Neowin News Feed for: Deepfakes

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Sponsored — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:00:01 +0000

A practical, hands-on guide to navigating deepfake technology and reducing the risks it poses to your business. Read more...

FBI: Scammers now using AI voices to impersonate government officials

David Uzondu — Fri, 16 May 2025 06:20:02 +0000

Generative AI is powerful, but it's also being misused for scams and misinformation. The FBI has issued a PSA warning about deepfake audio impersonating government officials. 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...

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...

Meta should improve safety mechanisms for the victims of explicit AI deepfakes

Martin Hodás — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:16:01 +0000

Meta's Oversight Board identified several weaknesses in rules and processes that pose a risk of unnecessary harm to users, especially women, who are victims of non-consensual explicit deepfakes. Read more...

Meta's “supreme court” warns Facebook, Instagram, and competitors ahead of global elections

Martin Hodás — Fri, 03 May 2024 18:16:01 +0000

Inaccurate enforcement by social media platforms and unequal investment in global election integrity efforts are a threat to election processes around the globe, Meta's Oversight Board warns. Read more...

Microsoft's new AI creates super-realistic talking-head deepfakes, and it made Mona Lisa rap

Martin Hodás — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:08:01 +0000

A new AI model by Microsoft Research Asia, VASA-1, can create incredibly realistic deepfakes based only on a single photograph and one voice sample. The model easily beats anything available today. Read more...

Bing and Google criticized for showing AI deepfake porn prominently in search

Martin Hodás — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:12:01 +0000

Deepfake porn is not an issue only for celebrities but for regular people, especially women too. A new report suggests Microsoft and Google are not doing enough to limit access to such content. 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...

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...

Facebook bans deepfake videos in run-up to the 2020 U.S. election

Usman Khan Lodhi — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 08:56:01 +0000

Facebook announced that it will start banning deepfake videos from its platforms ahead of the U.S. presidential election later this year. This move is aimed to curb spreading misinformation. Read more...

Snapchat introduces a deepfake-like feature called Cameos

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:06:02 +0000

Snap has announced the launch of Cameos, a comedic version of deepfakes which you can share with friends in chat. Users have a large set of pre-defined scenes to add their selfies to. 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...