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James Vincent

James Vincent

Former Senior Reporter

Former Senior Reporter

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    Your voice isn’t your password.

    And don’t believe anyone who says it is — including the many banks in the US and Europe who offer “voice biometrics” security.

    As Motherboard demonstrates, your voice can easily be cloned with AI, letting anyone into your account. Watch the video below for proof:

    Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing

    Chatbots like Bing are software — not sentient.

    James Vincent
    James Vincent
    James Vincent
    The EU is going to investigate Amazon’s $1.7 billion Roomba acquisition.

    This is according to the Financial Times, which says EU regulators have sent Amazon a preliminary series of questions ahead of an antitrust probe. The FTC is also having a nose around in the US.

    Regulators are worried about data privacy among other things. It’s an important issue, especially considering reports about private images taken by Roomba devices leaking onto social media.