Algorithms · January 2024Gaffe level: Blunder
AI-generated explicit images of Taylor Swift spread so fast X blocked her name
Fake explicit AI images of Taylor Swift proliferated on X until the platform blocked searches for her name entirely. Her fans had to mobilize to bury the fakes. The world's biggest pop star, defeated by the search bar.
Source: The Washington Post
An AI Read Heart Disease From Face and Tongue Photos
Researchers in China fused tongue and facial photographs through a dual-branch deep learning model and screened for coronary heart disease without a single blood test, reaching an AUC of 0.9992 on an independent test set. Published in Scientific Reports, it points to a low-cost, non-invasive screening tool that needs only a camera.
Source: Scientific Reports