big ideas

Never trust a video again.

Researchers at the University of Washington have applied neural networks to create lip-synced video from an audio clip. They faked a video of Obama that’s eerily realistic. The long-term implications are pretty eye-opening. | learn more

oh, chicago

Quick, text 911! 

Chicago is finally making strides to pull its emergency response system into the digital age, with the hopes of enabling texts, photos, and videos. The city is expected to go out to bid for a new system in the next […]