Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead
1 year, 1 month ago

Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead

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. While most of the false claims circulating online about the war didn’t require AI to create and came from more conventional sources, technological advances are coming with increasing frequency and little oversight. “It’s going to get worse — a lot worse — before it gets better,” said Jean-Claude Goldenstein, CEO of CREOpoint, a tech company based in San Francisco and Paris that uses AI to assess the validity of online claims. In others, generative AI programs have been used to create images from scratch, such as one of a baby crying amidst bombing wreckage that went viral in the conflict’s earliest days. Doermann, who is now a professor at the University at Buffalo, said effectively responding to the political and social challenges posed by AI disinformation will require both better technology and better regulations, voluntary industry standards and extensive investments in digital literacy programs to help internet users figure out ways to tell truth from fantasy.

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Sickening deepfake and AI-generated child abuse images are doubling every six months, Britain's FBI warns
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sickening deepfake and AI-generated child abuse images are doubling every six months, Britain's FBI warns

Daily Mail  

The amount of deepfake and AI-generated child abuse images online is doubling every six months, a National Crime Agency director has warned. The images are generated by software which learns from photos and videos of real child abuse, Mr Murray, who is also the AI lead for the National Police Chiefs' Council, added. The amount of deepfake and AI-generated child …

AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared
3 months, 3 weeks ago

AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared

LA Times  

With the 2024 election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump looming, experts feared a flood of realistic AI-generated deepfakes to baffle voters. Another showed a group of kittens holding a sign that read, “DON’T LET THEM EAT US, Vote for Trump!” Francesca Tripodi, an expert in online propaganda, said such AI-made images are new, viral vehicles to …

Meta says Israeli firm posted 'deceptive' AI-generated content on Gaza war: 'Posed as Jews, African Americans...'
7 months, 1 week ago

Meta says Israeli firm posted 'deceptive' AI-generated content on Gaza war: 'Posed as Jews, African Americans...'

Hindustan Times  

Meta identified Israeli political marketing firm, STOIC using deceptive and "likely AI-generated" content on its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Israeli armoured personnel carriers operate, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel This included comments praising Israel's handling of the war in Gaza, published below posts from global …

What is ‘All eyes on Rafah’? Decoding a viral social trend on Israel’s war
7 months, 1 week ago

What is ‘All eyes on Rafah’? Decoding a viral social trend on Israel’s war

Al Jazeera  

An AI generated image with the text ‘All eyes on Rafah’ has been re-shared over 46 million times amid Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s Rafah. An image with the text “All eyes on Rafah” is on every other Instagram story, dominating social media discourse on Israel’s war on Gaza. Unlike real, graphic images of the war, which might be restricted or …

AI-generated photos and videos pose threat to General Election as 'deep-fake' images could be used to attack politicians' characters, spread hate, and erode trust in democracy
7 months, 1 week ago

AI-generated photos and videos pose threat to General Election as 'deep-fake' images could be used to attack politicians' characters, spread hate, and erode trust in democracy

Daily Mail  

Regulators must 'act quickly' to introduce safeguards protecting the electoral process from the threat posed by artificial intelligence, experts have urged. The warning came as a study found that bogus photographs and video footage generated by AI could influence the coming General Election in a string of sinister ways. It concluded that so-called 'deepfake' imagery could be used for character …

Alarm raised over bizarre images circulating on Facebook
8 months, 1 week ago

Alarm raised over bizarre images circulating on Facebook

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 Experts and users have warned about an increasing amount of seemingly AI-generated images, …

‘AI-assisted genocide’: Israel reportedly used database for Gaza kill lists
9 months, 1 week ago

‘AI-assisted genocide’: Israel reportedly used database for Gaza kill lists

Al Jazeera  

Two Israeli media outlets report the Israeli military’s use of an AI-assisted system called Lavender to identify Gaza targets. The Israeli military’s reported use of an untested and undisclosed artificial intelligence-powered database to identify targets for its bombing campaign in Gaza has alarmed human rights and technology experts who said it could amount to “war crimes”. ‘War crimes’ The media …

