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8 stories taggeddeepfakes.
Meta's New AI Watermark Is Already Failing Basic Tests
Content Seal, Meta's invisible stamp on AI-generated images, can't be read by rival detection tools and failed to flag more than half the images in one real-world test. Experts and users deserve better.
Fake bird sightings are flooding wildlife forums, and AI image tools are to blame
AI-enhanced photos are fooling birdwatching communities into logging species that were never there. Scientists who rely on that data have a problem.
Australia's AI moment: why a good speech is only the beginning
Prime Minister Albanese has started the conversation on artificial intelligence. Researchers and commentators say the harder questions, about capability, security and who actually benefits, still need answers.
TikTok Is Testing a Tool That Hunts for Fake AI Versions of You
A new opt-in feature lets creators scan TikTok for deepfakes that use their face or voice without permission. It is starting with a small group in the United States.
San Francisco Orders Apple and Google to Pull AI 'Nudify' Apps
A city attorney sent cease-and-desist letters to both tech giants over 13 apps that create fake nude images of real people without their consent.
Meta Turned On a Deepfake Feature for Millions of Instagram Users. They Had to Turn It Off Themselves.
An opt-out AI image tool sparked rare, rapid public backlash and a reversal in three days. Privacy experts say the real fix needs to come from lawmakers, not settings menus.
YouTube Sent 1.8 Million People to 'Nudify' Sites in Four Months
A new report finds mainstream platforms, not obscure corners of the internet, are the main highways driving traffic to tools that strip people's clothes off without their consent.
A documentary about training AI on real people raises questions it refuses to answer
Marc Isaacs' new film 'Synthetic Sincerity' blurs fact and fiction to explore how AI learns from human faces and stories. Critics say it skips the hard questions it promises to ask.