Biological Computing and the Trouble with Watermarking

from The Sniffer · host Nora Young and Cathi Bond

Hi folks!Things get a little wild as Cathi Bond looks at Cortical Labs, which is researching how to design computational systems from a mixture of stem cells and a silicon substrate (via New Atlas). We take a speculative look at a potential future of biological computing.Meanwhile, Nora Young looks at this Wired article on research into watermarking AI-generated images, and just how difficult that is turning out to be. How will we deal with the proliferation of deepfakes and similar forms of disinformation?

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Cathi Bond on synthetic, biological computing Nora Young on just how hard it may be to watermark deepfakes and other generative AI

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