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Why NRIC authentication is flawed – and what’s the alternative?

While some tech companies are trying to harness the wisdom of crowds to improve their design choices, these initiatives are unlikely to work in isolation, says the writer.
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Want to solve deepfakes? Ask citizens what to do

SG Her Empowerment chairperson Stefanie Yuen Thio (centre), chief executive officer How Kay Lii (left), and research director Natalie Chia at a media conference in May this year. Thio is not a “high-risk” Internet user; she is not active on TikTok, barely shares anything on Instagram, has a disabled Telegram account, and mainly uses Linkedin to discuss business and community issues.
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I’ve been deepfaked – and it can happen to you

What raises the stakes further is AI’s capacity for recursive self-improvement, which are systems that are capable of advancing their own design and accelerating the next wave of innovation
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Think you can spot a deepfake? Probably not

Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo says the proposed safeguards will apply from the issuance of the Writ of Election to the close of the polls.

New law to combat digitally manipulated elections content will uphold their integrity: Josephine Teo