Pop superstar Taylor Swift filed trademark applications for two audio clips and one image of herself in what a trademark attorney said is an attempt to protect her voice and likeness from deepfake videos and audio created by artificial intelligence. The applications were filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office on Friday and list Swift’s TAS Rights … Read more
It’s a different kind of false confidence. Not only is AI getting harder to spot, but now we don’t even know that we’re wrong. Australian scientists found that people are becoming overconfident about their ability to tell real and digital faces apart, which can make us susceptible to misinformation and fraud. “People have been confident … Read more
How much is that AI puppy in the browser window? Generative AI has been a fixture in recent social media trends, from the viral Studio Ghibli makeovers to turning people into their pets. Now, clout-seeking “hot girl” influencers are going viral after using Google AI to add cute animals to their photos like something out … Read more
It’s the AI-nimal Kingdom. The internet is becoming inundated with AI-generated wildlife clips, from bizarre interspecies playdates to animal trampoline sessions. While they might be adorable, these highly convincing faux animal videos are posing a danger to conservation efforts, per a study published in the journal Conservation Biology. “They reflect characteristics, behaviors, habitats, or relationships … Read more
They thought it was a tech-streme makeover. A content creator named Dina has been accused of employing AI generation after undergoing a glow-up so drastic that she looked like a completely different person, as seen in a TikTok video with nearly one million views. The video starts out with a photo of Dina in 2019 … Read more
She’s too good to be true. After threatening to replace humans in seemingly every sector from law to academia, artificial intelligence is now going after our influencer gigs as well. Meet Mia Zelu, an AI-powered social media star who has amassed over 150,000 Instagram followers by sharing sexy pics of herself at various tennis events … Read more
They’ve turned tech into a weapon — and no one’s safe from the scandal. Teens are using artificial intelligence to whip up disturbingly realistic nude images of their classmates — and then share them like digital wildfire, sending shockwaves through schools and leaving experts fearing the worst. The AI-powered tools, often dubbed “nudify” apps, are … Read more
Online chatbots are generating nude images of real people at users’ requests, prompting concern from experts who worry the explicit deepfakes will create “a very nightmarish scenario.” A Wired investigation on the messaging app Telegram unearthed dozens of AI-powered chatbots that allegedly “create explicit photos or videos of people with only a couple clicks,” the … Read more
The apple of my AI. Fruit enthusiasts are allegedly flocking to Saskatchewan, Canada in search of purple apples after they were pictured in viral social media snaps. But there’s just one problem: The images are artificially generated. “It looks amazing. It would be so fun. But, unfortunately, it is not real,” Rachelle Hofmeister, a horticulturist … Read more
What a pain! Some of the UK’s most famous TV doctors are increasingly seeing their names and likenesses co-opted to sell scam products to unsuspecting social media users, new research warns. The phenomenon is called deepfaking — using artificial intelligence to create sophisticated digital fabrications of real people. In these faux videos, a person’s head … Read more
Google is sending a stern message to advertisers: Do not affiliate with the dark side of AI. The search engine is cracking down on the promotion of deepfake pornography, the act of using artificial intelligence to modify or alter a person’s face or body to depict sexual scenes. The tech titan is giving advertisers a … Read more
They think she looks too good to be true. Hyperrealistic artificial intelligence fakes have become so prevalent online that “attractive” people are now being mistaken for AI. An Italian model claimed that she’s often accused of being a bot amid the proliferation of AI, which is known for generating flawless representations of people online. “It’s … Read more
It’s no big deal, until it happens to Taylor Swift. Now that we have your attention: Houston, we have an AI-generated porn problem. An oozing societal sore many folks were seemingly happy to ignore until it ran afoul of America’s Sweetheart. This week, deepfake images of the wholesome singer — digitally-altered “photos” portraying her in a … Read more
These scammers are gonna be on the receiving end of some bad “Karma.” Several die-hard Taylor Swift fans have been reportedly scammed out of hundreds of dollars after tricksters created several AI-generated advertisements that looked and sounded like the Grammy award-winner endorsing Le Creuset in an attempt to steal money and data from fans. The ads … Read more
Aitana Lopez is a vivacious, 25-year-old pink-haired model who has garnered a massive online following thanks to her stunning looks. But there’s a catch: She isn’t real, although her income sure is. The buxom babe is actually a bot dreamed up by Spanish designer Rubén Cruz, who uses artificial intelligence to help make thew animated … Read more
Flocking tall. Bird-watchers are blowing the internet’s collective mind after sharing a video of a “mutant pigeon” with a puffed-out breast and legs so long that viewers suspected it was an AI deepfake. A now-viral video of the stretchy squab has amassed over 18.6 million views on TikTok as viewers debate if the animal is … Read more
Move over, autotune. Deepfake vocals could be the next big tool for musical manipulation. This week, Grammy award-winning artist David Guetta claimed the crowd at a Feb. 3 performance “went nuts” when he played a track featuring the voice of Eminem — despite the fact that the 50-year-old rapper never recorded the song. The French … Read more
A popular gamer on Twitch has tearfully revealed she is the latest high-profile victim of deepfake porn, with predators pasting her face into a pre-existing adult video to make it seem she legitimately appeared in the kinky clip. QTCinderella, a 28-year-old American whose real name is Blaire, went live on the streaming site last week … Read more
Jean Smart and Margot Robbie aren’t so fond of advanced technology in Hollywood. During promotion for the film “Babylon” — which documents the rise and fall of characters in 1920s Hollywood — the cast of the movie was asked what they believe will be the next big shift in Tinseltown. In Entertainment Weekly’s “Around the … Read more