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Professor Siddartha Khastgir on fast-forwarding the self-driving pilots to 2026
Professor Siddartha Khastgir Head of Safe Autonomy at WMG at The University of Warwick welcomes fast-forwarding self-driving pilots to 2026 and preventing misleading marketing, as announced by the Government today.
Dr Shweta Singh on the UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out plans to use AI more in the UK with the AI Opportunities Action Plan. Dr Shweta Singh explains some of the plans advantages and disadvantages.
Warwick Professor calls for digital watermarks to combat AI deepfakes
Assistant Professor Shweta Singh of Warwick Business School commented:
“Deepfakes are an increasingly big problem for trust, elections and democracy across Britain. With the election just around the corner, it’s more important than ever that voters know that what they’re looking at is real. We’ve recently seen voters and even pundits and journalists fooled by deepfakes, including a video purporting to show Nigel Farage playing ‘Minecraft’.