Friday, April 7th, 2023
How are deepfakes dangerous? UNR Prof. Paromita Pain Explains
Dr. Paromita Pain, an assistant professor of global media in the Reynolds School of Journalism, explains how one can identify deepfakes. How can someone detect deepfakes? Detecting deepfakes is getting more difficult as the technology that creates deepfakes is getting more sophisticated. In 2018, researchers in the United States demonstrated that deepfake faces didn’t blink like humans do, which was considered a great way to detect if images and videos were fake or not. However, as soon as the study was published, deepfake creators started fixing this, making it evenRead More
Hindu mantras read at Elko County Board of Commissioners 1st time since its creation in 1869
Elko County Board of Commissioners had Hindu invocation in its April five meeting, said to be the first Hindu prayer since its creation in 1869, containing hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture.Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Board. After Sanskrit delivery, he then read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages. Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, recited from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the worldRead More