Global AI summit tackles misinformation and deepfakes with a little ‘bot’ of help

The thorny issue of how to protect the unwary from deepfakes was just one of the key issues in the spotlight at a UN conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) held in Geneva this week, where a staggering 25,000 enthusiasts – and robots - from 145 countries added their voices to longstanding calls for checks and balances on the all-conquering tech.

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Global AI summit tackles misinformation and deepfakes with a little ‘bot’ of help

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