India's CERT given exemption from Right To Information requests Activists worry investigations may stay secret, and then there's those odd incident reporting requirements Security28 Nov 2023 | 4
DevTernity conference collapses amid claims women speakers were faked Anna? Oh, she was just a demo persona, says organizer Devops28 Nov 2023 | 20
Strike over? US actors may return to work with top-tier 'progressive AI protections' Producers will need OK from performers, will pay them to create digi-personas AI + ML13 Nov 2023 | 3
India gives social media platforms 36 hours to remove deepfakes Today it's Bollywood actors, tomorrow it could be lawmakers themselves AI + ML09 Nov 2023 | 10
Microsoft, Meta detail plans to fight election disinformation in 2024 Strategies differ, though both have gaps that could hurt efficacy Security08 Nov 2023 | 10
US actors are still on strike – and yup, it's about those looming AI clones Updated How about you pay us every time our likeness is used by algorithms to make studio execs richer? AI + ML08 Nov 2023 | 38
How 'AI watermarking' system pushed by Microsoft and Adobe will and won't work Check for 'cr' bubble in pictures if your app supports it, or look in the metadata if it hasn't been stripped, or... AI + ML15 Oct 2023 | 38
Meta watchdog sticks a probe into Facebook rules after fake Biden vid allowed to stay Doctored video featured vile false slur, but it wasn't a deepfake ... so that's OK, then? AI + ML11 Oct 2023 | 7
Deepfakes being used in 'sextortion' scams, FBI warns AI technology raises the bar in an already troubling crime Cyber-crime08 Jun 2023 | 22
China cracks down on AI-generated news anchors Aims to 'clear' the network of unauthorized misinformation. Stuff from official sources can't be wrong! AI + ML16 May 2023 | 5
How to tell an AI bot wrote that scammy-looking tax email: No spelling mistakes Don't let the robots take your money! That's the IRS's job AI + ML04 May 2023 | 16
Tencent Cloud announces Deepfakes-as-a-Service for $145 Three minutes of video, 100 sentences of speech, and 24 hours gets you a bot to front your livestreams and answer questions AI + ML28 Apr 2023 | 9
Meta has nothing to say about politicians making deepfaked ads In Brief Plus: Aussie mayor threatens to sue OpenAI; Minors face ChatGPT ban; President Biden on AI AI + ML11 Apr 2023 | 13
Let's play a game: Deepfake news anchor or a real person? Brit AI video tech caught up in pro-PRC disinformation campaign AI + ML11 Feb 2023 | 34
Will 2023 be the year of dynamite disinfo deepfakes, cooked up by rogue states? And if so, what are we gonna do about it? AI + ML18 Jan 2023 | 16
China follows through on plan to ban deepfake tech Synthetic media undermines national security, says internet regulator AI + ML10 Jan 2023 | 8
China bans deepfakes created without permission or for evil 'Deep synthesis service providers' otherwise free to create AI-generated humans in line with socialist values AI + ML12 Dec 2022 | 3
Intel says it can sort the living human beings from the deepfakes in real time Claims to be able to spot imposters in live video feeds within milliseconds AI + ML15 Nov 2022 | 11
Phishing works so well crims won't bother with deepfakes, says Sophos chap People reveal passwords if you ask nicely, so AI panic is overblown Research17 Oct 2022 | 15
This rumor needs to Die Hard: Bruce Willis denies selling face to deepfake biz Superstar is still exclusively a meat popsicle Bootnotes04 Oct 2022 | 16
Here's how crooks will use deepfakes to scam your biz Need some tools of deception? GitHub's got 'em Cyber-crime28 Sep 2022 | 12
Binance exec says scammers made a 'deep fake hologram' of him to fool victims That wasn't actually me on a Zoom call, it was a malicious AI clone built from TV interviews, claims PR AI + ML23 Aug 2022 | 15
Real-time deepfakes can be beaten by a sideways glance For now at least, until data catches up AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 10
FBI warning: Crooks are using deepfake videos in interviews for remote gigs Yes. Of course I human. Why asking? Also, when you give passwords to database? Cyber-crime29 Jun 2022 | 23
Amazon can't channel the dead, but its deepfake voices take a close second Megacorp shows Alexa speaking like kid's deceased grandma Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 22
Big Tech falls in line with Euro demands to fight bots, deepfakes, disinformation Six percent of revenues at risk if Code of Practice broken Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 24
1,000-plus AI-generated LinkedIn faces uncovered More than 70 businesses created fake profiles to close sales AI + ML28 Mar 2022 | 41
Good: People can spot a deepfake video. Bad: They're not so hot with text Seeing isn't always believing AI + ML01 Mar 2022 | 14
China reveals draft laws that heavily restrict deepfakes Big Tech gets hauled in and reminded of its responsibility to keep China's internet nice AI + ML31 Jan 2022 | 7
Facebook, academics think they've cracked spotting deepfakes by spotting how they're generated 99% accuracy in testing AI + ML17 Jun 2021 | 19
