Deepfake and AI scam surge in South Africa
Deepfakes and artificial intelligence (AI) powered scams are becoming increasingly prevalent in South Africa, with local cases linked to deepfake manipulation growing by 1,200% in a single year.
According to Amritha Reddy, Senior Director of Fraud...
Taylor Swift queries re-enabled on X after surge in explicit deepfakes
Elon Musk’s X has reactivated the ability to search its social network for musician Taylor Swift, after disabling queries for her name in response to a flood of explicit deepfake images.
“Search has been re-enabled and we...
Yippee-ki-yay — Bruce Willis denies signing away rights for deepfakes
Veteran Hollywood actor Bruce Willis has denied that he signed away rights to the use of his likeness for deepfakes, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.
Several media outlets — including the Telegraph —...
Hackers used deepfakes of Binance officer to scam crypto executives
Binance chief communications officer Patrick Hilman says hackers used deepfake technology to impersonate him in Zoom video calls to scam potential business partners.
Hilman first realised something was amiss after he received...
How to identify deepfakes
It used to be that only Hollywood production companies with deep pockets and teams of skilled artists and technicians could make deepfake videos, realistic fabrications appearing to show people doing and saying things they never actually did or said. Not anymore –...