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Maryland Just Made a Fake Voice a Felony
Maryland Senate Bill 8 took effect October 1, 2026 and makes deepfake fraud a felony. Intent is required, penalties go to 10 years, and victims can sue. What businesses must change now on payment verification.
The Detector That Uses Light to Catch a Fake
A UCLA team led by Prof. Aydogan Ozcan built a hybrid optical-neural detector that screens 15 or more deepfake video streams in a single pass of light, reporting 97.79% accuracy on Celeb-DF and 94.80% on VEO-3 video as a high-sensitivity first-stage screener.
The AI That Can Hear “That’s Not What I Meant” Before You Say It
KAIST and Microsoft Research Asia built a brainwave system that can tell whether an AI got your goal wrong or just your method. It works in simulation, not your kitchen. Ellis Ward explains what the signal is, what it is not, and why it matters.
Friday Night in Dutchess: Week 4 Scoreboard
Week 4 is in the books across Dutchess County. Ketcham shut out Mount Vernon, Beacon put up 63, Highland beat Dover, and Pawling ran past Pine Plains/Rhinebeck in eight-man play. June Mercer’s Friday night scoreboard, with Saturday’s fixtures.
October in Dutchess: Water, Compost, Ballots and Town Business
Rhinebeck flushes its water mains street by street this month and is rethinking its compost drop-off, Red Hook works through housing, bridge and fire service questions, and November ballots are set across Dutchess. June Mercer's October town digest.
Sam Altman said the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of AI. The interview, reported by Reuters, lays out a public disagreement with Anthropic over regulation, evaluation, and how much harm to accept.
Dutchess Pulls Its Flock Cameras After Residents Push Back
Dutchess County took its 65 Flock Safety license plate cameras offline after residents pushed back at a public forum. The county decided for its own cameras only, so towns like Milan, Pine Plains and Hyde Park are now answering the surveillance question for themselves.
The Smithsonian Is Using AI to Find the People History Forgot
The Smithsonian and Library of Congress are using AI to link artifacts, newspapers, letters and records from 1770 to 1810, surfacing ordinary lives for America's 250th. Ellis Ward examines the method, the human review layer, and the limits.