Neowin News Feed for: Deepfake

Microsoft's new AI voice model could be a deepfake game changer

Paul Hill — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new version of its Dragon voice model which sounds more natural, increasing the risk that it could be used maliciously. Read more...

YouTube announces support for bipartisan NO FAKES Act of 2025

David Uzondu — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 21:24:01 +0000

YouTube supports a bill to stop unauthorized digital replicas and protect creators from unapproved use of their likeness. Read more...

UK readying new laws against AI-generated child sexual abuse material

Aditya Tiwari — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:18:01 +0000

The UK government is working on a crackdown on AI tools being used to create CSAM and curb the rise of life-like child abuse material. Read more...

ChatGPT blocked over 250,000 requests to generate fake images of presidential candidates

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 13:10:02 +0000

ChatGPT said that it did its best to block the generation of fake images of presidential candidates. Read more...

Microsoft President Brad Smith promotes a new "Real or Not" AI deepfake quiz website

John Callaham — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:24:01 +0000

Microsoft President Brad Smith used his X account today to promote Real or Not, a website that tests people on whether or not they can spot the "deepfake" AI images from the real photos. Read more...

Man who paid $150 to a magician in Biden deepfake robocall campaign faces $6 million fine

Martin Hodás — Sun, 26 May 2024 07:06:01 +0000

The man who ordered a malicious robocall campaign with a fake voice of Joe Biden was charged with 26 felony counts. The Attorney General hopes this will be a strong deterrent for anyone else. Read more...

OpenAI announces Media Manager; starts testing a deepfake image detector

John Callaham — Tue, 07 May 2024 20:06:01 +0000

OpenAI made a couple of announcements today. One is a new Media Manager tool for content makers, and the other is a tool to help detect any images that have been made with its DALL·E 3 creator. Read more...

Microsoft's private preview of Content Integrity tools expands to fight election deepfakes

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that the private preview of Content Integrity tools will expand to EU political parties, campaigns, and media groups worldwide to fight election deepfake images. Read more...

Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Meta, Amazon, X, and more pledge to fight AI election deepfakes

John Callaham — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 21:50:01 +0000

A group of tech companies, including Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Meta, X, and Amazon have pledged to use their resources to fight off AI deepfakes designed to create false info for the 2024 elections. Read more...

Deepfake pre-election robocalls of Joe Biden tracked to a Texas firm

Martin Hodás — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:34:01 +0000

The Attorney General's Office in New Hampshire made progress in investigating the robocall campaign that used the fake voice of President Joe Biden to deter people from voting in primaries. Read more...

Deepfake-wielding fraudsters trick $25 million out of multinational

Paul Hill — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:24:01 +0000

Deepfake technology has been used to trick an employee at a multinational to authorize a $25.6 million transaction to fraudsters. The worker was invited to a call with several colleagues impersonated. Read more...

A deepfake voice of Joe Biden was part of a vote suppression robocall campaign

Martin Hodás — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:28:01 +0000

A fake audio message impersonating Joe Biden was used to urge supporters not to vote in the presidential primary. The new incident reinforces national concern about the misuse of AI. Read more...

Microsoft working on deepfake detection tool ahead of US elections

Omer Dursun — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 12:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new tool to help political candidates verify that campaign materials have not been tampered with by deepfakes. The tool allows images and videos to be watermarked. Read more...

AI art generator Midjourney is ending its free trial due to "abuse" of its images

John Callaham — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:24:01 +0000

Midjourney will only allow people to access its AI art generator if they pay at least $10 a month, as many of its images have been used to create realistic-looking "deepfake" photos of real people. Read more...

Twitch now has a tougher stance against broadcasting deepfake porn

Justin Luna — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:38:01 +0000

After an incident last January where a streamer displayed a browser window that contained deepfake porn of other streamers, Twitch is now taking a harder stance when it comes to such content. Read more...

China takes steps to curb deepfakes with new regulations

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 06:14:01 +0000

China has issued regulations on the use of deepfakes in order to curb the potential risks associated with their use, as well as to promote the healthy development of the industry. Read more...

European Union planning big fines for firms that don't tackle deepfakes

Paul Hill — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:40:01 +0000

The European Commission could unveil new rules on Thursday, according to a new report. It would see social media firms having to take action against deepfake content being posted on their platforms. Read more...

Microsoft announces a new tool to identify deepfakes and fight disinformation

Abhishek Baxi — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:44:02 +0000

Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to alter photos, videos, or audio files in hard-to-detect ways. This initiative to combat disinformation is part of Microsoft's Defending Democracy Program. Read more...

Facebook announces the results of its Deepfake Detection Challenge, winner hits 65% accuracy

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:28:01 +0000

Selim Seferbekov won Facebook's Deepfake Detection Challenge. His model achieved a 65% average precision on the test dataset. None of the participants hit 70% despite good training accuracy. Read more...

Facebook announces the Deepfake Detection Challenge to combat the menace of disinformation

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:06:01 +0000

With the initiation of the Deepfake Detection Challenge, Facebook, Microsoft, MIT, Oxford, UC Berkeley, and others join hands in figuring out new ways to contain the spread of deepfakes. Read more...

Virginia, U.S., becomes one of the first states to make deepfake revenge porn illegal

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 03:28:02 +0000

It's now illegal to share deepfake revenge porn content in Virginia, U.S. The new rule came as part of an amendment to the state's revenge porn law that was introduced back in 2014. Read more...