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I'm doing the first talk in this free series in just over a week: Ep1: Web of words: can we use linguistics to catch liars? Description: Do "lie detectors" (polygraphs) really work? Are there better methods of deception detection? Can we catch liars through their words? 1/2

Last week we ran a free short webinar on whether we could use linguistics to detect deception, but that's just the beginning. There are other critical questions to answer, like: How safe is your bank's voice-based authentication system? Can AI-generated voices defeat them? 1/2

Dr George Brown is giving the next talk in our free series on Wednesday: Ep2: Should you put your money where your mouth is? Voice biometric technology in banking Description: How secure are voice-based bank security systems? And how easy is it for AI to spoof you? 1/2

Plenty of people have never heard of forensic linguistics or forensic speech science, and that might make it easy to think that we don't need these fields of expertise. Here are five quick examples to change your mind. Spirits, spies, spoofs, spellings - we have it all...

The next webinar for our new MSc in Forensic Linguistics & Speech Science on Voice biometric technology will be hosted live today at 1pm by Dr George Brown. Register here for the live link: lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/ev… George Brown FACTOR (dormant account)

Dr Isobelle Clarke is giving the next talk in our free series on Wednesday: Ep3: Who wrote this text? Forensic Authorship Analysis Description: Learn about authorship analysis, including a recent case of a terrorist suspect claiming responsibility for planting a bomb. 1/2

If you enjoyed Bot or Not online, guess what? We're upping the stakes and taking it on tour On Thu 11 Apr, Bot or Not: The Remix hits Morecambe as part of Campus in the City Pit your wits to see if you can tell AI v human speech and secure a place on the leaderboard

Dr Justin Lo is giving the last talk in our free series on Wednesday: Ep4: Say *** again? Disputed speech in forensic audio How do we handle poor quality recordings in criminal cases? What are the challenges of speech perception and disputed utterances in forensic audio? 1/2

I know I go on about how awesome linguistics is, but, have you ever actually met a linguist? Seriously You might be thinking, “I’d love to do an MSc in Forensic Linguistics and Speech Science but… I’ve never met a linguist before and you just never know…” 1/7

Every time a league table comes out, as academics, we struggle about what to do with the results, no matter whether they're good or bad Why? Well, league tables are far from perfect. Doesn't matter the league. Doesn't matter the table. It has problems. Guaranteed 1/13

We're back with more Bot or Not, but this time, it's the Celebrity Edition Our student, Hope, wants to know if we're better at detecting spoofed speech when we're familiar with the speaker Think you've got top tier AI-detection skills? Try them out here: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6o…

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When that voicenote arrives from a loved one saying they've been arrested on holiday, they're in an awful prison, and they need money to get out... how do you know it's actually them? Once, our voice really was our password, but now we're in a new era of AI-assisted crime. 1/3

Deception detection is a critical area, but do we all lie in the same way? We're looking for British-English-speaking adults (18+) who are either neurotypical or have ADHD to take part in a short 10-15 min study. Your participation can make a difference! lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dm…

✨UPCOMING TALK ✨ SPEAKER: Dr Sebastian Muth, LAEL TITLE: Language assistance at His Majesty’s Prisons (HMPs) TIME/DATE: 1500-1550, Thu 17th Oct 2024 PLACE: Bowland North SR2 REGISTER: lancaster-uk.libcal.com/event/4278915

1/4 🤖 Remember when we did Bot or Not: Text Edition? Guess what? With thanks to Hope McVean, @GeorgebrownLing and I have just launched the essential follow-up - Bot or Not: Audio Edition. 🤩 Can you distinguish between humans and AI just by listening? #AI #SpeechRecognition