Nick Refuerzo

2 weeks ago | scrippsnews.com | Elizabeth Landers |Cameron Couvillion |Nick Refuerzo

Nuclear testing has long been depicted as mushroom clouds emerging and rising above remote desert landscapes or the ground slowly collapsing like a sinkhole as an underground detonation goes off. But those days are long gone, decades away in fact, from how the United States maintains its nuclear weapons in 2025. The U.S. nuclear stockpile is arguably the most important part of the country’s national security, but the government stopped testing nuclear weapons here in 1992.

Dec 10, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Kadia Aretha Tubman |Nick Refuerzo

Doctored images have been around for decades. The term "Photoshopped" is part of everyday language. But in recent years, it has seemingly been replaced by a new word: deepfake. It's almost everywhere online, but you likely won't find it in your dictionary at home. What exactly is a deepfake, and how does the technology work? RELATED STORY | Scripps News Reports: Sex, Lies, and DeepfakesA deepfake is an image or video that has been generated by artificial intelligence to look real.

Dec 5, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Elizabeth Landers |Cameron Couvillion |Nick Refuerzo |Linda Pattillo

From the fake Biden robocall to online Russian propaganda, 2024 was the year of disinformation. With the ever-evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence, the creation and spread of that disinformation is now easier than ever. But what about the real-world impact of disinformation and those who suffer because of it? Disinformation does not discriminate. It can impact anyone.

Dec 3, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Kadia Aretha Tubman |Nick Refuerzo

Three of these images are fake. Can you spot the real image? A combination of three AI-generated images and one real image. Some images generated by artificial intelligence have become so convincingly real that there is no surefire way to spot the fakes. But experts say there are still things we can try to detect fakes. "Media literacy is super awesome," said Matt Groh, assistant professor at Northwestern University. "But it needs to extend to AI literacy.

Nov 26, 2024 | abcactionnews.com | Kadia Aretha Tubman |Nick Refuerzo

Voice cloning is an emerging technology powered by artificial intelligence and it's raising alarms about its potential misuse. Earlier this year, New Hampshire voters experienced this firsthand when a deepfake mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice urged them to skip the polls ahead of the primary. The deepfake likely needed only several seconds of the president's voice to create the clone.