AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people's identities. 'Personality rights' could help
How much is your voice worth?
Political science
Mar 5, 2025
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Deepfakes threaten trust in society, says researcher
Hollywood star Brad Pitt recently opened SINTEF's conference on digital security. Well, actually, no, he didn't. "I cloned his voice in less than three minutes," says Viggo Tellefsen Wivestad, researcher at SINTEF Digital.
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2025
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Study finds adding extra periods to your texts makes them... Seem. More. Intense.
What would you think if you received this text message?
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2025
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Macaques demonstrate human-like skill by associating words with pictures
A team of cognitive neuroscientists at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, working with colleagues from Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Universidad de Guadalajara, all in Mexico, and Baylor College of Medicine, ...
Don't give up singing—research shows that we need it
Singing releases happy hormones, reduces stress hormones and strengthens muscles and bones. You improve your posture when standing and singing, whether in a choir, at school or at home in the shower. When you hear someone ...
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2025
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How the human neck became a locus of power, beauty and frailty
I broke its neck. When making a vase at the potter's wheel, I torqued its slippery neck clear off the pot as I tried to thin it into a graceful curve.
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2025
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Survey with American employees reveals 'workers want a say in their work'
"Voice gap," which measures a worker's perceived gap between desired and actual influence at work, significantly impacts job-related outcomes, such as job satisfaction, according to new research by ILR Assistant Professor ...
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2025
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Brits still associate working-class accents with criminal behavior: Study warns of bias in the criminal justice system
Research led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, raises serious concerns about bias in the UK criminal justice system due to negative stereotyping of accents.
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2025
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Dogs demonstrate ability to match voices to familiar humans
Researchers at ELTE Department of Ethology, Hungary designed an experiment to investigate whether dogs can recognize their owners based on pre-recorded speech. The results provided the first evidence that dogs are capable ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2024
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Speaking up and feeling empowered? How promotion-oriented voice can navigate dynamics between power and action
In the corridors of British power, former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was quoted as saying: "Don't give me problems, give me solutions." The so-called Iron Lady, who died in 2013, had no truck with fault-finding negativity: ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2024
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