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HeyGen Secures $5.6 Million, Sparks Debate Over AI Cloning Ethics

HeyGen Secures $5.6 Million, Sparks Debate Over AI Cloning Ethics

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HeyGen, a new platform for creating lifelike AI videos, has raised $5.6 million in growth capital. Joshua Xu and Wayne Liang, co-founders of SilverLine Technologies, told FORBES. The Seattle-based company’s mission is to democratize video creation for businesses by leveraging its AI clone tech. HeyGen’s tech has sparked a new...

AI Doppelgangers: Are You Ready for Your Digital Twin?

AI Doppelgangers: Are You Ready for Your Digital Twin?

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Recently, the rise of artificial intelligence has started to change that, turning what was once strictly science fiction into a present-day reality. Perhaps the most thrilling and controversial of these generative AI tools is AI video cloning. It’s some of this new technology that allows for deception, producing sinister digital...

AI Doppelgängers: 5 Ways They'll Reshape Politics (And Your Identity)

AI Doppelgängers: 5 Ways They'll Reshape Politics (And Your Identity)

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We’re headed into an age where what you see can’t necessarily be believed. AI video cloning, a technology that has been largely pioneered by companies like HeyGen, is wildly democratizing deception. Sure, they're talking about making video creation easier for businesses, but let's be real – this technology is a...

Worldcoin's Irish Wake? The Biometric Gamble That Could Haunt Us

Worldcoin's Irish Wake? The Biometric Gamble That Could Haunt Us

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Ireland. Endless green landscapes, welcoming smiles everywhere, and a history rich in the spirit of perseverance. I feel like there’s a cold wind blowing. It casts a dark shadow bringing with it a fearful shivering dread that goes deeper than the usual harsh Atlantic storms. It’s the phantasm of Worldcoin,...

AI Agents Gone Wild? The Identity Crisis No One Saw Coming

AI Agents Gone Wild? The Identity Crisis No One Saw Coming

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant reality. What was once, in many ways, a platform for innovation now permeates every aspect of our lives. From customer service chatbots to advanced financial algorithms, AI is quickly becoming a central player in day-to-day operations. The emergence of autonomous AI agents...

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NFTs Explained: Beyond the Hype, What Are They Really Good For?

NFTs, aka non-fungible tokens, have been taking the world by storm. Most people associate NFTs with expensive digital art and collectibles. These digital assets hold the potential to transform the economy and every sector on it. Calloutcoin.com explores the exciting and sometimes bizarre world of NFTs. We help separate fact...

NFTs Explained: Beyond the Hype, What Are They Really Good For?

NFTs Under the Hood: Are These Smart Contracts Really That Smart?

Let's be blunt: the NFT gold rush feels like a distant memory. We witnessed the speculative mania, the million-dollar profile picture NFTs, and the quaint talk of a new decentralized world. Now that the dust has settled, it's time to pull back the curtain and ask a crucial question: are...

NFTs Under the Hood: Are These Smart Contracts Really That Smart?

DePINs' Achilles Heel? How Blockchain Authentication Can Save Infrastructure

Now, picture having that happen, as you awaken, with no electricity. Not in a brief temporary outage, but in a long-extended blackout paralyzing hospitals, blocking transportation, and predisposing communities to disasters. This is not some dystopian fantasy, it’s a present danger. Our increasing dependence on decentralized, physical infrastructure networks, or...

DePINs' Achilles Heel? How Blockchain Authentication Can Save Infrastructure

DePIN Authentication: The 3 Smart Contract Secrets That Unlock Scalability

The dirty little secret about DePINs though? They’re sitting ducks. All that new decentralized infrastructure, humming away, is ripe for attack as anyone can spoof an admin account and cause chaos. We’re not talking about just theoretical doomsday scenarios – but real-world consequences like compromised energy grids, hijacked sensor networks...

DePIN Authentication: The 3 Smart Contract Secrets That Unlock Scalability

DePIN Security Revolution: Blockchain & Traceable Authentication

Hello blockchain and crypto enthusiasts! Jason back again, bringing you even more dank insights from Calloutcoin.com. Today, we're diving deep into a critical area for the future of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs): security. As DePINs expand to maintain more real-world infrastructure, making sure their networks are cyber threats robust...

DePIN Security Revolution: Blockchain & Traceable Authentication

News NFTs? How This Facebook Group is Revolutionizing Local News

For any online journalism venture in the fast-paced digital media environment, sustainability lies in creative thinking. One unexpected player is stepping into the ring with a novel approach: a Facebook group is using Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to publish its articles. This step is more than just a creative publicity stunt....

News NFTs? How This Facebook Group is Revolutionizing Local News