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Here's a project an aspiring winner of the BT Young Scientist competition could propose for next year's edition: What is exactly in the water in Kanturk that leads young people attending Coláiste Treasa to do so well in the annual exhibition of the country's brightest and most curious minds? This year, like every year since 2015, the students of Coláiste Treasa have won a slew of awards, including two of the top four prizes, to the considerable credit of their teachers, their school, their parents and their community. This being an extraordinary edition of the annual exhibition due to COVID...

The system, which uses advanced machine learning techniques, was entered in the technology category at this year’s virtual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. "Deepfakes" refer to manipulated videos and other digital representations produced by sophisticated AI, creating fabricated images and sounds that appear to be real and are very convincing. Greg said these videos have already caused major detrimental social impact, notably in influencing elections and facilitating fraud. Deepfakes have become such a big problem that large tech companies came together in 2020 to offer a $1m pri...

Share this article County Cork Leaving Cert student Greg Tarr has won this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The 17-year-old from Bandon Grammar School was honoured for programming an artificial intelligence computer programme that quickly and accurately detects ‘deepfake’ videos. The software for the project, entitled 'Detecting state-of-the-art deepfakes,' includes over 150,000 lines of code, with judges finding that it was significantly faster and more efficient than the current models on offer - with no sacrifice on its ability to accurately detect the fake. Deepfak...

bcoupland@tribtoday.com HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Township trustees welcomed a new police chief while recognizing the retiring chief, who served the community for more than 39 years. Trustees on Monday named Sgt. Greg Tarr as chief effective Friday. He will replace Todd Coonce who is stepping down the same day. “I look forward to leading the department and my officers into a new year. This past year has been a difficult year for everyone. I will meet with all the staff next week to discuss operations,” Tarr said. Tarr, a Hubbard city resident, has spent his entire 27-year police career with th...

Staff photo/ Bob Coupland Hubbard Township retiring police Chief Todd Coonce, left, welcomes Greg Tarr, who will begin his duties Friday as the new chief. At a special meeting Monday, Hubbard Township trustees named Tarr to lead the department. He had mostly recently been a sergeant in the department. Coonce had been in law enforcement for 39 years. HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Township trustees welcomed a new police chief while recognizing the retiring chief, who served the community for more than 39 years. Trustees on Monday named Sgt. Greg Tarr as chief effective Friday. He will replace Todd Coonc...