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Indian government set to introduce rules against deepfake menace

India is formulating regulations to oversee deepfakes, the country’s Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Nov. 23, expanding on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement the day before about his concerns about the technology.According to a Reuters report, during discussions with academics, industry associations and social

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Canada flags concern on AI-generated deepfake disinformation campaigns

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canada’s primary national intelligence agency, raised concerns about the disinformation campaigns conducted across the internet using artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes.Canada sees the growing “realism of deepfakes” coupled with the “inability to recognize or detect them” as a potential threat to Canadians. In its report,

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Tencent Cloud to reportedly offer deepfake creation tool at $145

Tencent Cloud — the cloud services provider arm of Chinese tech giant Tencent — has launched a new digital human production platform allowing users to create deepfakes of any individual based on a three-minute video clip and 100 sentences of voice material.Tencent Cloud’s deepfake generator uses Tencent’s in-house artificial intelligence

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Sam Bankman-Fried deepfake attempts to scam investors impacted by FTX

A faked video of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has circulated on Twitter attempting to scam investors affected by the exchange’s bankruptcy.Created using programs to emulate Bankman-Fried’s likeness and voice, the poorly made “deepfake” video attempts to direct users to a malicious site under the promise

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Hackers Used Deepfake of Binance CCO to Perform Exchange Listing Scams – Exchanges Bitcoin News

A set of hackers managed to impersonate Binance chief communications officer (CCO) Patrick Hillmann in a series of video calls with several representatives of cryptocurrency projects. The attackers used what Hillman described as an AI Hologram, a deepfake of his image for this objective, and managed to fool some representatives

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US Police Devices Firm Explores Blockchain to Fight Deepfake Videos

Leading technology manufacturer for United States law enforcement Axon Enterprise Inc. is exploring new data tracking technologies, including blockchain, for its body cameras.Verifying police footageThe impetus behind Axon’s interest in emerging technologies is public and government concerns about “deepfake” videos, Reuters reported on Oct. 3. Deepfake videos are produced

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