How AI poisoning is fighting bots that hoover data without permission

How AI poisoning is fighting bots that hoover data without permission

The web is awash with bots that scrape data without permission. Now content creators are poisoning the well of artificial intelligence – but similar technology can also be used to spread misinformation

How AI Addiction Battles Bots Without Hoover Data's Consent

The landscape of the internet is shifting, moving away from traditional users and towards automated web-browsing bots. A recent report indicates that, for the first time this year, non-human web browsing bots make up the majority of all traffic. Alarmingly, over half of this bot traffic stems from malicious sources, including those harvesting unsecured personal [...] The post How AI Addiction Battles Bots Without Hoover Data’s Consent appeared f…

Combating deepfakes by confusing AI models with ‘poisoned’ data

A new technique developed by the CSIRO combats the generation of deepfakes by ‘poisoning’ image data with invisible changes that confuse AI models. Source: Youtube