Short

Trump blames AI manipulation for his mistakes. US Democrats have released nearly three dozen videos of bizarre statements and mistakes by Donald Trump as part of an investigation into the president's alleged mishandling of classified information. The videos show Trump mispronouncing names, confusing people and forgetting things. On his own social network, Trump claims that these videos were manipulated by AI. This shows the real danger of deepfakes: if everything can be faked, nothing is true beyond a shadow of a doubt. Trust in the media is completely undermined. The AI industry may need labels for real content more than for fake content.

Ad
Ad
Short

The Hong Kong branch of a multinational company lost HK$200 million (US$25.6 million) to deepfake fraudsters. The fraudsters used publicly available video and audio footage to create convincing digital representations of the company's finance director and other employees. They instructed a finance employee to carry out a transaction totaling HK$200 million. The employee made 15 wire transfers to five Hong Kong bank accounts before realizing it was a scam. Hong Kong police are investigating the case and warning of the growing use of deepfake technology for fraud. Senior Inspector Tyler Chan Chi-wing recommended verifying the authenticity of people in video calls by asking them to move their head or ask questions.

Ad
Join our community
Join the DECODER community on Discord, Reddit or Twitter - we can't wait to meet you.
Ad
Join our community
Join the DECODER community on Discord, Reddit or Twitter - we can't wait to meet you.
Google News