Kai Kupferschmidt

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science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious. interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue contributing correspondent at @science.org co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social 2024 KSJ fellow at MIT Signal: kakape.93

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How are AI images and videos changing the world we live in? How can we even still tell what is real and what is not? In an effort to find out, I visited Hany Farid, „sort of the dean of digital forensics“, for a couple of days in Berkeley. It was eye-opening. My story in @science.org 🧪

science.orgDeepfakes are everywhere. The godfather of digital forensics is fighting backHany Farid, who's spent his career building tools to detect fake images, is facing his biggest challenge yet: AI
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„While the information provided by the authorities does not indicate infection with tested high-threat pathogens or identify additional linked cases, the source of the fatal illness remains undetermined. A laboratory-associated exposure therefore cannot be fully excluded at this stage.“

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„Based on the information provided by NFP, WHO has not identified evidence of ongoing transmission associated with this event. A key uncertainty remains the absence of a confirmed diagnosis in the deceased laboratory worker. WHO will continue to monitor the situation…“

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New @who.int update on the suspected plague case in Russia:
„The NFP [National Focal Point] informed WHO that the case and all contacts had been tested for a range of microorganisms, including high-threat pathogens. Test results were negative for the tested high-threat pathogens.“

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„Liability is a powerful incentive to behave responsibly. It speaks to corporations in a language they understand: Money.
Artificial intelligence is an industry in need of incentives to behave responsibly, to judge by the litany of transgressions […] in recent months.“
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@pandemia.bsky.socialReposted by @kakape.bsky.social

Bei uns ist gerade sehr viel los, darum machen wir eine klitzekleine Pause und sind dann im Oktober wieder da mit dem Anfang einer spannenden Serie zu einer Infektion, mit der wir uns schon länger beschäftigen wollten...

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Great 🧵 There’s been a willingness from the beginning to try and find the handful sane MAHA policy positions instead of concentrating on the overwhelming agenda of rolling back science, evidence and public health. But when someone offers you a shit sandwich you don’t concentrate on the bread part.

@gorskon.bsky.socialReposted by @kakape.bsky.social

This! MAHA is a movement largely made up of the affluent and privileged. These are people who are attracted to the idea that the individual is almost solely responsible for and has near complete control over his/her health, hence the hostility to public health in general, not just vaccines.

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