Day: July 24, 2024

SINGAPORE, Jumio, the leading provider of automated, AI-driven identity verification, risk signals and compliance solutions, today released new findings from its Jumio 2024 Online Identity Study, revealing growing concern among the general public on the political influence AI and deepfakes may have on Singapore’s next election, and how they might influence trust in online media. Developments in AI and machine learning have made it much easier to create compelling fake news stories, altered images, videos or audio recordings. This technology can fabricate events, statements and appearances, spreading misinformation quickly and deceiving viewers who often take these false narratives as legitimate

GUA MUSANG, Over 400 durian farmers around the Kesedar Sungai Terah Land Development Programme have incurred tens of thousands of ringgit in losses from pests like squirrels and monkeys. Businessman Mohd Johan Awang Chik, 55, reported that nearly 90 per cent of his durian crop was destroyed by pests last year. “Squirrels and monkeys target the trees, especially as the durians, including the Musang King variety, near ripeness. Farmers have also encountered wild boars and bears eating their crops,” he said when met at his farm. The unchecked presence of these animals leads to hollow and unsellable durians. “I had