Deepfakes and Synthetic Media
Synthetic images, video and cloned voices create problems at both ends of the justice system: new offences to investigate, and growing doubt about the authenticity of digital evidence. Detection tools exist but are in an arms race with the generation techniques they aim to identify.
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Media forensics startup Cyberette has launched a deepfake detection platform for fraud, identity and investigative teams. The Amsterdam-based company rolled out the technology on…
Police in England and Wales have failed to find and charge people who asked X’s AI chatbot Grok for deepfakes. Investigating officers have faced obstacles including legal…
The Delhi High Court has ordered Meta to take down a morphed image showing a woman alongside Prime Minister Modi. The court also directed police to give protection to the…
The Delhi High Court has criticised police for delays in removing objectionable deepfake videos and images. The material involved a woman and the Prime Minister. Judges acted…
The Delhi High Court has ordered the immediate removal and blocking of objectionable deepfake content. The court issued the directive on Friday after a local woman filed a…
A former Northern Territory Police assistant commissioner has taken former colleagues to court for sharing an artificial intelligence-generated sexually explicit video of her.…
A teenager has told a South Australian court that sexually explicit deepfake material made of her had a "painfully real" impact. William Hamish Yeates, 20, appeared at the…
The Korean National Police Agency has arrested 419 suspects accused of false video crimes, detaining 17 of them. The force used deepfake detection software alongside artificial…
Kannada actor Rukmini Vasanth has filed a cybercrime complaint after being targeted by artificial intelligence. Deepfake images and videos falsely depicted her in objectionable…
Delhi Police have arrested a 23-year-old man accused of creating a deepfake video of Rashmika Mandanna. The manipulated clip from 2023 triggered an investigation by the force. The…
Surat Cyber Crime Police have arrested two men from Haryana for using a deepfake video of a member of parliament. Officers said the pair used the altered footage of MP Govindbhai…
Police have arrested a man as part of an investigation into deepfake pornographic videos. The artificial intelligence material targeted former MP and culture secretary Nadine…
The Tamil Nadu Police have launched an investigation into a fake video generated using artificial intelligence. The material falsely depicts Chief Minister Vijay. It was…
The TN Cyber Crime Cell has registered a case over an artificial intelligence deepfake video targeting the public. The video, which features Chief Minister C Vijay Joseph, has…
The FBI has warned that fraudsters are using deepfake videos of senior officials to target previous fraud victims. In a public service announcement, the bureau said the artificial…