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California passed a new law that makes it illegal to create deepfakes related to the 2024 election -- the toughest law on political AI-generated content in the U.S. yet.

AI images and deepfakes can be detected by borrowing a technique from astronomy.

Last month, YouTube quietly updated its privacy policy to allow people to request the removal of AI-generated deepfake versions of themselves.

An Arizona state representative turned to ChatGPT to help him write part of a law regulating deepfakes in elections.

India's Election Commission has urged all political parties to avoid using AI-generated deepfakes in the 2024 election.

The White House says it wants to "cryptographically verify" videos of President Joe Biden in a bid to fight AI-generated deepfakes.

The European Parliament and European Council reached an agreement Tuesday to criminalize sexually explicit deepfakes, an essential legal milestone as artificially generated images flourish.

A Hong Kong-based finance worker was scammed into paying $200 million Hong Kong dollars ($25.6 million) to criminals after a virtual meeting with deepfakes.

It took reportedly millions of people to view fake explicit photos of pop megastar Taylor Swift, but politicians now have a new reason to take up the fight against deepfakes.

The FBI issued a warning about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) generated deepfakes to harass or blackmail people with fake sexually explicit photos or videos of them.

Minnesota has advanced a bill to criminalize the sharing of sexual and political deepfakes -- as lawmakers across the U.S. rush to combat the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

Hundreds of sexually suggestive deepfake video ads of Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson ran on Facebook and Instagram this week.

The U.S. government is planning to use deepfake videos in online propaganda and deception campaigns.

Researchers from Samsung Labs have developed a way to create high-resolution avatars, or deepfakes, from a single still frame photo or even a painting.

Deepfakes are a problem, and we need to talk about the rising issue of fake content on the internet and how some companies are shifting to put some of the blame for what they created on our shoulders. For more, read this week's Clipped Highlights!

The FBI issued a warning that a rising number of scammers are using deepfake technology to impersonate job candidates during interviews for remote positions.

A series of alarmingly convincing videos of what appears to be Margot Robbie have surfaced online. The deepfakes look so much like the real actress that many users have been fooled into believing it is actually her.

A team of researchers has put together a new initiative with an available open-source code to help better detect deepfakes that have been edited to remove watermarks with the goal of avoiding the spread of misinformation.

Some speculate that overall fake news could cost the economy $39 billion a year. Quite a market to grab for a savvy tech startup, even at 1%! But while fake news and in particular deep fakes have been accused of wreaking havoc on minds and economy, there is surprisingly only a minimal amount of companies offering tools to combat them.

Facebook has recently taken a position of not removing faked videos, choosing instead to reduce their reach and display them alongside fact-checking information. Now a series of viral deepfake videos of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other famous individuals is putting Facebook's policies to the test.

Online tricksters have been creating and sharing AI-generated images purporting to show victims of Hurricane Helene, with many worrying about the impact the fake pictures are having.

Donald Trump and Taylor Swift are some of the most deepfaked people of 2024, according to a study.

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills that will make it illegal for people to possess or distribute AI-generated deepfake nudes of children.

A U.S. Senator had a Zoom call with a scammer using deepfake technology to pose as a top Ukrainian official.

A lawsuit has already been filed against California's new laws designed to curb AI images and deepfakes.

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump shared a doctored photograph falsely showing rival Kamala Harris with Sean "Diddy" Combs but later deleted it.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills into law that will protect actors and performers from unauthorized AI clones.

A volunteer group of more than 300 producers and researchers have published a set of guidelines for the use of generative AI in documentaries.

Pop megastar Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President immediately following last night's Presidential Debate on ABC, citing Donald Trump using AI-generated images to falsely claim that Swift had endorsed the former President.

With concerns over AI being misused, most companies are putting guardrails in place to curb the technology's worst excesses. Not so at Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter).