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