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BeFake AI: the new social network that celebrates the “falseness” of online images

“Why be real when it's fun to 'be fake'?” asks the new social network BeFake AI, which arrives in the world of digital platforms amid controversies about authenticity on the networks. By allowing users to transform their photos using artificial intelligence, the application encourages artificiality. The novelty is not yet available in Brazil, but it is starting to become popular in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Digital influencers in the crosshairs: countries create laws to regulate the activity and curb abuse

Legislators and regulators around the world are increasingly concerned about the spread of digital influencers and their ability to create consumer and behavioral trends, move masses and disseminate fake news. Therefore, they seek ways to regulate the profession and curb excesses. Franca and the United Kingdom come out ahead with specific laws for content creators on social media.

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Gamification to train cybersecurity professionals in Brazil

The merger of two companies specializing in the sectors, Acadi-TI and Gila Security, creates Extreme Hacking, the first realistic and gamified platform for teaching cybersecurity in South America. The platform simulates real cases of hacker attack and defense, to raise the level of training of professionals in Brazil against cybercrimes that continue to grow.

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6 reasons to study artificial intelligence

If you are a student or professional in any field, you may have already come across some news about artificial intelligence (AI) “invading” your activity of interest or activity, helping to perform tasks or even replacing a professional and/or activity. Therefore, delving deeper into this “AI” is increasingly important. Experts advise: it's not enough to just follow trends, you need to understand this new technology in more depth, learn to deal with it and incorporate it into your daily life.

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Edtech focused on entrepreneurial education uses AI to create a personalized business plan

Worklover, created by entrepreneur Paula Esteves, brought an innovative solution to empower micro and small Brazilian entrepreneurs, especially women in vulnerable situations. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the learning process – through a video lesson platform – enables the creation of personalized business plans, promoting greater security and success for students' businesses.

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Artificial Intelligence to protect victims and combat sextortion

Artificial intelligence experts are developing ways to prevent sextortion (or sexual extortion) via the web, detecting the crime before it even happens. The criminal practice consists of threatening to disclose intimate images to force someone to do something under financial extortion. Crime has exploded in recent years, especially in the United States, affecting teenagers and children, which forced the FBI to issue warnings about criminal activity.

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