Deepfakes

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has reportedly temporarily halted searches for pop icon Taylor Swift. This action comes in response to the spread of explicit AI-generated images of the singer. What Happened: The block was implemented over the weekend following the widespread online...

The week gone by was chock-full of significant developments in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). From Elon Musk dispelling rumors about his AI start-up raising capital to tech giants backing President Biden’s project to democratize AI research, and Apple hinting at integrating...

The CEO of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Satya Nadella, has pledged rapid response to the spread of non-consensual explicit deepfake images, following the viral distribution of AI-generated explicit images of pop star Taylor Swift. What Happened: Nadella expressed an urgency to address the...

Popular YouTuber MrBeast has called out ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok for allowing a deep fake version of his hawk $2 iPhones, calling it a "serious problem". The viral video which has now been taken down shows a deepfake version of him promoting the "world's largest iPhone 15 giveaway". What Happened:...

Expressing grave concerns about the potential misuse of the metaverse and cryptocurrencies by terrorist organizations, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday asserted that the virtual world is likely to become a breeding ground for terrorists to brainwash youth, employ and train new...

A recent incident involving Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has brought attention to the alarming world of deepfakes. What Happened: An ultra-realistic video of DeSantis, morphed into the character of Michael Scott from "The Office," has gone viral on Twitter, shedding light on the potential dangers...

ElevenLabs, a research lab exploring new frontiers of Voice AI, is exploring options to implement additional safeguards after its Prime Voice AI led to “an increasing number of voice cloning misuse cases.” What Happened: ElevenLabs’ official Twitter handle posted several tweets...

In his first U.S. interview since taking over as head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri said the social media platform is trying to deal with deepfakes, but hasn't yet figured out how to find them quickly, much less what to do with them. The Problem Instagram, its parent company Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ...