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Deepfake Video Of Sudha Murty Endorsing A Trading Platform Is Viral

December 23, 2024 admin

Claim: The video shows Sudha Murty promoting a trading platform.Fact: The claim is false. The video has been digitally manipulated and is a deepfake. In recent years, online trading, especially in cryptocurrencies, has gained immense popularity in India, attracting millions of users with promises of quick profits. In this context, a video allegedly showing Sudha…

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Deepfakes Target Women Leaders In Pakistan

December 3, 2024 admin

Lahore: Pakistani politician Azma Bukhari is haunted by a counterfeit image of herself — a sexualised deepfake video published to discredit her role as one of the nation’s few female leaders. “I was shattered when it came into my knowledge,” said 48-year-old Bukhari, the information minister of Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab. Deepfakes —…

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Elon Musk Faces Criticism Over Deepfake Kamala Harris Video

July 29, 2024 admin

The tech campaigners said Elon Musk violated the platform’s own policies by sharing deepfake video. Washington: Billionaire X owner Elon Musk was facing criticism Monday for sharing a deepfake video featuring US Vice President Kamala Harris, which tech campaigners said violated the platform’s own policies. Musk reposted a manipulated Harris campaign video in which a voiceover mimicking her calls President Joe Biden senile, and declares that she does not…

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Australia To Outlaw Sharing Deepfake Pornography Without Consent

June 2, 2024 admin

The law will be introduced to parliament in the coming week. (Representational) Sydney: Australia’s government has announced new legislation making it a criminal offence to share deepfake pornographic images of people without their consent. The law, to be introduced to parliament in the coming week, would bring in jail sentences of up to six years…

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Mumbai Police Registers Case Against Unnamed Person

April 17, 2024 admin

In the purported 27-second clip, Amir Khan could be seen talking about staying away from rhetoric. Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Wednesday registered an FIR against an unnamed person in connection with a deepfake video of actor Aamir Khan in which he was seen promoting a political party, official here said. The FIR was filed at…

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Woman Finds Her Deepfake Pics On Porn Site

April 5, 2024 admin

The woman said she felt her “whole world fall away”. A woman in the UK has described the moment she found out who had been creating her deepfake pornographic photos. She spoke to the BBC and the outlet did not reveal her real identity. The woman said she was sent a link to a porn…

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2024 US Presidential Contest Could Be First “AI Election”, Warns CEO

April 4, 2024 admin

The AI boss predicted foreign powers are likely to get involved. In an era where technology blurs the lines between reality and fiction, the spectre of deepfakes created by artificial intelligence (AI) tools casts a long shadow over the democratic process. With the upcoming US presidential election looming, the spread of AI deepfakes poses a…

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S Jaishankar Warns Of AI, Deepfake Threat

March 2, 2024 admin

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday warned against risks that new technologies like artificial intelligence and deepfakes pose for national security and said attempts of foreign interference through the cyber domain are growing. In an interactive session at a think-tank, Jaishankar said there is a need to guard against threats emanating from…

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