Tag: deepfake

Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake‑driven sextortion schemes

July 4, 2023

Criminals increasingly create deepfake nudes from people’s benign public photos in order to extort money from them, the FBI warns. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning about an increase in extortion campaigns where criminals tap into readily available artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create sexually explicit deepfakes from people’s innocent photos and … More Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake‑driven sextortion schemes

Deepfakes – the bot made me do it

August 11, 2021

As fraud involving highly believable synthetic media soars, what can you do to avoid getting scammed? Deepfake renditions of loved ones saying they’ve been kidnapped paint a grim picture of what future deepfakes – specially constructed videos from real data – purport to bring next to technology. After machine learning ingests the droves of images being created … More Deepfakes – the bot made me do it

Microsoft debuts deepfake detection tool

September 4, 2020

As the US presidential election nears, the company’s new tech should also help assure people that an image or video is authentic. Microsoft has announced a new tool that’s designed to identify deepfakes and help combat the proliferation of doctored media on the internet. Dubbed Microsoft Video Authenticator, the new technology can analyze both photos and videos, … More Microsoft debuts deepfake detection tool