Hulu Shows Jarring Anti-Hamas Ad Likely Generated With AI
55 years ago

Hulu Shows Jarring Anti-Hamas Ad Likely Generated With AI

Wired  

Hulu ran an anti-Hamas ad that appears to be made using artificial intelligence to show an idealized version of Gaza—claiming this paradise destination could exist if not for Hamas. The ad flattens decades of conflict between Israel and Palestinians—and centuries of war in the region—into a 30-second ad that appears to use AI to help spread its message. The ad …

Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead
1 year, 1 month ago

Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out for the utter horror: Bloodied, abandoned infants. While most of the false claims circulating online about the war didn’t require AI to create and came from more conventional sources, technological advances are coming with increasing frequency and little oversight. “It’s going to get …

Fact or Fiction: Israel needs fake nurses to justify killing Gaza babies
1 year, 1 month ago

Fact or Fiction: Israel needs fake nurses to justify killing Gaza babies

Al Jazeera  

Israel knows it risks losing global support over its slaughter of children. Hate-filled, Mein Kampf-reading children Beyond blaming Hamas, a more sinister stage in the legitimisation of Israel’s killing of children is emerging – the attempt to smear Palestinian children as recipients of evil, anti-Semitic Hamas propaganda. On November 5, Israel’s official Arabic account tweeted a cartoon showing that Israel …

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet; UK watchdog calls for action
1 year, 2 months ago

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet; UK watchdog calls for action

The Hindu  

The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency warned on Tuesday. In a written report, the U.K.-based Internet Watch Foundation urges governments and technology providers to act quickly before a flood of AI-generated images …

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. Now there are calls for action
1 year, 2 months ago

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. Now there are calls for action

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency warned on Tuesday. If it isn’t stopped, the flood of deepfake child sexual abuse images could bog investigators down trying to rescue children …

Child abuse images created by AI is making it harder to protect victims as law enforcement find it more difficult to identify whether real children are at risk, National Crime Agency warns
1 year, 5 months ago

Child abuse images created by AI is making it harder to protect victims as law enforcement find it more difficult to identify whether real children are at risk, National Crime Agency warns

Daily Mail  

Child abuse images created by artificial intelligence have made it harder to protect victims, the National Crime Agency warned yesterday. The increasing use of realistic AI-generated child pornography has given law enforcement agencies issues over identifying whether real children are at risk. Graeme Biggar, who became the NCA's permanent director-general last summer, warned that the computer-generated images flooding the internet …

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead U.S. voters
1 year, 7 months ago

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead U.S. voters

The Hindu  

Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. When you can do that on a large scale, and distribute it on social platforms, well, it’s going to have a …

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters
1 year, 7 months ago

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. When you can do that on a large scale, and distribute it on social platforms, well, it’s going to …

AI-generated deepfakes are moving fast. Policymakers can't keep up
1 year, 8 months ago

AI-generated deepfakes are moving fast. Policymakers can't keep up

NPR  

AI-generated deepfakes are moving fast. Policymakers can't keep up Enlarge this image toggle caption Republican National Committee Republican National Committee This week, the Republican National Committee used artificial intelligence to create a 30-second ad imagining what President Joe Biden's second term might look like. It's going to be a tough road ahead," said Irene Solaiman, a safety and policy expert …

The danger of deepfakes
2 years ago

The danger of deepfakes

The Hindu  

Disinformation and hoaxes have evolved from mere annoyance to warfare that can create social discord, increase polarisation, and in some cases, even influence the election outcome. Artificial Intelligence -Generated Synthetic media or deepfakes have clear benefits in certain areas, such as accessibility, education, film production, criminal forensics, and artistic expression. Deepfakes can also cause short-term and long-term social harm and …

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