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An anonymous reader shared this post from the blog OMG Ubuntu Want to find out if the text you're reading online was written by an real human or spat out by a large language model trying to sound like one? Mozilla's Fakespot Deepfake Detector Firefox add-on may help give you an indication. Similar to online AI detector tools, the add-on can analyse text (of 32 words or more) to identify patterns, traits, and tells common in AI generated or manipulated text. It uses Mozilla's proprietary ApolloDFT engine and a set of open-source detection models. But unlike some tools, Mozilla's Fakespot Deepfake Detector browser extension is free to use, does not require a signup, nor an app download. "After installing the extension, it is simple to highlight any text online and request an instant analysis. Our Detector will tell you right away if the words are likely to be written by a human or if they show AI patterns," Mozilla says. Fakespot, acquired by Mozilla in 2023, is best known for its fake product review detection tool which grades user-submitted reviews left on online shopping sites. Mozilla is now expanding the use of Fakespot's AI tech to cover other kinds of online content. At present, Mozilla's Fakespot Deepfake Detector only works with highlighted text on websites but the company says it image and video analysis is planned for the future. The Fakespot web site will also analyze the reviews on any product-listing pages if you paste in its URL.

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Onlookers can be heard saying 'oh my god' as an individual apparently armed with a long weapon casually leaves the scene on Blackstock Road in Finsbury Park.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's legal battle has exploded since the actress accused him of sexual harassment and a campaign to 'destroy' her reputation after their film, It Ends With Us. 

Viewers were left stunned after Kingfisher was revealed to be artist Sir Grayson Perry, 64, while Snail was unveiled as singer Andrea Corr, 50.

The presenter, 53, took to Instagram honoured her baby boy in a touching post, who was tragically stillborn at seven months in 2011.

Football fans have been known to steal the show at matches but photographers were left stunned when they caught sight of a duck who appeared in the crowd at a Scottish football match.

The actor, 56, oozed confidence as he hit the red carpet ahead of him receiving the much coveted Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.

Jennifer Lopez looked relaxed as she stepped out on a shopping with with her child Emme Saturday. The hitmaker 55, kept her look and presence low key.

"Stakeholders must be included" throughout an agile project "to ensure the evolving deliverables meet their expectations," according to an article this week in Communications of the ACM. But long-time Slashdot reader theodp complains it's a "gushing how-to-make-Agile-even-better opinion piece." Like other pieces by Agile advocates, it's long on accolades for Agile, but short on hard evidence justifying why exactly Agile project management "has emerged as a critical component for firms looking to improve project delivery speed and flexibility" and the use of Agile approaches is being expanded across other departments beyond software development. Indeed, among the three examples of success offered in the piece to "highlight the effectiveness of agile methods in navigating complex stakeholder dynamics and achieving project success" is Atlassian's use of agile practices to market and develop its products, many of which are coincidentally designed to support Agile practices and teams (including Jira). How meta. Citing "recent studies," the piece concludes its call for stakeholder engagement by noting that "59% of organizations measure Agile success by customer or user satisfaction." But that is one of those metrics that can create perverse incentives. Empirical studies of user satisfaction and engagement have been published since the 1970's, and sadly one of the cruel lessons learned from them is that the easiest path to having satisfied users is to avoid working on difficult problems. Keep that in mind when you ponder why difficult user stories seem to languish forever in the Kanban and Scrum Board "Ice Box" column, while the "Complete" column is filled with low-hanging fruit. Sometimes success does come easy! So, are you in the Agile-is-Heaven or Agile-is-Hell camp?

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The ring is a magnificent emerald-cut diamond, which signifies 'clarity, strength and a clear and transparent relationship'.

During Sunday's show the 66-year-old struggled to contain his emotion as he honoured his fellow athletes and said the devastating accident that had been felt 'all around the world'.

A gay couple who preyed on a schoolboy in a two-month period in Berkshire have been jailed after camping out in the woods in order to avoid the nationwide manhunt for them.

Ivanka Trump, 43, and her husband Jared Kushner, 44, enjoyed a romantic date night together on Saturday evening at an Italian restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida.

Our thoughts remain with those who have lost a loved one

Liam Payne will receive a special tribute during the 2025 Grammy Awards, three months after he suffered a fatal fall from the third floor of his hotel in Buenos Aires.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has reportedly gained access to the Treasury Department's payment system, which controls trillions of dollars of government funds.

A Los Angeles man has made a jaw-dropping discovery when he returned to his house after the devastating Eaton Fire that ravaged his community.

She was in Thing Called Love. Her other hit films include Pump Up The Volume in 1990 with Christian Slater, The American President in 1995 and Broken Arrow in 1996.

Local reports suggest the victim was in the street in Utrecht city, around 30 miles from the capital city, Amsterdam, when she was fatally stabbed at around 15:00 local time on Saturday.

Rashford declared he was ready for a 'new challenge' in a bombshell interview late last year, but the manner of his switch away has left United supporters crestfallen.