We've been testing Sony cameras that embed a #C2PA authentication certificate in every image, and can extract depth information (screenshot, image by Fred Lum) for further verification an image is genuine. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/8411557...

.@globeandmail is holding a #photojournalism event in #Halifax on Wed, Oct. 8. We'll showcase our Underexposed photo essay series and discuss how The Globe approaches photojournalism. Register - globeandmailevents.com/underexposed #photography #journalism

Joe Castaldo also reported on Yoshua Bengio's venture to keep AI safe. The non-profit is called LawZero, a reference to Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. The stipulate that intelligent machines must not harm human beings, follow human orders and protect themselves.

Our BIG [If True] season finale airs tonight at 8 PM ET on TVO with insights from @craigsilverman.bsky.social @patrickdell.bsky.social Valerie Kindarji 21 episodes down - season 2 in the works! #journolife

The Globe's Joe Castaldo tackles the question of AI dulling our critical-thinking skills. Michael Gerlich thinks one positive way to engage with AI is to treat chatbots like intellectual sparring partners. Meanwhile, a Canadian professer cites "despair" grading work likely written by an LLM.

A fake ad about microplastics made with #Veo3 is striking in its quality and consistency, with a touch of humour too - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPc...

A federal election-threats watchdog has uncovered an information operation from Beijing trying to shape public opinion about Liberal Leader Mark Carney on the Chinese-language social media platform WeChat and through Youli-Youmian, WeChat’s most popular news account.

An under appreciated Val Kilmer film is Spartan, it's a thriller about his character's quest to recover a kidnapped girl - www.imdb.com/title/tt0360...

Inspired by colleagues, I've started a Substack to highlight tools & developments around AI-generated content, disinfo, misinfo and a dose of general tech. For a first post I tested the Hive AI detector plugin against images from the new ChatGPT4o image generator.

I wrote about a proliferation of #AI-generated videos of bizarre, fake sea creatures popping up on social media. They are rarely, if ever, labelled as such by the social platforms. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...