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News Articles: Deepfakes

Activists wearing eye masks hold posters reading "Repeated deepfake sex crimes, the state is an accomplice too," during a protest against sexually abusive deepfakes in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 30.

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South Korea investigates Telegram over alleged sexual deepfakes

South Korea is investigating sexually abusive deepfakes allegedly shared on the messaging platform Telegram. Officials say the company is complying and has removed some content.

September 06, 2024
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  • Se Eun Gong
Overhead shot of Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, GA. (Trilith Studios/Facebook)

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  • News

The good outweighs the challenges: Trilith Studios CEO talks AI in media at Georgia Senate committee

On Tuesday, Trilith Studios President and CEO Frank Patterson explained how movie studios are using AI and his take on the concerns over AI at the Senate Study Committee on AI's third meeting on Wednesday at the movie studio in Fayetteville, Ga.

August 15, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton

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  • News

Artificial intelligence to affect broad range of public services

Georgia lawmakers may or may not develop legislation this summer and fall to establish state standards for regulating emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

July 08, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Voters cast ballots in Georgia's primary election at a polling location on May 21, 2024 in Atlanta. Many officials and researchers worry that audio deepfakes of politicians could be used to sway elections this year.

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  • Technology

It’s quick and easy to clone famous politicians’ voices, despite safeguards

Most of the tools tested by researchers at the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate could be used to successfully clone a wide range of voices belonging to European and American politicians.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Voters filling out their ballots on Jan. 23 in Loudon, N.H. A political consultant faces charges in New Hampshire and steep fines from the Federal Communications Commission for creating a robocall ahead of that state's presidential primary featuring a cloned version of President Biden's voice, urging people not to vote in the primary.

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  • Technology

A political consultant faces charges and fines for Biden deepfake robocalls

The fines and charges come after New Hampshire voters got robocalls from an AI-generated version of President Biden's voice urging them not to vote in the upcoming presidential primary.

May 23, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Katy Perry pictured at an event in Los Angeles in April. She wasn't at Monday night's Met Gala, despite the fake photos of her circulating on social media.

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  • Pop Culture

Katy Perry's own mom fell for her Met Gala AI photo. Do you know what to look for?

Katy Perry and Rihanna weren't at the Met Gala on Monday night, despite the viral AI-generated photos showing them on the red carpet. Here are some tips for recognizing and investigating deep fakes.

May 07, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Dorota Mani sits at her desk in her Jersey City, N.J.

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  • Politics

States race to restrict deepfake porn as it becomes easier to create

As more people, including minors, become victims of deepfake pornography and the industry that’s growing out of it, state lawmakers are pursuing legislation to deter the unauthorized creation and dissemination of digitally altered images.

April 11, 2024
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  • Madyson Fitzgerald
A 2014 file photo of the seal of the Federal Trade Commission in a carpet a FTC headquarters in Washington, DC. The organization is trying to raise consumer awareness about the use of artificial intelligence tools to create convincing audio deepfakes.

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  • Technology

The government announced winners of a contest to tell real voices from deepfake audio

Four organizations won a FTC contest for their tools that help tell real audio clips from deepfakes. The winners' approaches illuminate challenges AI audio deepfakes pose.

April 10, 2024
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  • Huo Jingnan
Voters wait to cast their ballots on Jan. 23 in Loudon, N.H. Shortly before voting began, some voters in the state got calls from a faked version of President Biden's voice urging them not to vote, a sign of the potential that deepfakes could have on the electoral process.

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  • News

AI fakes raise election risks as lawmakers and tech companies scramble to catch up

As AI-generated deepfakes are being used to spread false information in elections in the U.S. and around the world, policymakers, tech platforms and governments are trying to catch up.

February 08, 2024
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  • Shannon Bond
A photo shows the logo signs of Google and YouTube at their stand ahead of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos in 2022.

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  • Technology

YouTube will label AI-generated videos that look real

The Google-owned video platform says it will shut accounts if they don't disclose when they use AI tools to make realistic-looking content. Other platforms are adopting similar policies.

November 14, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
How the new tool AntiFake works

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  • Pop Culture

Worried about AI hijacking your voice for a deepfake? This tool could help

Emerging tools may make it easier for the public to detect fake online videos, and more difficult for generative AI systems to create them.

November 13, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
Elon Musk speaking to journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at a conference in 2016. Musk's lawyers recently tried to argue in court that comments he made at that event could have been altered.

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  • Technology

People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused

The unleashing of powerful, generative AI on the public is raising concerns that as the technology becomes more prevalent, it will become easier to claim that anything is fake.

May 08, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
Ethan Mollick, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School,  used a photo of himself (left) in an artificial intelligence platform where he generated a deepfake video of himself (right).

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  • Technology

It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start

Powerful artificial intelligence tools that can create video, audio, text and pictures are raising fears the technology will supercharge disinformation and propaganda by bad actors.

March 23, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
This image made from video of a fake video featuring former President Barack Obama shows elements of facial mapping used for deepfakes that lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they've never said.

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  • Technology

Facebook Researchers Say They Can Detect Deepfakes And Where They Came From

Deepfakes are altered photos, videos, and still images that use artificial intelligence to appear realistic. They've become harder to detect.

June 17, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz

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