Deepfake

On February 9, according to news from the Central Radio and Television General, the Chinese Voice reported today that, near Spring Festival, a different “year-by-year” approach was launched on short video platforms. A familiar movie star, a body general, a business celebrity, and even a historical figure “give their hands” and say good things on the screen. The digital economy scholar Liu Xing Sing indicated that the core of these videos is the current front-line deep-synthesis technology of artificial intelligence, which includes two key components: visual synthesis and speech synthesis. Among them, visual synthesis is technology such as "AI for face" or "DeepFake" (Note: Deep Forgery, short "Deep Hypothetical"), which uses Depth..

May 22 - At the I/O Developer Conference 2025, Google introduced a solution to the problem of deepfake and disinformation with the launch of SynthID Detector, a new tool for identifying AI-generated media through digital watermarking. 1AI cites a blog post about a 5,50% surge in deepfake videos between 2019 and 2024, and a significant increase in AI-generated content on social media. SynthID Detector is currently rolling out to early testers, journalists, researchers, and...

Singapore Prime Minister Wong Chuan Chye revealed on Friday, March 7, that a large number of deepfake videos of himself have surfaced on the Internet, which are being used by unscrupulous people to promote cryptocurrencies, money-making schemes and permanent residence application services. In a post on social media platforms Facebook and X, Prime Minister Wong Chor Chai said he had noticed the existence of these fake videos and reminded the public to remain vigilant and not to respond to such fraudulent messages or disclose personal data. He also specifically attached screenshots with red warning flags to the posts, clearly stating that these videos are...

Feb. 19, 2012 - Concerns about disinformation, fraud and identity theft are growing as deepfake technology (deepfake) continues to evolve. A new study shows that people have very low levels of awareness of AI tools to effectively recognize deepfake content. According to a new study by iProov, most people have trouble distinguishing deeply fake content from real content. The study invited 2,000 participants from the U.K. and U.S. and showed them a range of real and AI-generated images and videos. The results showed that only 0....

February 13, 2011 - Famous American movie star Scarlett Johansson has called on the government to pass legislation to limit the use of artificial intelligence (AI). This comes after an AI deepfake video containing Scarlett Johansson circulated on the internet. According to People magazine, Scarlett Johansson said in a statement, "It is frightening that the U.S. government is paralyzed in passing legislation that will protect all citizens from the imminent dangers of AI." The controversial AI deepfake video above shows...

As long as a photo to change the face, then you can copy "N" in the network themselves, recently, about "Deepfake" (depth of forgery technology) events related to the topic of influx of hot searches, the use of "AI face swap Recently, the topic of "Deepfake" (deep forgery technology) has been on the hot search, and the use of "AI face-swapping" has brought about numerous cases of infringement of copyright, which has brought about greater network security risks. "AI face-swapping" set of tricks, ordinary users should be how to recognize the authenticity? In the opening of the 2024 National Network Security Awareness Week on September 8, the Southern Finance and Economy all-media reporter experienced a "second face" of "black technology", and "AI face" on how to comply with the use of technology, how to prevent "AI face". How to comply with the use of technology, how to prevent the risk of "AI face change" and other issues, ...

Deepfake is once again caught in the storm of public opinion. This time, the severity of the crime committed using this AI technology was called "Korea's Nth Room 2.0" by netizens, and the claws even reached many minors! The impact of the incident was so great that it directly rushed to the major hot searches and hot lists. As early as May of this year, Yonhap News Agency reported a news that: Seoul University graduates Park and Jiang were suspected of using Deepfake to change faces and synthesize pornographic photos and videos from July 2021 to April 2024, and privately disseminated them on the communication software Telegram. The victimized female...

Cybersecurity company McAfee and Lenovo have teamed up to launch a new Deepfake Detector, claiming to be the world's first automatic Deepfake detector that can curb phishing. McAfee said the tool is based on its own AI algorithm and can help users identify possible Deepfake scams and other AI scams. It has invited some Lenovo AI PC users in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to test it, initially limited to English contexts. McAfee said Deepfake …

Taylor Swift, the world's top singer, has become the latest victim of Deepfake. Recently, a large number of fake "indecent photos" have been flooded on social media platforms such as X and Facebook, and the number of views of these photos has reached tens of millions. According to reports, these photos were first spread because of the exposure of Taylor's relationship with American NFL football player Travis Kelce. After that, someone used AI to generate some explicit photos involving Taylor and fictional "team members". Regarding the spread of these photos...