#deepfakes
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Can you trust what you see?
Partisan news and AI deepfakes challenge trust in what we see.
Straight Arrow · 1m
Bank of England chief warns social media firms enable fraud
Andrew Bailey calls for accountability from platforms hosting scams and deepfakes targeting the public.
The Independent · 1m
AFL stops Sportsbet using AI players in ads
The gambling firm created deepfake videos of AFL stars without permission, breaching player agreements and upcoming federal rules.
the Guardian · 1m
Scammers sell fake gun permits to seniors via AI
Scammers use AI to pitch fake national gun permits to seniors on Meta, costing $3m this year.
Straight Arrow · 1m
Russia's Youth Festival Propaganda
Russia's International Festival of Youth uses dance and tech to spread state propaganda to 10,000 global youth.
Mother Jones · 1m
AI's Dumb Mistakes Threaten Global Safety
AI's jagged intelligence causes more harm than superintelligence.
Foreign Policy · 1m
One Nation's AI video exposes political slop crisis
A racist AI campaign video from One Nation reveals how cheap technology is degrading Australian politics, with few legal tools to stop it.
the Guardian · 2m
Reality Is About to Get Really Confusing
Appofeniacs director Chris Marrs Piliero explains how deepfakes create real-world chaos through apophenia.
Polygon · 2m
AI political ads spending hits $80m
Researchers tracked $80m spent on 170 AI political ads this year.
The Conversation · 1m
Grandparents' AI Kids Photos Spark Privacy Fight
Grandparents share AI-generated kid images, sparking privacy concerns with millennials.
Business Insider · 1m
China shifts focus as AI hacking fears
AI hacking threats force China to prioritize WeChat security and national safety.
Malay Mail · 1m
AI Threatens Gender Gaps Unless Women Seize Tools
Computer expert warns AI risks worsening gender gaps unless women control the technology.
EUobserver · 1m
Raye and Michael B. Jordan's AI Romance Rumor
AI-generated images of Raye and Michael B. Jordan kissing spread online, but the actor hasn't denied dating the Grammy-winning singer.
Vanity Fair · 1m
Maryland Gov. Moore pushes AI rules to protect citizens
Maryland's governor proposes AI safeguards ahead of national debate
The Banner · 1m
AI arrived at the worst possible moment
We're deploying the most powerful cognitive technology ever created into a world where trust has collapsed and shared truth no longer exists.
TIME · 2m
Digital wallets face new security rules
As digital wallets scale up, AI-powered fraud and weak onboarding processes are forcing companies to rethink consumer protection.
Pymnts · 1m
The burnerverse ruining young women's lives
Anonymous college sports accounts on X have become a harassment network targeting young women with intimate images and false rumors.
Vox · 2m
Can the world actually stop AI from going rogue?
World leaders are scrambling to build a global safety system for AI, but it's incomplete and may not work in time.
Vox · 2m
Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises 'inadequate' safeguards
Meta's oversight board ruled the company failed to remove AI-generated videos targeting a Scottish councillor and Muslim campaigner, citing weak protections against deepfakes.
the Guardian · 1m
Russia's fake Mother Jones deepfake hits midterms
A Russian disinformation network called Matryoshka is flooding social media with deepfakes impersonating major news outlets to influence the 2026 midterm elections.
Mother Jones · 2m
At Dreamforce, AI fears look different than online
Tech workers at a major conference worry about labor, privacy, and data centers, not extinction.
Business Insider · 1m
When fraud becomes the customer
AI is helping criminals impersonate real people so convincingly that banks need to rethink how they verify identity.
Pymnts · 3m
Google wants your face to sign in
Google is pushing video selfies as a standard way to verify your identity online, raising major privacy concerns.
Futurism · 1m
The EU wants to break up kids and their chatbots
New rules would ban AI from simulating emotions with minors and strip memory between conversations.
WIRED · 1m
Why China isn't getting existential about A.I.
China worries about cyberattacks and loss of control, not the sci-fi scenarios keeping American A.I. researchers up at night.
The New Yorker · 3m · 5 views
AI scams are hitting your family, not just banks
The FBI logged $893 million in AI-linked fraud losses last year, and most of it starts with a phone call.
The Conversation · 3m
Werner Herzog has no patience for AI mimics
The director behind Fitzcarraldo says AI should replace the copycats, because copying was never filmmaking.
Futurism · 1m
The school photo problem no one warned you about
Half of UK headteachers report pupil images being misused, and AI needs only one picture to make a fake.
MadeForMums · 3m