Dec 12, 2023

Are the Products in Your Shopping Cart Real? Hany Farid Talks to NPR About the Rise of AI-Generated Merchandise

From NPR

Are the products in your shopping cart real?

By Adrian Ma, Wailin Wong, Corey Bridges, Kate Concannon

How often are you shopping online and think to yourself, is that shirt/dress/jeans in my shopping cart ... even real? That is a question some shoppers are asking themselves as AI-generated products increasingly infiltrate the world of e-commerce. 

Today on the show, we talk to an expert in digital forensics [Professor Hany Farid] about how AI-generated merchandise is only likely to become more common, and what ought to be done to help prevent unethical sellers from abusing the technology.

Listen to the full podcast episode.

Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information.

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January 24, 2024