UNICEF calls for criminalisation of AI content depicting child sex abuseThe United Nations children's agency UNICEF on Wednesday called for countries to criminalize the creation of AI-generated child sexual abus...
04 Feb, 2026, 11.12 PM IST
Beyond cash: How deepfakes are violating privacy, robbing people of dignityDeepfakes are a growing threat in India, impacting individuals, businesses, and politicians. These AI-generated fakes are used for financia...
20 Nov, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
Grok Imagine under fire for explicit Taylor Swift deepfakes: ReportElon Musk's xAI faces scrutiny as its Grok Imagine video generator is accused of creating explicit deepfakes of Taylor Swift without explic...
10 Aug, 2025, 04.56 PM IST
Grok Imagine now free for all US users; Elon Musk’s xAI expands video tool to android amid spicy mode controversyElon Musk's xAI has launched Grok Imagine video generator. It is now available free for US users for a limited period. The tool allows user...
08 Aug, 2025, 07.44 AM IST
AI-powered 'nudify' apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmailA Kentucky teen’s suicide has spotlighted the rise of AI-driven sextortion, where scammers use “nudify” apps to blackmail minors with fake ...
17 Jul, 2025, 08.03 AM IST
'Damaging' AI porn scandal at US school scars victimsA scandal at Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School involved AI-generated nude photos of students, primarily sourced from public socia...
17 Jan, 2025, 07.17 AM IST
Four million users of Telegram AI can create deepfake nudes of anyone: ReportAI-powered chatbots on Telegram are being misused to create deepfakes, generating nude and explicit images of real people. Around 4 million...
16 Oct, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girlsNow a new effort to shut down the app and others like it is being pursued in California, where San Francisco this week filed a first-of-its...
17 Aug, 2024, 09.19 AM IST
Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media: Swifties are fighting backSwift's ardent fanbase of "Swifties" quickly mobilised, launching a counteroffensive on the platform formerly known as Twitter and a #Prote...
27 Jan, 2024, 12.21 PM IST
Deepfake trend claims its most popular victim: Fake, explicit images of Taylor Swift go viralHer ardent fanbase of 'Swifties' quickly mobilized, launching a counteroffensive on the platform formerly known as Twitter and a #ProtectTa...
27 Jan, 2024, 10.51 AM IST
Demand in RS for SEBI-like regulator for social media platforms to check deepfakesBJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi has called for a SEBI-like regulatory body to curb the rise of deepfakes and synthetic videos on social media plat...
21 Dec, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Man gets caught in deepfake trap, almost ends life; among first such cases in IndiaCriminals extorted a 76-year-old man by using a video featuring the face and voice of a retired IPS officer in UP Police. The senior citize...
30 Nov, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
Rashmika Mandanna's AI deepfake video takes Internet by storm, Big B demands legal actionA video of what appeared to be the ‘Pushpa’ actress entering the elevator in a form-fitting black dress with a plunging neckline, sparked o...
08 Nov, 2023, 01.26 PM IST
ETtech Explainer | Real or not: How to spot a deepfakeExperts say with technologies like generative AI, the menace of deep fakes is only going to get worse. There has been a 10-fold increase in...
07 Nov, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
Crooks blackmailing influencers using AI-made deep nudesAs per data gathered by ET, keywords like 'Remove Dress AI' and 'Deep fake AI tools' have seen a huge surge in Searches with related querie...
07 Aug, 2023, 11.42 AM IST
Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI racePorn created using the technology first began spreading across the internet several years ago when a Reddit user shared clips that placed t...
16 Apr, 2023, 09.11 PM IST
As deepfakes flourish, countries struggle with responseIn most of the world, authorities can't do much about it. Even as the software grows more sophisticated and accessible, few laws exist to m...
26 Jan, 2023, 06.31 PM IST