All news on the topic: Deepfakes

Lifestyle • Views: 732
Taylor Swift moves to legally safeguard her voice as AI-generated celebrity clones raise growing concerns in entertainment industry
Taylor Swift is adopting new measures to safeguard her voice and likeness from AI exploitation.
World News • Views: 524
European Union bans AI-generated videos and images in official communications to protect trust as deepfakes blur the line between reality and fiction
The primary institutions of the European Union have prohibited staff from using artificially generated videos and images in official communications.
Sports • Views: 478
AI tools turn online harassment into scalable industry: female U.S. olympic athletes hit by wave of AI “nudification” on 4chan
While competing for medals and glory in Milan, Italy, U.S. Olympic athletes encountered a phenomenon that is quickly becoming a common aspect of contemporary public life: the extensive use of AI tools by politicians, trolls, and sexual harassers to manipulate their images and voices.
Tech • Views: 666
Indonesia becomes the first country to block Elon Musk’s Grok over AI porn and deepfake abuse
Indonesia has become the first country in the world to block Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot due to the risk of fake, AI-generated pornographic content.
Crime • Views: 526
Europeans lose billions to AI-driven investment scams while tech giants and regulators lag
Thousands of Europeans are falling prey to online investment scams peddled on social media. Tech firms and public authorities are failing to shield citizens in the shadow of the Digital Services Act, Investigate Europe can reveal.
Tech • Views: 689
Deepfake child abuse images drive global spike in online exploitation cases
Technology-facilitated child abuse is increasing worldwide, with cases of AI-generated sexual abuse material — including deepfakes that place children’s faces onto explicit images — rising significantly, experts warned Tuesday.
Tech • Views: 512
From deepfakes to AI phishing, Brazilian gangs exploit digital boom for record fraud losses
Brazil’s criminal groups are weaponizing artificial intelligence (AI) to drive high-tech financial fraud, exploiting gaps in a fast-growing digital ecosystem as banks, legislators, and police scramble to keep up.
US News • Views: 942
Google AI tool promotes outlandish fake overview of Jeff Bezos’ mom’s funeral including Eminem performance that never happened: report
Google's Artificial Intelligence overview system promoted outlandish rumors about the funeral of Jeff Bezos' mother before the small ceremony even occurred -- including that rapper Eminem performed and Elon Musk made an appearance, according to a report.
US News • Views: 684
Sen. Klobuchar sets record straight: She never said Sydney Sweeney had ‘perfect t-tties’ or that Dems were ‘too ugly to go outside’
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is calling for new legislation to address "deepfakes" after a highly realistic AI-generated video that appeared to show her making outrageous statements about Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle jeans ad went viral.
Tech • Views: 864
AI-fueled crypto scams are booming, up 456% — and no one is safe, expert warns
AI voice‑cloning crooks, deepfake IDs and crypto ATMs are fueling a massive spike in crypto scams. From Brooklyn retirees to crypto execs, no one is safe, warns blockchain intelligence exec Ari Redbord.
Lifestyle • Views: 1127
My stunning transformation is so incredible that skeptics believe I'm AI — this is how I truly went from dull to fabulous
Dina, the content creator, faced accusations of using AI generation following a transformation so significant that she appeared to be an entirely different individual
Tech • Views: 1040
AI-created 'doctors' are deceiving TikTok users with phony medical advice — here’s how to identify a ‘terrifying’ scam
Creators are calling out supposedly deepfake doctors who imitate real experts and deceive social media users with baseless medical advice
US News • Views: 690
Melania Trump makes an infrequent public appearance at Capitol Hill to advocate for a bill addressing revenge porn, criticizing Democrats for their absence
First Lady Melania Trump made an infrequent public appearance at Capitol Hill on Monday to advocate for a bipartisan bill focused on addressing revenge porn and deepfake sexual images
Tech • Views: 810
The new AI initiative from TikTok's parent company astonishingly revives Albert Einstein through an incredibly realistic deepfake, created from just one photograph
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is showcasing OmniHuman, a novel AI model that specialists suggest positions them firmly among the contenders as several firms strive to develop the most realistic images and videos
Lifestyle • Views: 961
My best friend deepfaked me in porn — I'm glad the government is finally taking action against this disturbing trend
Jodie, at 26 years old, has fallen prey to deepfake "pornography."
US News • Views: 883
AI-generated ‘deepfakes’ of Hurricane Helene victims are spreading on social media, causing harm to real individuals
Following the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene, the internet has been inundated with false information, including two seemingly altered AI images depicting a distraught, crying child on a boat in what is purported to be floodwaters
Lifestyle • Views: 983
Purple apples are going viral on social media, orchards are being inundated with requests — but there’s a catch
Fruit enthusiasts are apparently flocking in droves to Saskatchewan, Canada in search of some alluring purple apples that are blowing up on social media.
Business • Views: 910
AI-driven deepfake sites that ‘undress’ women and girls face landmark lawsuit
The San Francisco City Attorney’s office filed a landmark lawsuit on Thursday against popular deepfake websites that use artificial intelligence to “undress” images of clothed women and girls.
Lifestyle • Views: 754
How people are being tricked by deepfake doctor videos on social media
Some of the UK’s most famous TV doctors are increasingly seeing their names and likelinesses co-opted to sell scam products to unsuspecting social media users, new deepfake research warns.
Opinion • Views: 696
Media's falsehoods regarding Biden's mental state: Letters to the Editor — July 8, 2024
NY Post readers weigh in on Miranda Devine's column regarding the mainstream media's concealment of President Biden's cognitive decline
Opinion • Views: 561
Biden's use of a deepfake to keep the Hur interview under wraps exposes his battle against honesty
The DOJ informed a federal judge that genuine audiotapes of President Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur shouldn't be made public, as they could be manipulated by AI into deepfake recordings to deceive voters
Business • Views: 842
CEO of world's biggest ad agency falls victim to elaborate deepfake scam
The CEO of WPP fell victim to an elaborate deepfake scam that involved voice cloning the boss to solicit money and personal details from the company's workforce.
Tech • Views: 470
Scammers using AI-generated voices are pretending to be family members to swindle money from you — here's a surefire method to prevent these scams
Specialists have disclosed a reliable method to distinguish humans from digital imposters who mimic the voices of loved ones to deceive you into sending them money
Lifestyle • Views: 1182
I’m a model who’s so hot that people accuse me of being AI — it’s complete insanity
Italian model Ines Trocchia claimed that she's often accused of being an artificial intelligence-created bot amid the proliferation of AI, which is known for generating flawless representations of people online.
Business • Views: 877
The 'Kids Online Safety Act' is gaining traction in the Senate amid increasing outrage over sex offenders exploiting AI-generated deepfake nude images
A renewed effort to overturn Section 230 is gathering momentum in Congress, as contentious issues like online child sexual abuse and the troubling proliferation of nonconsensual AI-created "deepfake" nude images place the tech sector's prized liability protection under scrutiny once more