AI & RoboticsNews

FTC hosts challenge to stop harms of voice cloning AI

November 14, 2023
Voice cloning — the practice of mimicking someone’s voice so well it can pass for the real thing — has had a banner year, with a range of AI startups and techniques emerging to enable it, and a song going viral featuring voice clones of popular music artists Drake and The Weeknd. But for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. federal government agency in charge of investigating and…
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CryptoNews

CVM Chief: Brazilian CBDC Drex to 'Kill' Many Cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin News

November 14, 2023
João Pedro Nascimento, president of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), believes that drex, the Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), will “kill” many cryptocurrencies. While established cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum will keep being used in the country, drex will impact the adoption of smaller and less-known crypto projects, Nascimento stated. CVM…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Fisker takes another tumble, slashes production forecast

November 14, 2023
California-based electric automaker Fisker saw its shares plummet 14% yesterday after reporting big losses and lower sales than expected. Now the American startup expects to slash its production forecast for this year by as much as 30% of initial expectations. In the third quarter, Fisker lost $91 million, or 27 cents a share, according to MarketWatch. The company said it produced 4,725 Oceans…
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CryptoNews

Latam Insights: Unlicensed Crypto Exchanges Still Allowed to Operate in Brazil, Lightning Strikes Salvadoran Bitcoin ATMs – Bitcoin News

November 14, 2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Central Bank of Brazil confirms that unlicensed exchanges can still operate in the country; El Salvador will integrate Lightning Network transactions in its Chivo ATM network; and Trubit raises $6.25 million to expand crypto adoption in Latam. Central Bank of…
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