magnitude of inflation surprises last year and how those unexpected readings changed the outlook for Fed policy, they wrote. Last year was the year the Fed got caught flatfooted by the highest levels of inflation seen in 40 years. Rates will almost certainly go up further this year even as inflation pressures are showing some initial signs of cooling. Among policymakers, the report found that remarks by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Vice-Chair Lael Brainard and New York Fed leader John Williams had notable market impacts. The report did not rank the market impact of the 11 remaining regional Fed leaders, who speak with much greater frequency than Board members and even the New York Fed leader.

☆ China customs says trade with Russia hit new high in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BEIJING, Jan 13 (Reuters) - China's exports and imports with Russia hit a new high of 1.28 trillion yuan in 2022, Lyu Daliang, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs, told a news briefing in Beijing on Friday. Trade with Russia accounted for 3% of China's total for the year, he added. Reporting by Joe Cash, Shen Yan and Liangping Gao; Editnig by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ China’s exports plunge as global demand weakens, but trade with Russia hits record high
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But plunging shipments in December suggest exports are likely to struggle in early 2023 as the global economy weakens. That translates into a trade surplus of $877.6 billion, surpassing 2021’s record of $676 billion. However, “with growth outside of China still slowing, exports may continue to contract until the middle of the year,” they said. Russia tiesChina also announced Friday its trade with Russia hit a new record high in 2022. In November, Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia to become China’s top crude oil supplier, according to customs data released last month.

☆ Cel mai inalt hotel din lume şi-a deschis porţile. O cameră costă 400 de euro pe noapte
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-26 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cel mai înalt hotel din lume şi-a deschis porţile. Acesta este situat între etajele 84 şi 120 ale Turnului Shanghai şi are 165 de camere, şapte restaurante, o pisicină, un centru de fitness şi spa. Lyu Haiyan, preşedinte J Hotel: Nici un material inflamabil, de la textile la tapet, nu poate fi folosit în clădire. O cameră dublă la hotel costă 400 de euro pe noapte. Chen Liming, vice-preşedinte J Hotel International: Hotelul este un simbol important al tentantivei noastre de a dezvolta influenţa brandurilor chinezeşti în lume.

Persons: Lyu, Chen Liming Locations: Shanghai, Dubai

☆ (podcast) Provocările Rockit Conference din 2021. Organizatoare: „Vrem să susținem inovatorii digitali locali, să îi scăpăm pe oameni de frica de a colabora”
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-06 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

(podcast) Provocările Rockit Conference din 2021. Organizatoare: „Vrem să susținem inovatorii digitali locali, să îi scăpăm pe oameni de frica de a colabora”Rockit Conference vine în fiecare an să îi susțină pe moldoveni să găsească soluții de viitor pentru probleme actuale. Lyu Perciun-Lazari, lidera echipei de organizare Rockit Conference 2021, povestește în cadrul podcastului „Mai Departe” cu Artur Gurău despre cele mai principale subiecte ale ediției din acest an a evenimentului. Rezumatul discuției dintre Lyu Perciun-Lazari și Artur Gurău îl puteți asculta mai jos. Întreaga ediție a podcastului „Mai Departe” cu Artur Gurău și Lyu Perciun-Lazari o găsiți mai jos.

Persons: Lyu, Artur Gurău Organizations: Apple Locations: Spotify

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