Google has shut down an AI image editing feature in Google Earth, launched Thursday, after users generated problematic deepfakes of real-world locations. The company cited policy violations and the need for stronger guardrails, despite watermarking generated images.
India proposes legal amendments to define punishments for deepfakes and digital impersonation scams, aiming to curb misinformation and financial fraud amid geopolitical tensions.
Meta's Oversight Board has urged the company to enhance protections against sexualized deepfakes, recommending AI-generated impersonations be added to its Adult Sexual Exploitation policy and that all users can report such content on behalf of others.
AI-generated campaign ads, including deepfakes, are appearing in US elections, with a Minnesota case highlighting potential violations of state law. Transparency advocates warn of harm to election integrity, while federal regulation remains uncertain.
Chinese-language videos suspected to be AI deepfakes with different narrators berating Singapore for its treatment of China and sidling up to the United States have caused a stir online and sparked discussion on their source. The clips, each featuring an individual in a different setting and circulating on Chinese platforms such as Douyin and WeChat, were most likely generated by artificial intelligence, according to digital experts, pointing to clues such as identical scripts. A check by This...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that fake images of her generated by artificial intelligence were circulating online, warning that such false photos could deceive the public and target people unable to defend themselves. Meloni said in a statement that several fake photos of her had been created with AI and passed off as real by political opponents. She posted one such image appearing to show her sitting on a bed wearing underwear. The original post included outraged...
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake monitoring feature to Hollywood - meaning some celebrity AI videos could soon disappear. The platform's likeness detection feature searches YouTube for AI deepfake content and flags it for public figures enrolled in the program. Public figures can use it to keep track of AI content on YouTube of themselves […]
