Keir Starmer deepfake shows alarming AI fears are already here
1 year, 5 months ago

Keir Starmer deepfake shows alarming AI fears are already here

The Independent  

Just a week after Slovakia scrambled to deal with an AI-generated recording designed to influence national elections, the UK Labour Party has become the target of deepfake audio. Unlike Simecka, Starmer isn’t facing an imminent election, however in both cases the AI-generated audio appeared convincing enough to fool people into thinking they were real. A study published this month by comparison site Finder.com found that only 1.5 per cent of people surveyed in the UK could correctly identify deepfake clips of celebrities and politicians. Shortly after the Starmer audio was debunked, users of X/Twitter were using AI detection tools in an effort to prove that it wasn’t a deepfake afterall. “The supposedly deepfake ‘Starmer audio’ has now been run through an AI checker and has a 91.44 per cent probability of being a human voice, rather than AI generated,” a user by the handle @LeicesterWorker wrote.

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From Rashmika to Kohli: Celebrities Who Fall Prey to AI Deception
2 months, 1 week ago

From Rashmika to Kohli: Celebrities Who Fall Prey to AI Deception

Deccan Chronicle  

Pi-labs, a leader in cyberforensics leveraging AI to enhance law enforcement efficiency, has unveiled its list of the Top 10 victims of AI deepfakes in 2024. A viral deepfake video of Rashmika led to widespread commentary, with netizens identifying it as a manipulated video featuring British influencer Zara Patel. Shaktikanta Das RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das’s image was exploited in deepfake …

Deepfake Dilemma: Tech Alone Cannot Stop AI Misuse, Policy & Awareness Must Also Play A Role
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Deepfake Dilemma: Tech Alone Cannot Stop AI Misuse, Policy & Awareness Must Also Play A Role

ABP News  

By Jaspreet Bindra The rise of deepfakes has sparked widespread concern about the misuse of technology. Deepfakes are a type of artificial intelligence generated content that uses deep learning algorithms to create fake audio, video or images that are incredibly realistic and convincing. Around 95 per cent of the deepfakes are used to create a wide range of fake content, …

FBI uncovers deceptive AI deepfakes in 2024 election's final hours
4 months, 3 weeks ago

FBI uncovers deceptive AI deepfakes in 2024 election's final hours

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — The competing claims flying across our screens have heated up in recent weeks, but we ain’t seen nothing yet. “Apparently we're just gonna, you know, hope for the best,” Sen. Josh Hawley — one of the louder voices calling for AI guardrails in this Congress — told Raw Story. “I don't think there's going to be a major …

Real-Time Video Deepfake Scams Are Here. This Tool Attempts to Zap Them
5 months, 1 week ago

Real-Time Video Deepfake Scams Are Here. This Tool Attempts to Zap Them

Wired  

This announcement is not the first time a tech company has shared plans to help spot real-time deepfakes. Mittal’s research at NYU, with professors Chinmay Hegde and Nasir Memon, proposes a potential challenge-based approach to blocking AI-bots from video calls, where participants would have to pass a kind of video CAPTCHA test before joining. As Reality Defender works to improve …

Deepfake of principal’s voice is the latest case of AI being used for harm
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Deepfake of principal’s voice is the latest case of AI being used for harm

Associated Press  

The most recent criminal case involving artificial intelligence emerged last week from a Maryland high school, where police say a principal was framed as racist by a fake recording of his voice. “And either for free or for a few bucks a month, they can upload 30 seconds of someone’s voice.” Those seconds can come from a voicemail, social media …

Deepfake of principal's voice is the latest case of AI being used for harm
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Deepfake of principal's voice is the latest case of AI being used for harm

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The most recent criminal case …

Using AI to detect AI-generated deepfakes can work for audio — but not always
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Using AI to detect AI-generated deepfakes can work for audio — but not always

NPR  

Using AI to detect AI-generated deepfakes can work for audio — but not always Enlarge this image toggle caption Aaron Marin for NPR Aaron Marin for NPR Artificial intelligence is supercharging audio deepfakes, with alarm bells ringing in areas from politics to financial fraud. Probably not NPR identified three deepfake audio detection providers — Pindrop Security, AI or Not and …

Explained: Why deepfakes are everywhere, and the fight to stop them
1 year, 1 month ago

