Romance scams empty the bank account – and rip out the heart
It’s almost Valentine’s Day. For the lucky ones, that means Cupid is afoot. But in the age of generative AI,…
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Deepfakes detection increasingly vital to law enforcement, fraud defense alike
Law enforcement agencies around the world are grappling with deepfakes in several different areas of investigation. A post on Reality…
AI platforms flippant about stopping deepfake porn; authorities stepping in
Civitai is an online marketplace for AI-generated content, which has a ban on deepfake pornography but also sells files specifically…
Passkeys offer potential solution to increased deepfake attacks on financial services
Among sectors vulnerable to AI-assisted fraud attacks, the financial industry is perhaps the ripest. With high-stakes remote transactions occurring at…
Grok’s image processing feature is a mass violation of biometric privacy laws
The world, or some part of it, has decided in the last month or so that generating sexualized images of…
Ireland hears fast-track calls for deepfake bill following X’s Grok controversy
There are calls in Ireland to fast track legislation criminalizing deepfakes after controversy over Elon Musk’s Grok technology. In April,…
Japanese researchers, telecoms work to combat deepfakes in hierarchical culture
Much as computer viruses started as an arcane problem and became something as common as household insects, deepfakes have grown…
Ant Group’s Zoloz unveils RealDoc tool to detect AI-generated documents
Ant Group-owned biometric identity verification and fraud prevention firm Zoloz has presented a new tool designed to verify whether a…
AI impersonation attacks against US officials growing more sophisticated, FBI warns
Federal authorities are warning that a years-long impersonation campaign targeting senior U.S. officials has not only continued, but that is…
US Senators move to ban AI-driven impersonation scams as fraud losses surge
United States Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Amy Klobuchar have moved to confront one of the fastest growing consumer threats…
