Page 23 - Deepfakes News Today

Oren Etzionia, University of Washington professor and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, became one of the first researchers to warn that a new breed of AI would accelerate the spread of disinformation online.

With elections in more than 50 countries this year, bad actors and nation-states will likely misuse AI to misinform 2 billion voters. Mark Johnston, director of the

The Summit for Democracy in Seoul highlighted the challenges posed by AI, disinformation, and outright hacking. How is South Korea preparing?

Google has blocked and removed over 5.5 billion ads, restricted over 6.9 billion ads and suspended over 12.7 million advertiser accounts as bad actors and the impact of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has manipulated digital advertising to scam individuals and businesses.

Deepfakes are threatening privacy and security. Detection methods using deep learning aim to combat this but theres a long way to go.

The battle against fake images, video and audio is becoming ever harder as the tech improves.

The EU called on Facebook, TikTok and other tech titans on Tuesday to crack down on deepfakes and other AI-generated content by using clear labels ahead of Europe-wide polls in June. In the new guidelines, the commission said the largest platforms "should assess and mitigate specific risks linked to AI, for example by clearly labelling content generated by AI (such as deepfakes)".

The European Commission asked big social sites, like TikTok and Facebook, to clearly label political advertising and reduce "virality of content" that threatens the integrity of European elections this summer.

Insufficient budgets and increasingly sophisticated attacks also pose significant security risks to businesses.

It all started with an asthma attack. Now Sadiq Khan finds himself at the center of a global conspiracy.