ICYMI: A mom is accused of harassing daughter's cheerleader rivals with humiliating deepfake vids Awesome, oh wow, like totally freak me out ... with this unexpected use of AI AI + ML16 Mar 2021 | 18
South Park creators have a new political satire series with some of the best AI-generated deepfakes on the internet yet In brief Plus: Watch a self-driving race car drive into a wall, and download the new version of PyTorch AI + ML02 Nov 2020 | 34
51 years after humans first set foot on the Moon, a deepfaked Nixon mourns how Armstrong and Aldrin never made it home I am not a .... {NASA nightmare brought to life by AI} AI + ML20 Jul 2020 | 88
Facebook's $500k deepfake-detector AI contest drama: Winning team disqualified on buried consent technicality Special report Oh OK, so NOW the social network cares about getting people's permission before using their data to train computer systems AI + ML18 Jun 2020 | 32
Oh cool, tech service prices are plummeting. And by tech services, we mean botnet rentals and stolen credit cards Supply and demand in action Security27 May 2020 | 2
Facebook to ban deepfake videos in posts and ads, sort of: Vids must be believable, made by AI, and not be parody All that other made-up crap? That's still fine, it seems AI + ML07 Jan 2020 | 8
Reasons to be fearful 2020: Smishing, public Wi-Fi, deepfakes... and all the usual suspects Too soon for New Year Resolutions? Security06 Dec 2019 | 23
Rekognition still racist, politicians desperate over deepfakes, and a good reason to go to (some) music festivals Roundup Let's bring you up to speed on the latest misuses of machine-learning tech AI + ML28 Oct 2019 | 16
Online deepfakes double in just nine months, scaring politicians – and fooling the rest of us Surprise, surprise, a whopping 96 per cent of them are X-rated AI + ML08 Oct 2019 | 48
Whoa, bot wars: As cybercrooks add more AI to their arsenal, the goodies will have to too The future is automated, says Trend Micro bod Security13 Sep 2019 | 15
Tempted to play with that Chinese Zao app for deep-fake frolics? Don't bother if you want to keep your privacy Surpising no one, software will keep vids of your face forever AI + ML04 Sep 2019 | 29
No DeepNudes please, we're GitHub: Code repo deep-sixed as Discord bans netizens who sought out vile AI app Including one of El Reg's Discord accounts. Oops! AI + ML09 Jul 2019 | 30
DeepNude's makers tried to deep-six their pervy AI app. Web creeps have other ideas: Cracked copies shared online as code decompiled This genie is definitely not going back in the bottle AI + ML02 Jul 2019 | 127
DeepNude deep-nuked: AI photo app stripped clothes from women to render them naked. Now, it's stripped from web Our 'X-ray specs' software can be misused? And everyone wants it? Oh no, who'd have thought, say creators AI + ML27 Jun 2019 | 137
Deepfake 3.0 (beta), the bad news: This AI can turn ONE photo of you into a talking head. Good news: There is none Videos Watch Rasputin sing like, uh, Beyonce, Einstein natter away... AI + ML19 Jun 2019 | 46
Politically linked deepfake LinkedIn profile sparks spy fears, Apple cooks up AI transfer tech, and more Roundup Your Monday morning catch-up on machine-learning tech AI + ML17 Jun 2019 | 10
'AI is not the cause, it’s an accelerant. The pace of change is challenging' Experts give Congress deepfakes straight dope Analysis People will share anything scandalous, duh – El Reg might well be Exhibit A AI + ML13 Jun 2019 | 111
These boffins' deepfake AI vids are next-gen. But don't take our word for it. Why not ask Zuck or Kim Kardashian... Video 'Text editing' system for speeches to change meanings emerges along with CEO-goading art attack AI + ML12 Jun 2019 | 69
There's a scarily good 'deepfakes' YouTube channel that's quietly growing – and it's freaking everyone out Videos Watch for yourself AI + ML28 May 2019 | 47
Oh dear! Amazon's facial recognition is racist and sexist – and there's a JLaw deep fake that will make you want to tear out your eyes Roundup The week's other news in AI AI + ML03 Feb 2019 | 43
Huawei and Intel hype up AI hardware, TensorFlow tidbits, and more Roundup A light snack of machine-learning news AI + ML13 Jan 2019 | 62
Fight AI with AI! Code taught to finger naughty deepfake vids made by machine-learning algos It works for now because the forgeries are quite easy to spot AI + ML06 Nov 2018 | 6
The eyes don't have it! AI's 'deep-fake' vids surge ahead in realism Videos Watch John Oliver magically transforming into Stephen Colbert AI + ML11 Sep 2018 | 29
Fake prudes: Catholic uni AI bot taught to daub bikinis on naked chicks NSFW Send nudes plz... for the purposes of training this machine-learning software AI + ML20 Jul 2018 | 137
New York State is trying to ban 'deepfakes' and Hollywood isn't happy Disney and NBCUniversal say the new bill is potentially unconstitutional Science12 Jun 2018 | 55
Uh oh! Here's yet more AI that creates creepy fake talking heads Video We're on the road to nowhere – come on inside, taking that ride from reality AI + ML04 Jun 2018 | 23