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Congressman Joe Morelle revealed legislation making it a criminal offense to share explicit deepfake images without consent on Tuesday.

Last month, the government issued an advisory to all social media intermediaries, to ensure compliance with the existing IT rules and specifically target the growing concerns around misinformation via deepfakes.

Companies including Meta, Google, OpenAI and Microsoft have all announced plans to limit AI’s ability to create deepfakes and spread misinformation.

A new deepfake detection system was developed to mitigate biases present in existing models. Siwei Lyu, a computer scientist at the University at Buffalo (UB) and an expert in deepfake technology, has introduced novel deepfake detection algorithms designed to mitigate biases present in existing models.

OpenAI published its new election misinformation policy to protect the right of suffrage. It is only months before the United States chooses its next government leaders again, but the preparations began, with OpenAI releasing its new Election Misinformation Policy to protect the public and voting sacredness.

Practical solutions are needed as legal overreach won’t yield the desired outcomes. Enhancing platform liability, frequent legal reminders and overburdening grievance mechanisms have limitations. Existing legal norms and processes can be refined and enhanced instead of instituting new regulations that may prove cumbersome

MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the government had earlier made it clear to social media and online platforms that if its advisory on deepfake is not fully adhered to, new IT rules would follow.

Chandrasekhar said the advisory on deepfakes has been "mixed" from online platforms, and promised that IT rules will be notified.

Cybersecurity is the biggest generative AI risk, according to a new PwC survey

Our ability to discern between real and fake has never been more challenged as deepfakes become mainstream in the online information space, says S Rajaratnam School of International Studies’ Dymples Leong.