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Capsule gets $1.5M to build ‘super simple’ decentralized social media

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” Cryptocat author gets insanely fast backing to build P2P tech for social media. Given the intent with TIC is to hosts all sorts of decentralized apps it’s possible — indeed, likely — that a bunch of decentralized social media plays will emerge. Polychain Capital outted its Beacon Fund last September.

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Truepic, which just raised $26M in a Microsoft-led round, aims to verify the authenticity of photos and videos

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As such, the company says its software can authenticate where photos were taken and prove that they were not manipulated since there are an increasing number of deceptive photos and personal information that can be purchased on the Dark Web, social media and via software that can change the metadata of an image’s time or location. “Our

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How Ryan Reynolds has mastered authentic marketing

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We also talked about why he invests in big, well-established businesses instead of small tech startups, why Mint isn’t available in Canada yet, and perhaps most importantly, how authenticity and failure are actually the keys to his success. The secrets of great marketing.

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Authentic Artists is building virtual, AI-powered musicians

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Chris McGarry, who previously led music integration at Facebook’s Oculus, is taking a new approach to bringing music into the virtual world with his startup Authentic Artists. ” Authentic Artists is backed by investors including OVO Fund, James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems, Mixi Group and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park.

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When voice deepfakes come calling

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And if they werent, multi-factor authentication (MFA), answers to security questions, and verbal passwords would solve the issue. Navigating IVR According to an analysis of call center deepfake attacks, a primary method favored by fraudsters is using voice deepfakes to successfully move through IVR-based authentication.

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Daily Crunch: App Store reviews and social media depict user backlash against Snapchat’s new AI chatbot

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Sarah writes that the social media giant is seeing a spike in one-star reviews, which include calling for its removal. Get your logins in sync : If you’re a fan of Google Authenticator, the service now has a new feature to sync two-factor authentication codes to the cloud , Kyle reports. Ivan has more on that. Kirsten has more.

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What’s holding back CIO’s AI strategies? Their own AI learning curve for one

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Still, other CIOs are the top choice for getting more information about AI, followed by analyst reports, IT vendors, conferences, and IT media. A huge part of the problem is that generative AI is so new that little expertise exists, says Seth Blank, CTO at Valimail, an email authentication provider.

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