Met Gala Deepfakes Are Flooding Social Media
This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia, and has been translated from Italian. The Met Gala is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated events of the year, but this time …
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Amazon finally puts down e-commerce roots in Africa
Amazon’s highly awaited entry into Africa has come to fruition, with the tech giant announcing the launch of its e-commerce marketplace in South Africa on Tuesday. The e-commerce giant revealed …
These Dangerous Scammers Don’t Even Bother to Hide Their Crimes
In a series of posts in one Telegram channel, highlighted by Warner, who is also involved in Intelligence for Good, one cybercriminal can be seen walking others through how to …
Meta board probing Facebook, Instagram’s deepfake porn response
Meta’s oversight board is reportedly investigating Facebook and Instagram’s handling of two instances where artificial intelligence-generated pornographic images, including one of an “American public figure,” circulated its popular social media …
The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK
Two of the biggest deepfake pornography websites have now started blocking people trying to access them from the United Kingdom. The move comes days after the UK government announced plans …
The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived
A WIRED review of the videos and three associated Yahoo Boy Telegram channels shows how the con artists’ techniques have evolved as deepfake applications and artificial intelligence have improved. It …
LA students, parents warned about spreading deepfake nude photo threat
Multiple Los Angeles-area school districts have investigated instances of “inappropriate,” artificial intelligence-generated images of students circulating online and in text messages in recent months. Most recently, the Los Angeles Unified …
Opinion | Why democracy finds itself at a digital crossroads this year
Complicating the narrative in the run-up to the election are allegations on social media that a recent influx of non-citizens were illegally registering to vote as part of another episode …
I’m a model who’s so hot that people accuse me of being AI — it’s complete insanity
They think she looks too good to be true. Hyperrealistic artificial intelligence fakes have become so prevalent online that “attractive” people are now being mistaken for AI. An Italian model …
A Deepfake Nude Generator Reveals a Chilling Look at Its Victims
Another image on the site showed a group of young teens who appear to be in middle school: a boy taking a selfie in what appears to be a school …