How to spot deepfakes: Voters are seeing more and fear their influence
Weeks after former President Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., a video circulated on social media that appeared to show Vice President Kamala…
Judge blocks California law that targeted deepfake campaign ads
With deepfake video and audio making their way into political campaigns, California enacted its toughest restrictions yet in September: a law prohibiting political ads within…
In South Korea, deepfake porn wrecks women’s lives and deepens gender conflict
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMNPMN BusinessAuthor of the article:The Associated PressHyung-jin KimPublished Oct 02, 2024 • 5 minute read You can save this article by registering for…
Tom Hanks alerts fans about AI ads selling ‘wonder drugs’
Nearly a year after Tom Hanks denounced a notorious deepfake dental endorsement that stoked striking SAG members’ fears about artificial intelligence, the actor has once…
Company that sent AI calls mimicking Biden will pay $1-million fine
MEREDITH, N.H. — A company that sent deceptive phone messages to New Hampshire voters using artificial intelligence to mimic President Biden’s voice agreed Wednesday to pay…
The dangerous push to legalize gambling on U.S. elections
Free and fair elections, the foundation of our democracy, face an unprecedented array of threats as the next one approaches. While some of these threats…
Will AI deepfakes and robocalls upset the 2024 election?
In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a…
Deepfake Dilemma: Balancing Regulation, Responsibility, and Rights in the AI Era
Imagine the chilling experience of hearing your own voice manipulated to spread lies, or witnessing your face contorted in a fabricated video, instantly destroying your…
Deepfake democracy: Behind the AI trickery shaping India’s 2024 election | Elections News
New Delhi, India — As voters queued up early morning on November 30 last year to vote in legislative elections to choose the next government…
Arizona creates own deep-fake election hoaxes to prepare for 2024
“It was the first [Election Day simulation] that included artificial intelligence as a focus point,” Fontes, a Democrat, said in an interview. And unless you…
AIandYou plans AI deepfake ads to prepare voters for 2024 misinformation
The deepfakes are planned for early next year. The campaign is planning to start running its own AI-generated ads — to make voters familiar with…
Actor Tom Hanks warns fans against trusting AI-generated video promoting dental insurance as video begins circulating online
Actor Tom Hanks has issued a warning to fans after an AI-generated video of him promoting a dental plan began circulating online.Key points:Actor Tom Hanks…
Defence force chief Angus Campbell warns deepfakes and AI will drive era of ‘truth decay’
The defence force chief has warned the world is entering an era of "truth decay" where misinformation will undermine democracy and leave liberal, Western societies…
Trolls have been making ‘deepfake’ porn pics and videos of me for ten years – it’s abuse
A WOMAN has told how trolls have been relentlessly making deepfake porn pictures and videos of her for over a decade. Noelle Martin has been…
QTCinderella, deepfake porn and the trauma it causes
Her inbox was flooded with explicit screenshots, seemingly from a pornographic video. She recognized her face, but not her body. For just a second, she…
Deepfake ‘news anchors’ appear in pro-China footage on social media, research group says
Chinese state-aligned actors are using AI-generated deepfake news broadcasters to peddle pro-China propaganda videos for social media platforms, a new research report claims.Key points:Research firm Graphika…