Deepfake

From Katrina Kaif to Rashmika Mandanna: Celebs who have become victims of deepfake

With deepfakes of prominent celebs like Katrina Kaif, Rashmika Mandanna & others, the misuse of AI technology is raising concerns across the globe

Rashmika Mandanna Deepfake Video: After Amitabh Bachchan, Mrunal Thakur & Naga Chaitanya demand legal action

Thakur praised Mandanna for speaking up and urged people to not be silent spectators as morphed videos of female actors float around on the internet zooming inappropriately on body parts

Rashmika Mandanna deepfake controversy: What are these AI-generated pictures, videos?

A doctored clip featuring actor Rashmika Mandanna has sent alarm bells ringing about deepfakes. These are realistic-looking but fake images, voices or videos generated via AI. Here’s why they are dangerous

AI making Gaza situation worse, Hamas, Israel using deepfakes to sway public opinion

The Israel-Palestine confilct is already a mess with a lot of misinformation. Things are only going to get more messy however. Both Israel and Hamas are using AI generated images and deepfakes to sway public opinion and to discredit the real suffering of common people

GoI asks WhatsApp to share user details to fight deepfakes, platform raises privacy concerns

The Government of India plans on implementing a law that would require platforms like WhatsApp to share the user data of an account, that is suspected of creating and spreading deep fakes. WhatsApp meanwhile has responded saying that such a law will be a disaster for privacy

South Korean man jailed for just two years for generating, distributing AI-generated child abuse porn

A court in South Korea has jailed a man just for two years for creating and distributing AI-generated child abuse videos. This was the first time that South Korea has punished someone for deepfakes, although people are livid at the meagre quantum of the sentence

AI Leads To Arrest: Chinese man arrested for using ChatGPT to create fake news about a train crash

A man in China was arrested after he created a fake story about a train crash using ChatGPT, and spread the fake news over Chinese social media, causing widespread panic. This is the first time someone has been arrested for misusing ChatGPT-like AI.

Fact Check: Did ‘Canadian actor Saint Von Colucci’ who ‘died’ after 12 plastic surgeries even exist?

The story of the death of Canadian actor Saint Von Colucci, who had 12 plastic surgeries to look like BTS star Jimin, went legit viral. Turns out it is fake news, a hoax. The supposed actor appears to be AI-generated

Donald Trump 'arrested'? Vladimir Putin 'in jail'? How deepfakes are spreading misinformation online

Deepfake is a form of AI technology used to create manipulated and fake images, videos and audio that seem real, often with the intention to deceive or spread misinformation. This synthetic digital content is being used to target women and is adding to the spread of misinformation online

DeepNudes: The latest horror turning hapless women's pictures into nudes

DeepNudes essentially evolved from the DeepFakes technology but is faster and easier to use.