Deepfakes

In 2024, over 10,000 people sought help for digital sex crimes in South Korea, with deepfake cases jumping 227% from the previous year. Most victims were under 30, and more than 300,000 pieces of illegal content were removed.

The music industry is increasingly concerned about the unauthorised use of its content to train generative AI models like Suno, Udio, and Mubert, raising issues of intellectual property rights and potential exploitation without consent or compensation.

The scammers employed a recurring strategy, initially targeting victims by posing as investment managers, only to later reappear as Europol agents promising to recover the stolen funds—for a fee.

Alibaba's Taobao platform has launched a campaign to combat the use of AI-generated images that mislead consumers and misrepresent products. The platform is enhancing its detection system and labeling AI-generated images to protect consumers and promote authenticity in online shopping.

A fabricated video depicting Donald Trump unveiling the Bitcoin whitepaper has been circulating online. While the clip is clearly a hoax, Trump's actual impact on the cryptocurrency landscape is far from fictional.

In response to the recent insult Singapore hurled at the crypto community, the crypto community has decided to strike back by creating a deepfake video of Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong promoting and selling cryptocurrencies.

Melania Trump joined a roundtable discussion at the US Capitol on 3 March 2025, about the ‘Take It Down Act,’ which strengthens protections for victims of non-consensual sexual image distribution, including AI-generated deepfake pornography.

CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra announced the country’s official meme coin, but deepfake detectors suggest the video may be digitally manipulated.

Polymarket faces backlash for enabling bets on California wildfires, raising ethical concerns over profiting from disaster. To make matters worse, the emergence of AI deepfakes further spread misinformation. Is tragedy becoming entertainment?

McAfee launched its Scam Detector at CES 2025, using AI to help users identify and stop scams in texts, emails, and videos. The tool includes a deepfake detector and will be available to McAfee customers in spring 2025 at no extra cost.