Indonesian dictator resurrected by AI for election propaganda
AI resurrected the late Indonesian dictator Suharto back into the political arena in the form of a deep fake video that amassed over 4.7 million views.…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Deep fakes
Fake AI-generated books on Amazon discuss King’s cancer diagnosis
Buckingham Palace warned of legal battles over fake books describing King Charles’s recent cancer diagnosis. King Charles announced he’d been diagnosed with a ‘form of cancer’…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan declares election victory in AI form
Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan currently serving time in jail, used AI to say his party won the national election. Despite being in…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
OpenAI to add C2PA metadata to images created by DALL-E 3
OpenAI announced that it will use the C2PA standard to add metadata to images generated using DALL-E 3. The announcement comes as companies continue to look…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Meta ups the ante in tackling AI deep fake content
Meta has announced new initiatives to enhance transparency around AI-generated content on its platforms. Writing in a blog post, Nick Clegg, Meta’s President for Global Affairs,…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Deep fake scam extracts a massive $25.6 million from multinational company
AI deep fakes deceived a finance worker at a multinational corporation into transferring a staggering $25.6 million to fraudsters. These scammers used AI-generated fakes to mimic…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
US lawmakers propose DEFIANCE Act to tackle troublesome deep fakes
US lawmakers proposed a new bill titled the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE). DEFIANCE targets the rising issue of AI-generated explicit images, such…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Deep fake audio getting easier to make, harder to detect
Fake AI-cloned voices made the news recently because of a “Biden” robocall, but ordinary people are being affected as the technology becomes more accessible and harder…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Deep fakes in politics – when seeing is no longer believing
We have well and truly entered an age where you cannot trust what you see online. While that statement has been partially true for decades, AI…
By Sam Jeans · 7 min read
The industry and public react to Taylor Swift’s deep fake incident
Explicit deep fake images of Taylor Swift have ignited fierce debate over AI’s potential for creating and spreading misinformation. Speaking amid a cascade of reactions from…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read