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The error that cost firm Sh3.33b to AI-generated deepfake and why seeing is no longer believing

By Victor Chesang | 49m ago

We built machines that think faster than we do. We have not yet built ourselves to doubt more wisely than they can deceive. [iStockphoto]

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God." 1 John 4:1

Seeing is no longer believing. Critical thinking is the new currency.

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