The recent developments in the field of AI and cybersecurity are marked by significant advancements in generative AI applications, proactive deepfake detection, and AI-augmented ethical hacking. The integration of digital twin technology in education is expanding, leveraging low, medium, and high-fidelity models to enhance learning experiences across different educational levels. In cybersecurity, the focus is shifting towards proactive methods for detecting deepfake manipulations, with innovative approaches like dynamic watermarks based on facial features and training-free landmark perceptual watermarks. Additionally, AI is being increasingly utilized to support manual exploitation and privilege escalation tasks in ethical hacking, demonstrating enhanced efficiency and scalability. Noteworthy papers include 'LampMark: Proactive Deepfake Detection via Training-Free Landmark Perceptual Watermarks,' which introduces a novel approach to deepfake detection, and 'AI-Augmented Ethical Hacking: A Practical Examination of Manual Exploitation and Privilege Escalation in Linux Environments,' which explores the practical applications of AI in ethical hacking.
Advances in Generative AI and Proactive Deepfake Detection
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Funhouse Mirror or Echo Chamber? A Methodological Approach to Teaching Critical AI Literacy Through Metaphors
Somesite I Used To Crawl: Awareness, Agency and Efficacy in Protecting Content Creators From AI Crawlers
An investigation into the performances of the Current state-of-the-art Naive Bayes, Non-Bayesian and Deep Learning Based Classifier for Phishing Detection: A Survey
Visual Counter Turing Test (VCT^2): Discovering the Challenges for AI-Generated Image Detection and Introducing Visual AI Index (V_AI)