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Talks between EU and India on tackling the threat of online disinformation reflect the need for collective global action against the risks posed by generative AI.

Artificial intelligence experts, led by Yoshua Bengio, call for deepfake regulation to mitigate risks to society. Over 400 signatories, including Steven Pinker and Joy Buolamwini, support criminalizing deepfake child pornography and penalizing creators/facilitators of harmful deepfakes.

Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing potential risks to society.

The release of Sora, OpenAI's new text-to-video generative A.I. tool, has been met with excitement as well as concern.

The signatories cited potential risks to society in calling for more regulation

Google’s highly-touted AI chatbot Gemini was blasted as “woke” after critics noticed its image generator produces pictures that were factually or historically inaccurate.

MCA and Meta to launch a fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp by March 2024 to combat AI-generated media and misinformation.

This is currently in development and there is no date for release yet. The feature was rolled out last November for Android and iOS devices.

Deepfake pornographic images of underage girls circulating in a school have highlighted a gap in the law system that is expected to be filled soon.

Society must adapt and fortify itself against the misuse of technological innovations. The battle against deepfakes is not just a technological one