Matthias Bastian
Matthias is the co-founder and publisher of THE DECODER, exploring how AI is fundamentally changing the relationship between humans and computers.
Read full article about: Apple buys AI startup Darwin AI for more efficient generative AI
Apple has acquired Canadian AI startup DarwinAI and integrated dozens of its employees into its AI division. DarwinAI develops technologies for visual inspection of components during manufacturing and specializes in making AI systems smaller and faster. The latter should be of particular interest to Apple, which needs to scale generative AI for millions of customers. The acquisition comes ahead of Apple's big push into generative AI with iOS 18: details are expected to be revealed at Apple's WWDC developer conference this summer. Apple is reportedly integrating generative AI into its customer service and is planning features to automatically create presentations and fill in text blocks. Apple is also developing an AI-based version of its Xcode programming software.
Read full article about: Trump's claim about AI manipulation shows the true risk of deepfakes
Trump blames AI manipulation for his mistakes. US Democrats have released nearly three dozen videos of bizarre statements and mistakes by Donald Trump as part of an investigation into the president's alleged mishandling of classified information. The videos show Trump mispronouncing names, confusing people and forgetting things. On his own social network, Trump claims that these videos were manipulated by AI. This shows the real danger of deepfakes: if everything can be faked, nothing is true beyond a shadow of a doubt. Trust in the media is completely undermined. The AI industry may need labels for real content more than for fake content.
