on take it out we keep bringing you stories about the potential and dangers of artificial intelligence while AI can be helpful in many ways it can also be used to fool people and Carry Out scams our next story gets you more details artificial intelligence has taken the World by storm it can do a lot of things the AI power chatbots can write essays decode complex topics compute taxes compose songs and master creative processes they can even perform tasks commonly associated with human cognitive functions basically the potential of AI is Limitless now artificial intelligence is the
key to an interesting breakthrough it's allowing a paralyzed man to walk again his name is gertian oskam now the question is how is AI making this possible with the help of a new device that connects his brain and his spinal cord bypassing the injury he suffered 12 years ago there's a brain computer interface that is aiding the process in other words there's a digital bridge between the brain and the region of the spinal cord that is still intact and can control leg movement thank you we do two different surgeries there is one surgery at the
level of the brain we do two little craniotomy put electrodes in order to record the brain signal and another surgery at the level of the spinal cord where we put electrodes on the top of the spinal cord at the place that is responsible for leg movements so between these two there is communication and electrical communication a digital bridge that is then reactivated the legs when oskam thinks about walking electrodes on his brain relay the message to electrodes on his spinal cord and stimulate the spine the signal is wirelessly transmitted and decoded by a computer that
oscam wears in a backpack muscles to perform movement but of course it took a lot of training to regain you know full weight bearing standing working for extensive duration and what we observed along the duration of this training is a digital replay of the spinal cord not only he could leverage the digital bridge in order to cut police paralyze muscle but also show a recovery of neurological function yet lost for many years suggesting that this digital Bridge also promote the growth of new nerve connections five to ten minutes I could control my hips like they
were alike the brain implants picked up what I was doing with my hip so that was like the best outcome I think for everyone artificial intelligence is transforming Healthcare and revolutionizing medical technology but unfortunately it's being used by scammers to carry out fraud recently a con man in China used artificial intelligence technology and posed as a friend of a businessman online the scammer used an AI powered face swapping technology the voice was cloned facial data was manipulated [Music] fraudster successfully impersonated the victim's close friend during a video call and persuaded the victim to transfer money
worth thousands of dollars the swindler defrauded the businessman of around six hundred and twenty thousand dollars this incident has raised concern about the potential of artificial intelligence techniques to aid financial crime it has left authorities and the public on high alert Our advice is be vigilant and exercise caution when you interact with anyone digitally foreign
