Here’s a weird footnote in deepfake history… Old publishers of “facts” like map makers and encyclopedias gave up inserting fake data after the US Supreme Court ruled their facts can’t be copyrighted, as a New Yorker article from 2005 explained. If Mountweazel is not a household name, even in fountain-designing or mailbox-photography circles, that is … Continue reading Deepfake Map History
Hamilton is a famous American musical. I would think it encourages people to innovate around how to deepfake the dead because it not only is not wrong, it can be very right. Visit Grant’s Tomb, meet actors in real life who play him and bring his amazing story to light to get rid of decades … Continue reading To Deepfake the Dead Can Be Very Right
With everyone working hard to figure out the danger of deep fakes, they really should just hire more historians. Target’s under fire for selling Black History Month material in their stores with factually incorrect info — namely, grossly mislabeling historic Black Americans. The ill-timed snafu was pointed out by TikToker @Issatete — who posted a … Continue reading Retail Giant Selling Innacurate Black History Book Exposed by US History Teacher
Tesla’s SEC public disclosure filings have revealed that it received requests from the DOJ (US Department of Justice) for documents related to “Autopilot and FSD” (Full of Shit Driving) features. Tesla has a long habit of doing exactly what everyone says is wrong. One example is that when the U.S. government was cracking down on … Continue reading DoJ Requests Files After Tesla Engineer Testifies “Driverless” Claims Are Intentionally Deceptive