Showing 1 - 10 of 86
Dying for love
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 17/03/2025
» After his Oscar-sweeping triumph Parasite (2019), Bong Joon-ho had carte blanche to do just about anything. His follow-up? Mickey 17 -- a US$115 million (3.8 billion baht) sci-fi dark comedy that's equal parts existential nightmare, absurdist farce and strangely, a love story. Based on Edward Ashton's novel Mickey7, the film is genre-defying, thought-provoking and often downright bizarre -- in the best way possible.
Group gathers to foil call centre scams
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 18/01/2025
» State agencies held discussions on Friday to propose urgent measures to tackle rampant online fraud and call centre gangs.
Alarm at scam AI call to PM
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 17/01/2025
» The Ministry of Digital, Economy and Society is coordinating with neighbouring countries to suppress scam calls after Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra admitted on Wednesday that she almost fell victim to a phone scam using an AI cloned voice impersonating a foreign leader's voice, asking her for a donation.
PM Paetongtarn targeted by imposter scammer
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra admitted on Wednesday she had been targeted by a scam caller posing as another country’s leader using AI voice cloning, and that she almost fell for it.
Russia 'spreading disinformation' ahead of EU elections
Published on 03/06/2024
» PARIS - European governments say Russia has embarked on a major campaign of disinformation in the run up to the European Union's elections to the European Parliament from June 6-9.
Will AI create more fake news than it exposes?
News, Tyler Cowen, Published on 08/04/2024
» The best large-language models can already write like humans, especially if prompted properly. Photos and images can be faked at low cost. Yet-to-be-released technology can create convincing voice simulations. There are signs that some academic papers contain traces of GPT-4. If even professors are faking it, then surely the dam has burst.
Chinese scientists clone first rhesus monkey to live into adulthood
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/01/2024
» BEIJING - Researchers affiliated to China's premier science academy have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey to survive into adulthood.
Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the dead
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» TAIZHOU (CHINA) - At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son.
From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
Javier Milei: outsider who ignited Argentine rage to become president
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» BUENOS AIRES: With his wild hair and powered-up chainsaw, the libertarian Javier Milei has upended Argentine politics in a meteoric rise from obscurity to the presidency, riding a wave of fury over decades of economic decline and rampant inflation.