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Brits were exposed to 95 billion scam adverts last year – Tech Digest

February 11, 2026February 12, 2026 · Gadgets

Share Social media platforms are hosting a record wave of fraudulent activity, with new research revealing that British users were exposed to 95 billion scam adverts last year.…

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Over 4 in 5 AI fraud cases in 2025 involved deepfakes, research claims – Tech Digest

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 · Gadgets

Share Image: Cybernews Deepfakes have emerged as the primary weapon for artificial intelligence-driven crime, accounting for over four in five AI fraud cases recorded last year. According to…

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Grok still allowing deepfakes of women in bikinis, Starlink now cheaper than BT broadband – Tech Digest

January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 · Gadgets

Share X has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company’s claim to have…

Read more Grok still allowing deepfakes of women in bikinis, Starlink now cheaper than BT broadband – Tech Digest

A GOP Account Posted a Chuck Schumer Deepfake With a Real Schumer Quote

October 18, 2025October 18, 2025 · Gadgets

Is an AI-generated video of a politician technically a deepfake if the words they’re saying are their own? By any reasonable definition, yes, and the National Republican Senatorial…

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Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down  | TechCrunch

October 17, 2025October 18, 2025 · Technology

Senate Republicans shared a deepfake video of Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, designed to make it seem like Democrats are celebrating the ongoing government shutdown, which has…

Read more Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down  | TechCrunch

You can’t libel the dead. But that doesn’t mean you should deepfake them. | TechCrunch

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 · Technology

Zelda Williams, daughter of the late actor Robin Williams, has a poignant message for her father’s fans. “Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing…

Read more You can’t libel the dead. But that doesn’t mean you should deepfake them. | TechCrunch

OpenAI’s New Sora App Lets You Deepfake Yourself for Entertainment

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 · Gadgets

On Tuesday, OpenAI released an AI video app called Sora. The platform is powered by OpenAI’s latest video generation model, Sora 2, and revolves around a TikTok-like For…

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How to Protect Your Company From Deepfake Fraud | Entrepreneur

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 · Business

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In 2024, a scammer used deepfake audio and video to impersonate Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna and attempted to authorize a…

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Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’

Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’

September 20, 2024September 21, 2024 · Gadgets

AI has scrambled our ability to tell what’s real and what’s synthetic. But there are tools and techniques to help stay grounded in truth. Benj Edwards, Ars Technica…

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Trump Falsely Claims Harris Used AI to Create Massive Crowd | Entrepreneur

Trump Falsely Claims Harris Used AI to Create Massive Crowd | Entrepreneur

August 12, 2024August 13, 2024 · Business

Despite what former President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris’s 15,000-person crowd in Michigan was not fake or created with AI. Trump…

Read more Trump Falsely Claims Harris Used AI to Create Massive Crowd | Entrepreneur
Why the EU’s Vice President Isn’t Worried About Moon-Landing Conspiracies on YouTube

Why the EU’s Vice President Isn’t Worried About Moon-Landing Conspiracies on YouTube

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 · Gadgets

When European Union vice president Věra Jourová met with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in California last week, they fell to talking about the long-running conspiracy theory that the…

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This year’s Met Gala theme is AI deepfakes | TechCrunch

This year’s Met Gala theme is AI deepfakes | TechCrunch

May 6, 2024May 6, 2024 · Technology

Whether you love or hate celebrity culture, the Met Gala is an event. Those less jaded among us get to see all of the biggest stars take their…

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The Deodorant AI Spokesmodel Is a Real Person, Sort Of

The Deodorant AI Spokesmodel Is a Real Person, Sort Of

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 · New York, New York Local News

Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer In December of last year, Ariel, a 24-year-old content creator in New Jersey, received a message from a French digital-marketing company called Arcads. Ariel makes her…

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A Deepfake Nude Generator Reveals a Chilling Look at Its Victims

A Deepfake Nude Generator Reveals a Chilling Look at Its Victims

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 · Gadgets

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…

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Kids’ Cartoons Get a Free Pass From YouTube’s Deepfake Disclosure Rules

Kids’ Cartoons Get a Free Pass From YouTube’s Deepfake Disclosure Rules

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 · Gadgets

YouTube has updated its rulebook for the era of deepfakes. Starting today, anyone uploading video to the platform must disclose certain uses of synthetic media, including generative AI,…

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Google Is Getting Thousands of Deepfake Porn Complaints

Google Is Getting Thousands of Deepfake Porn Complaints

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 · Gadgets

Each method is weaponized—almost always against women—to degrade, harass, or cause shame, among other harms. Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s e-safety commissioner, says her office is starting to see…

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Florida Middle Schoolers Arrested for Allegedly Creating Deepfake Nudes of Classmates

Florida Middle Schoolers Arrested for Allegedly Creating Deepfake Nudes of Classmates

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 · Gadgets

Two teenage boys from Miami, Florida, were arrested in December for allegedly creating and sharing AI-generated nude images of male and female classmates without consent, according to police…

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How AI Is Being Used to Influence and Disrupt the 2024 Election

How AI Is Being Used to Influence and Disrupt the 2024 Election

February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 · New York, New York Local News

Two days before the New Hampshire primary in January, a robocall featuring an AI-generated imitation of President Biden’s voice was sent out to thousands of people in the…

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AI-generated nude images of teen girls spur families to push for protections: ‘We’re fighting for our children’

AI-generated nude images of teen girls spur families to push for protections: ‘We’re fighting for our children’

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 · Business

A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a…

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Sevdaliza and Grimes Enlist Madonna, Julia Fox and A$AP Ferg to Remind Us That “Nothing Lasts Forever”

Sevdaliza and Grimes Enlist Madonna, Julia Fox and A$AP Ferg to Remind Us That “Nothing Lasts Forever”

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 · Pop Culture

There is perhaps no better person to incorporate into a song called “Nothing Lasts Forever” than Madonna. Not just because she has made a career out of proving…

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