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Denmark deploys AI-powered «Saildrone» for maritime surveillance

Saildrone Voyager with the Danish flag, about to start patrolling the Baltic Sea.
Four uncrewed sensor platforms have begun patrolling the Baltic and Northern seas. (Picture: Saildrone)
After a string of high profile undersea cable «failures» and pipeline explosions in the Baltic Sea lately, the Danes are now deploying four unmanned drones in the Baltic and Northern seas.

The drones, called Voyager by Saildrone, are basically 10 meters long, AI-powered sensor platforms, using a combination of wind and solar energy to stay at sea for a hundred days.

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Denmark’s new copyright law offers protection against deepfakes

Denmark is enacting a new copyright law to offer protections against deepfakes.
Danes will be the first to get statutory protection for their own image and likeness. (Picture: Bill Smith, CC BY 2.0)
The government hopes Europe will follow its lead when it enacts statutory rights to its citizens appearance in its new, amended copyright law.

The idea is to ensure that people’s identities are protected against use in deepfakes, which is defined as very realistic digital representations of real people, including their appearance and voice, writes The Guardian.

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