Explained: Why deepfakes are everywhere, and the fight to stop them

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 12, 2024 12:24 IST - 5 MINS READ The world is awash in deepfakes—video, audio, or pictures in which people appear to do or say things they did not or be somewhere they were not. New Hampshire residents received a robocall before the State’s presidential primary that sounded like Biden urging them to stay home and “save …

Manish Tewari | We need legal framework to regulate AI, deep fakes
1 year, 1 month ago

Manish Tewari | We need legal framework to regulate AI, deep fakes

Deccan Chronicle  

The rise of deep fake videos targeting all genres of people has raised alarm bells, prompting widespread concern and an urgent need to curb the misuse of deep fake technology. Similarly, the European Union’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act aims to provide strict regulations to address deep fakes. In a policy brief for the International Centre of Counter-Terrorism, entitled the ‘Weaponisation …

AI fakes raise election risks as lawmakers and tech companies scramble to catch up
1 year, 1 month ago

AI fakes raise election risks as lawmakers and tech companies scramble to catch up

NPR  

AI fakes raise election risks as lawmakers and tech companies scramble to catch up Enlarge this image toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images "What a bunch of malarkey." "We don't really think of as a free-standing threat but as more of a threat amplifier," said Dan Weiner, director of the elections and government program at the Brennan Center …

Fraudsters use deepfake technology to trick employee into paying millions
1 year, 1 month ago

Fraudsters use deepfake technology to trick employee into paying millions

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A finance worker in Hong Kong was duped into paying $25m by fraudsters …

Deepfakes: Clear and present danger
1 year, 3 months ago

Deepfakes: Clear and present danger

India Today  

Before you hit the forward button on your smartphone app next time, pause for a minute. “Deepfakes are definitely one of the big here-and-now problems of AI,” says London-based technology expert, author and start-up mentor Jaspreet Bindra. And as Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Union minister of state for electronics and information technology, says in the accompanying interview, “The phenomenon of deepfakes, …

PM Modi Expresses Deep Concern Against AI Deepfakes, Says Media Must Educate People
1 year, 4 months ago

PM Modi Expresses Deep Concern Against AI Deepfakes, Says Media Must Educate People

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised concerns on Friday about the misuse of artificial intelligence in the creation of deceptive 'deepfake' content. Speaking at the BJP's Diwali Milan event at the party's New Delhi headquarters, PM Modi emphasised the need for media to play a crucial role in educating the public about the potential crisis associated with deepfakes, as reported by …

YouTube to penalise creators who don't reveal use of deepfake in videos
1 year, 4 months ago

YouTube to penalise creators who don't reveal use of deepfake in videos

Hindustan Times  

YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they've used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic looking videos. In a blog post Tuesday outlining a number of AI-related policy updates, YouTube said creators that don't disclose whether they've used AI tools to make “altered or synthetic” videos face penalties including having their …

Worried about AI hijacking your voice for a deepfake? This tool could help
1 year, 4 months ago

Worried about AI hijacking your voice for a deepfake? This tool could help

NPR  

Worried about AI hijacking your voice for a deepfake? Sponsor Message "Generative AI has become such an enabling technology that we think will change the world," said Ning Zhang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Zhang said AntiFake was inspired by the University of Chicago's Glaze — a similar tool aimed at protecting …

Deepfakes have a dark side of AI and lawyers set to fight for the identity of people
1 year, 4 months ago

Deepfakes have a dark side of AI and lawyers set to fight for the identity of people

India TV News  

Deepfakes, which first emerged in 2019 with fake videos where Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were features. If you have seen Barack Obama former US President calling Donald Trump a “complete dipshit”, or if you have seen Mark Zuckerberg having “total control of billions of people’s stolen data” – then you do know how …

Deepfake makers: Why is it so hard to catch them?
1 year, 4 months ago

Deepfake makers: Why is it so hard to catch them?

