China, Pakistan 'launch' Operation Disinformation on Rafale after India's terror strikesFrench sources report a disinformation campaign against the Rafale fighter jet. China and Pakistan are actively involved. Fake news and vid...
07 Jun, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
EC asks parties to label all AI-generated campaign contentAhead of the Delhi elections, the Election Commission of India has directed political parties to label AI-generated campaign content as 'AI...
17 Jan, 2025, 12.30 AM IST
Meta says no sign of AI bedeviling elections in 2024Meta says that most of the cover influence operations it has disrupted in recent years were carried out by actors from Russia, Iran and Chi...
04 Dec, 2024, 08.30 AM IST
Pro-Russia 'news' sites spew incendiary US election falsehoodsThe fake sites -- largely enabled by cheap, widely available artificial intelligence tools -- are fueling an explosion of polarizing or fal...
19 Aug, 2024, 11.40 AM IST
Few AI deepfakes identified in EU elections, Microsoft president saysBrad Smith, vice chairman of Microsoft, announced Microsoft's plan to invest 33.7 billion Swedish crowns ($3.21 billion) to expand its clou...
03 Jun, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Microsoft teases lifelike avatar AI tech but gives no release dateResearchers at Microsoft have revealed a new artificial tool that can create deeply realistic human avatars -- but offered no timetable to ...
20 Apr, 2024, 08.24 AM IST
South Korea hosted summit warns of AI risks to democracyYoon Suk Yeol warns about fake news and AI threats at the Summit for Democracy. China criticizes Taiwan's participation, and Blinken addres...
19 Mar, 2024, 12.02 PM IST
US: Fake robocall of Joe Biden urges voters not to vote at New Hampshire primaryAhead of the New Hampshire primary, a 'fake' robocall featuring an AI-generated voice resembling Joe Biden urged residents not to vote and ...
23 Jan, 2024, 07.00 AM IST
Top cop to head Karnataka fact-checking unitFor the Karnataka fact-check unit, five firms have been shortlisted - Gauri Media, Logically Infomedia, Trylika Technology, Newsplus Commun...
22 Jan, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
White House 2024: AI threatens to 'supercharge' disinformationAt the same time, campaigns are likely to use the technology to boost operational efficiency in everything from voter database analysis to ...
04 Nov, 2023, 02.49 PM IST
Chinese disinformation campaign targeted Trudeau: CanadaChina has been accused of carrying out a "spamouflage" campaign to discredit Canadian MPs and silence criticism of Beijing. The campaign in...
24 Oct, 2023, 12.02 PM IST
Age of AI has led to an alarming proliferation of deep fake pornWomen are a particular target of AI tools and apps -- widely available for free and requiring no technical expertise -- that allow users to...
27 Jul, 2023, 06.22 PM IST
Almost half of Indians experience AI-enabled fake voice scams, 83% victims lost money: McAfee surveyThe report suggests using a verbal codeword among family members and trusted close friends as one of the protective measures from voice sca...
01 May, 2023, 09.59 PM IST
CEC: Fake news on social media threat in electionsIn an article by the CEC, issued by the Election Commission of India, attention has been drawn to how social media driven fake news can ove...
24 Jan, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
Congress opposes draft IT rules on PIB's power to fact-check newsIn contrast, the I&B ministry, which has under its ambit news channels and digital media, is in complete agreement of the proposed amendmen...
20 Jan, 2023, 12.47 AM IST
Meta, Google, Twitter pledge to better fight fake news or risk finesMore than 30 signatories including advertising bodies have signed up for the updated Code of Practice on disinformation, the European Commi...
16 Jun, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
Why even artificial intelligence cannot stop the spread of fake newsNew technological solutions, unfortunately, may not be a silver bullet.
29 Nov, 2021, 06.20 PM IST