Fervent and fake: High-glam AI avatars boost Trump ahead of midtermsClad in swimsuits or military fatigues, the blonde women lavish praise on President Donald Trump and tear into his rivals -- but these infl...
10 May, 2026, 10.23 PM IST
Taylor Swift’s identity under siege? Pop icon takes legal action as AI deepfakes spiral out of control—Is this a preemptive strike against AI misuse?Singer Taylor Swift has filed new trademarks for her voice and image. This move comes as concerns about AI deepfakes and misuse of celebrit...
28 Apr, 2026, 01.41 AM IST
Elon Musk skips hearing in French probe of XTech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday did not appear at a summons for questioning in a French probe into X and its AI chatbot, Grok, over al...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.33 PM IST
AI deepfakes blur reality in 2026 US midterm campaignsAI-generated deepfake political ads are increasingly used in US campaigns, often misleading voters with fabricated content. With limited re...
28 Mar, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Lionel Messi, Taylor Swift lead 'Most Dangerous' Deepfake Celebrity ListScammers are going full Bollywood this year. Shah Rukh Khan tops McAfee’s “Most Dangerous Celebrity” list as deepfake ads and fake endorsem...
17 Nov, 2025, 02.13 PM IST
ET Explainer: What is Trump's Take it Down Act to tackle ‘revenge porn’President Trump has signed the Take it Down Act, a federal law criminalising the publication of non-consensual intimate images, including d...
23 May, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
From 'Harris the Communist' to 'Trump-Musk Dance Off': How AI is influencing the 2024 US Presidential ElectionAI-generated images are creating confusion in the 2024 US presidential election, with hyper-realistic depictions of Kamala Harris, Elon Mus...
05 Sep, 2024, 08.52 PM IST
Musk's own AI system creates video of him and Trump committing armed robberyIt looks like Donald Trump and Elon Musk have suddenly become best friends on the Internet, with the latter having developed an AI system, ...
23 Aug, 2024, 11.32 PM IST
'Lies are flooding feeds': AI fakery raises US voter manipulation fearsA "deepfake" video parodying Kamala Harris, a manipulated expletive-laden clip of Joe Biden, and a doctored image of Donald Trump being arr...
05 Aug, 2024, 03.07 PM IST
An AI researcher takes on election deepfakesOren Etzionia, University of Washington professor and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, became one of the first researchers to wa...
03 Apr, 2024, 01.06 PM IST
How to spot AI-generated deepfake imagesWith AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it's getting harder to tell what's re...
21 Mar, 2024, 11.57 AM IST
Fake images made to show Trump with Black supporters highlight concerns around AI and electionsThe emergence of AI-generated deepfakes depicting Donald Trump with Black people raises concerns about misinformation targeting Trump suppo...
08 Mar, 2024, 12.06 PM IST
'Authentic' is the word of 2023 by Merriam-WebsterAccording to the dictionary, the rise of AI as well as the worrying trend of deepfakes have made the public more concerned about authentici...
28 Nov, 2023, 09.28 AM IST
Deepfakes reveal dark side of AI, call for stringent lawsIf you have seen former US President Barack Obama calling Donald Trump a "complete dipshit", or Zuckerberg having "total control of billion...
12 Nov, 2023, 11.39 AM IST
What are deepfake videos, how they are made, and how to spot fake ones? Here is all you should knowDeepfake videos, though not new, are becoming more sophisticated due to technological advancements. Recently, an Indian actor, Rashmika Man...
10 Nov, 2023, 01.54 PM IST
In age of AI, women battle rise of deepfake pornArtificial intelligence-enabled deepfakes are typically associated with fake viral images of well-known personalities such as Pope Francis ...
24 Jul, 2023, 11.09 AM IST
Deepfaking it: America's 2024 election collides with AI boomThe Clinton and Biden deepfakes - realistic yet fabricated videos created by AI algorithms trained on copious online footage - are among th...
30 May, 2023, 04.22 PM IST