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technology4 days ago

Meloni seeks EU trademark for her voice to combat AI deepfakes

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has filed a trademark application for her voice with the European Union Intellectual Property Office. The move aims to legally protect against AI-generated clones and deepfakes that have circulated online for years. The application, dated October 5, covers a four-second audio recording of Meloni repeating the phrase 'Io sono Giorgia Meloni.' This legal step follows a series of incidents involving sexually suggestive AI-manipulated images and videos of the prime minister, including a civil case in 2024 and new images in May 2026.

via Politico|
#ai#deepfakes#giorgia-meloni
Grandkid AI Portraits Ignite a Generational Privacy Debate
technology19 days ago

Grandkid AI Portraits Ignite a Generational Privacy Debate

Boomer relatives are posting AI-generated portraits of grandkids (e.g., Polar Express-themed images), while Millennial parents worry about privacy, data use, and potential deepfake exploitation. The trend highlights a wider intergenerational clash over how images are shared online, with concerns about consent and future misuse vs. the playful, personalized gifts AI can create. Regulators in Europe are considering age restrictions for AI access, and once images are online they’re hard to reclaim, prompting calls for clearer boundaries and safeguards.

via Business Insider|
#ai#deepfakes#family
Kremlin-linked Matryoshka floods midterms with AI-cloned celeb videos and fake CNN branding
politics28 days ago

Kremlin-linked Matryoshka floods midterms with AI-cloned celeb videos and fake CNN branding

A Kremlin-backed operation known as Matryoshka is circulating doctored selfie videos that appear to feature AI-cloned voices of Hollywood stars, overlaid with unauthorized CNN branding to urge viewers to vote Republican in the U.S. midterms. The clips target Democrats and leverage bot networks and social media to sow distrust; researchers flagged the content, some platforms have removed it, and experts say the effort, while not yet virally successful, signals a continued Kremlin strategy to influence elections.

via MS NOW|
#cnn#deepfakes#disinformation
EU warns online youth-driven networks threaten real-world safety
world1 month ago

EU warns online youth-driven networks threaten real-world safety

European security officials warn that online spaces are increasingly fueling real-world threats, as youth-driven extremist networks like 764 recruit and coordinate violence through platforms that amplify propaganda with AI tools and deepfakes; authorities point to European incidents (including a German case) and note that most investigations occur in the digital realm, calling for cross-border cooperation while privacy advocates caution against overreach.

via AP News|
#ai-propaganda#deepfakes#europol
technology1 month ago

xAI Turns Legal Tables, Suing Grok Users Over Deepfake CSAM

Elon Musk’s xAI has filed lawsuits against two Grok users—Bloodworth (Arkansas) and Harwood (South Carolina)—alleging breach of X’s terms by using Grok to create explicit images involving minors and seeking to recover legal costs and reputational damages. Both defendants also face criminal charges related to the alleged misuse. The move comes amid multiple CSAM-related lawsuits against Grok and a broader push by xAI to report abuse to authorities, even as victims and their lawyers argue the product itself enables harm and question the company’s safeguards.

via Politico|
#deepfakes#elon-musk#grok
AI Slop Blurs Real Animals in the Social Feed
technology1 month ago

AI Slop Blurs Real Animals in the Social Feed

AI-generated animal images and videos—aka AI slop—are making it hard to tell real rescue and pet stories from fakes, harming fundraising, trust, and safety. Groups like We Animals report skepticism around authentic content; incidents like a lost-cat scam show the risk of AI-driven misinformation. Researchers and lawmakers are pushing for safeguards: provenance/editing-history embedding, visible AI labels, and verification tools integrated into apps and browsers to help users verify authenticity while preserving legitimate animal storytelling.

via WIRED|
#ai#animal-welfare#authenticity
Meta Promoted AI Deepfake Nudification of Politicians in Ad Campaign
technology1 month ago

Meta Promoted AI Deepfake Nudification of Politicians in Ad Campaign

WIRED reports Meta ran a 32‑ad campaign for Kromix, an AI image tool that can create nonconsensual deepfake porn of women, including politicians; one ad depicted a lookalike of a prominent US female politician in a porn scene, and Apple removed the app from the App Store after WIRED’s inquiry. The ads targeted men, ran for short periods, and Meta says its automated review system flags violations, though critics say enforcement is weak as nudify apps persist. The piece situates these ads within broader concerns about deepfakes, platform safety, and Meta’s ad‑policing practices.

via WIRED|
#ai#deepfakes#meta
AI Turbocharges Cyberattacks, Forces a New Era for Defense
technology2 months ago

AI Turbocharges Cyberattacks, Forces a New Era for Defense

AI is dramatically reshaping cybersecurity by acting as a force multiplier for attackers—enabling fast, scalable phishing, credential theft, voice cloning and prompt-injection across multiple models—while defenders deploy AI-powered defenses. The landscape is highly asymmetric, with attackers able to outpace patching and discover zero-days more quickly, all amid evolving defense strategies from major players like Microsoft, as the future remains uncertain.

via Engadget|
#ai#ai-agents#cybersecurity
California Turns AI Creations into Covered Content with Digital Fingerprints
technology2 months ago

California Turns AI Creations into Covered Content with Digital Fingerprints

California is enacting a landmark law to embed invisible provenance data—digital fingerprints—into AI-generated images, videos, and audio. Starting Aug. 9, 2026, verification tools will let users check origins; by 2027, Big Tech must provide a way to surface AI-made content in feeds, and by 2028, devices made in California must store provenance at capture time, giving every photo a digital birth certificate. The goal is transparency amid AI deception and deepfakes, with alignment to the EU AI Act and platforms likely bearing the biggest impact, while debate continues over AI-generated political ads.

via New York Post|
#artificial-intelligence#california#deepfakes
Minnesota Enforces Nation's First AI Nudification Ban as xAI Moves to Court
technology2 months ago

Minnesota Enforces Nation's First AI Nudification Ban as xAI Moves to Court

Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation ban on AI ‘nudification’ took effect Aug. 1 after a federal judge denied xAI’s emergency bid to pause the law; xAI continues its First Amendment challenge with a July 31 order and an Aug. 19 hearing for a preliminary injunction. The law prohibits nudifying images or advertising such services, imposes civil penalties up to $500,000 per violation plus a private right of action, and provides exemptions for tools requiring the user’s technical skill, with penalties directed to survivor-support grants.

via Mashable|
#deepfakes#grok#minnesota
Minnesota Nudify Ban Goes Live as xAI's Bid to Block It Fails
technology2 months ago

Minnesota Nudify Ban Goes Live as xAI's Bid to Block It Fails

A federal judge declined to block Minnesota’s new law banning apps and websites that generate nonconsensual intimate imagery, allowing the measure to take effect. xAI’s broader lawsuit continues, with a hearing set for August 19 to decide if a preliminary injunction should be issued. The law also allows fines of up to $500,000 for each user-generated nonconsensual image, and defines “nudified” content as altered material that could be mistaken for the real person.

via Engadget|
#deepfakes#first-amendment#minnesota
xAI fights Minnesota’s anti-nudification law over First Amendment concerns
technology2 months ago

xAI fights Minnesota’s anti-nudification law over First Amendment concerns

xAI has sued Minnesota over HF 1606, a new law aimed at nudification tech that could restrict Grok Imagine’s image-editing features and impose up to $500,000 per violation. The company argues the measure is overbroad and violates the First Amendment, claiming existing federal and state laws already address nonconsensual deepfakes; state officials say the law is needed after a January surge in sexually explicit AI output. The suit was filed just days before the August 1 effective date.

via The Verge|
#deepfakes#first-amendment#grok