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : With AI tools becoming more accessible, deepfakes are a rising threat in audio, video and photo formats. That said, true deepfakes that are hard to detect, such as the video that targeted actor Rashmika Mandanna recently, require targeted efforts to be made, since accurately morphing facial expressions, movements and other video artifacts require very sophisticated hardware and …

Rashmika Mandanna deepfake controversy: What are these AI-generated pictures, videos?
1 year, 4 months ago

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

Firstpost  

A doctored clip featuring actor Rashmika Mandanna has sent alarm bells ringing about deepfakes. Something like this is honestly, extremely scary not only for me, but also for each one of us who today is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misused.… — Rashmika Mandanna November 6, 2023 Acknowledging the video, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar …

Stephen Fry shocked at cloning of his voice, warns about AI
1 year, 6 months ago

Stephen Fry shocked at cloning of his voice, warns about AI

The Hindu  

Stephen Fry has warned about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence. “I said not one word of that – it was a machine,” Fry told people. They used my reading of the seven volumes of the Harry Potter books, and from that dataset an AI of my voice was created and it made that new narration.” “It could … have me …

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters
1 year, 10 months ago

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters

LA Times  

As the 2024 election approaches, experts are warning about the potential use of artificial intelligence to create synthetic media for the purposes of confusing voters or slandering a candidate. When you can do that on a large scale, and distribute it on social platforms, well, it’s going to have a major impact.” AI experts can quickly rattle off a number …

Stop AI deepfakes undermining elections by updating law, says watchdog
1 year, 10 months ago

Stop AI deepfakes undermining elections by updating law, says watchdog

The Telegraph  

British laws need to be modernised to guard against AI-generated ‘deepfakes’ subverting the democratic process, the elections watchdog has said. Louise Edwards, the Electoral Commission’s director of regulation and digital transformation, said current laws aimed at preventing political disinformation were “very old and really need to be updated”. Electoral law ‘fragmented’ and old Currently, under Section 106 of the Representation …

AI-Generated Voice Deepfakes Aren’t Scary Good—Yet
2 years ago

AI-Generated Voice Deepfakes Aren’t Scary Good—Yet

Wired  

Amid the generative-artificial-intelligence frenzy of the last few months, security researchers have been revisiting the concern that AI-generated voices, or voice deepfakes, have gotten convincing enough and easy enough to produce that scammers will start using them en masse. The technology to create convincing, robust voice deepfakes is powerful and increasingly prevalent in controlled settings or situations where extensive recordings …

Explained | What are voice deepfakes and how are they are used?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | What are voice deepfakes and how are they are used?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On January 29, several users of the social media platform 4chan, used “speech synthesis” and “voice cloning” service provider, ElevenLabs, to make voice deepfakes of celebrities like Emma Watson, Joe Rogan, and Ben Shapiro. In response to such use of their software, ElevenLabs tweeted saying, “While we see our tech being overwhelmingly applied to positive use, …

Deepfakes: Cyber expert warns AI images pose national security risk
2 years, 1 month ago

Deepfakes: Cyber expert warns AI images pose national security risk

Daily Mail  

Deepfake AI has the potential to undermine national security, a cybersecurity expert has warned. Dr Tim Stevens, director of the Cyber Security Research Group at King's College London, said deepfake AI - which can create hyper-realistic images and videos of people - had potential to undermine democratic institutions and national security. Dr Stevens said the widespread availability of these tools …

Microsoft unveils AI that can simulate your voice from just 3 seconds of audio
2 years, 2 months ago

Microsoft unveils AI that can simulate your voice from just 3 seconds of audio

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The VALL-E language model was trained using 60,000 hours of English speech from 7,000 different speakers in …

Cheap, Easy Deepfakes Are Getting Closer to the Real Thing
4 years, 7 months ago

Cheap, Easy Deepfakes Are Getting Closer to the Real Thing

Wired  

There are many photos of Tom Hanks, but none like the images of the leading everyman shown at the Black Hat computer security conference Wednesday: They were made by machine-learning algorithms, not a camera. Philip Tully, a data scientist at security company FireEye, generated the hoax Hankses to test how easily open-source software from artificial intelligence labs could be adapted …

Artificial intelligence poses risks of misuse by hackers, say researchers
7 years, 1 month ago

Artificial intelligence poses risks of misuse by hackers, say researchers

Live Mint  

Frankfurt: Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are raising risks that malicious users will soon exploit the technology to mount automated hacking attacks, cause driverless car crashes or turn commercial drones into targeted weapons, a new report warns. The researchers said the malicious use of AI poses imminent threats to digital, physical and political security by allowing for large-scale, finely targeted, …

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