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Artificial intelligence tools are already capable of creating convincing voice clones and fake videos. AI could also soon be used to imitate human handwriting style.
Researchers at Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed University for Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) have developed technology that can imitate someone's handwriting based on a few paragraphs of written material. To do this, the researchers used a transformer model, a type of neural network designed to learn the context and meaning of sequential data, reports Bloomberg.
The MBZUAI team has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for an artificial intelligence system. They haven't released this feature to market yet, but it is a step forward in an area that has attracted the attention of scientists for years. Technology may help the injured write without picking up a pen if they need to handwrite something, but it also risks opening the door to widespread counterfeiting and abuse.
We will have to raise public awareness and develop tools to combat counterfeiting. It's like developing an antivirus for a virus
—Hisham Cholakkal, Associate Professor of Computer Vision at MBZUAI.
Despite the concerns, the inventors said they plan to apply their research to the real world within months, and they are looking for commercial partners.
The potential of this development is enormous – from deciphering doctors' handwriting to creating personalized advertising.
– Rao Muhammad Anwer, Associate Professor of Computer Vision at MBZUAI.
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