Germany to crack down on sexualised deepfakesGermany is set to criminalise the creation and sharing of sexualised deepfakes. This move follows serious accusations by TV personality Col...
20 Mar, 2026, 08.15 PM IST
Ahead of India AI Impact Summit 2026, finalists announced for Global AI Impact challengesThe summit, scheduled to run from February 16-20, will showcase scalable and socially impactful AI solutions that address pressing global p...
15 Feb, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Cannot outsource thinking, creativity to AI: PSA Ajay Kumar SoodIn an interview with PTI ahead of the AI Impact Summit, Ajay Kumar Sood, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, also ...
31 Jan, 2026, 10.24 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Wife by his side, Trump makes it a crime to share explicit images with Take It Down ActThe Take It Down Act makes it illegal to knowingly share intimate images online without consent, including content generated with AI tools....
20 May, 2025, 12.33 PM IST
David Do exposed: the man behind MrDeepFakes and the global deepfake pornography crisisDavid Do, a key figure behind MrDeepFakes -the world’s largest deepfake pornography website - has been exposed. His alleged role in distrib...
07 May, 2025, 03.56 PM IST
Deepfakes weaponised to target Pakistan's women leadersPakistani politician Azma Bukhari is haunted by a counterfeit image of herself -- a sexualised deepfake video published to discredit her ro...
03 Dec, 2024, 08.36 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
Meta oversight board tells company to clean up rules on AI-generated pornographyThe board, which is funded by the social media giant but operates independently, issued its ruling after reviewing two pornographic fakes o...
25 Jul, 2024, 04.01 PM IST
From Russia with Love: Why so many Russian women are seeking Chinese husbandsCybersecurity analysts note a surge in Chinese cyber operations targeting global powers, including the US and India, with the use of AI-gen...
15 May, 2024, 09.36 PM 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
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
Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before electionsWith elections due in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the coming weeks, misinformation is rife on social media platforms, with...
03 Jan, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
Bollywood star or deepfake? AI floods social media in AsiaWhile digitally manipulated images and videos of women were once easy to spot, usually lurking in the dark corners of the internet, the exp...
14 Dec, 2023, 09.06 AM IST
Govt advisory asks social media firms, intermediaries to axe deepfake contentThe IT ministry’s advisory comes a day after a deep-fake video of actress Rashmika Mandanna went viral on social media platform X (formerly...
08 Nov, 2023, 01.12 PM 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
Deepfake anyone? AI synthetic media tech enters perilous phaseHow increasingly sophisticated technology is applied is one of the complexities facing synthetic media software, where machine learning is ...
13 Dec, 2021, 01.57 PM IST