Artificial Intelligence issues are no longer a concern for the future. As of April, issues are suddenly a problem for government policing agencies and news outlets.
Deepfake A.I. makes it possible for any Average Joe to create havoc for news outlets, policing, prosecutors, and policing agencies by producing videos (like the above) that appear real. The fake A.I. videos are highly convincing.
How can MyrtleBeachSC News know if the video footage shown above is actual or a DeepFake AI creation?
These challenges are a new and present danger for anyone who publishes. Future background checks on all video sent into our news organization will need to be checked and re-checked for authenticity.
The problem is certain to grow and become ever more concerning for court rooms, news agencies and policing agencies.
What happens when a politician or suspect actually creates such a video only to claim later that it was an AI Deepfake?
NEW STUDY ON AI
Yet this new study reveals South Carolina is the tenth American state least obsessed with AI and Deepfake AI.
The research carried out by AI-driven website builder YACSS, examined Google Keywords data of search terms frequently used by people interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI) over the past 12 months. These terms were combined to find each state’s average monthly search volume for AI-related terms per 100,000 people.
South Carolina ranked as the tenth least AI-obsessed state, with an average monthly search volume of 483 per 100,000 people. South Carolina’s top searches for AI keywords were spotted with ‘Socratic’ with 1900 searches, led by ‘Craiyon’ with 2,400 searches and ‘ChatGPT’ with 14,800 searches. Making them the top three AI-related terms for the state.
Mississippi ranked as the state least obsessed with AI, with an average monthly search volume of 332 per 100,000 people. It sits among the states least interested in ‘ChatGPT’, with 5,400 searches. Mississippi’s interest in the technology was spotted in searches for ‘ChatGPT’ with 5,400 searches, followed by ‘Socratic’ with 1,300 searches and ‘Craiyon’ with 1,000 searches. Making them the top three AI-related terms for the state.
A spokesperson for YACSS commented on the findings:
AI has recently taken the world by storm, especially with the roaring popularity of ChatGPT, and we are seeing how Americans choose to use it in their daily tasks.
“The study reveals South Carolina as the tenth state least interested in AI in the country, highlighting the state’s rate of adopting this technology.“
The study was conducted by YACSS, a website builder that uses sophisticated AI to create content and websites using only one keyword as input.
THE LEAST AI-OBSESSED STATES
| RANK | STATE | AVERAGE MONTHLY SEARCHES PER 100,000 PEOPLE |
| 1 | Mississippi | 332 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 392 |
| 3 | Wyoming | 432 |
| 4 | South Dakota | 440 |
| 5 | Louisiana | 445 |
| 6 | Kentucky | 454 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 456 |
| 8 | New Mexico | 465 |
| 9 | Montana | 468 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 483 |
Methodology:
- Google search volumes for 30 AI-related terms by state:
[ Article Forge, Bard AI, ChatGPT, ChatSonic, Closerscopy, Contentscale.ai, CopyAI, Copymatic AI, Craiyon, DALL-E 2, DALL-E 3, Dream by WOMBO, Frase.io, GrowthBar, Ink, Jasper AI, Jasper Chat, LaMDA, Midjourney, MyHeritage’s AI Time Machine, Open AI playground, ParagraphAI, Peppertype AI, Perplexity, Rytr.me, Scalenut.com, Simplified AI, Socratic, Writesonic, YouChat ]
Each state’s search volume was then compared to 100,000 people in the state to arrive at the U.S. state most obsessed with AI