Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 325

Episode 325 of the Kaspersky podcast looks at AI generated music, hacker arrested for helping drug dealers & more.

Episode 325 of the Kaspersky podcast looks at AI generated music, hacker arrested for helping drug dealers & more.

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with two stories around, you guessed it: Artificial Intelligence. To kick things off, the team discuss news that YouTube are testing a tool, allowing selected users to create audio from musicians. The second story focuses on YouTube’s decision to force creators to label when AI content is used in their videos.

Following that, the team also look at an insightful story around hacking and drug smuggling and how QR codes were (once again) leveraged by criminals in order to dupe victims out of their cash.

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