This week saw a surge in legislative action against deepfakes worldwide. From California to Hong Kong and South Korea, governments are racing to criminalize AI-generated intimate imagery and fraud. Forbes declared that visual evidence can no longer be trusted in court, while China's military procurement documents revealed plans for multilingual deepfake systems. Meanwhile, AI-powered scam funnels continue to exploit victims across India.
'Seeing Is Believing' Is Dead: AI Deepfakes Have Broken Visual Evidence
Forbes examines how deepfakes are undermining the admissibility of visual evidence in courts, with Louisiana among the first states to pass legislation.
AI in Cybersecurity: 7 Urgent Threats From Phishing to Deepfakes
Generative AI enables highly targeted phishing, deepfakes, and voice-cloning scams at scale — while defensive AI tools remain limited.
China's AI War Machine Exposed: 9,000 PLA RFPs Reveal Space And Undersea Ambitions
Study reveals Chinese military procurement requests for an intelligent deepfake system capable of building multilingual synthetic media.
Policy & Regulation
Becker introduces bill targeting harmful AI deepfakes
New California bill aims to address growing concerns over deepfakes used to commit fraud, spread misinformation, and damage reputations.
Hong Kong privacy watchdog joins 60 overseas authorities warning of AI-generated intimate images
Over 60 privacy authorities worldwide issue joint warning against AI-generated deepfake intimate imagery.
Penalties proposed for sexually manipulated media
Hawaii SB 1156 proposes criminal penalties for creating sexually explicit deepfake images.
Korea privacy watchdog joins global push to curb deepfake harms
South Korea joins international coalition pushing to curb the creation and spread of deepfake sexual imagery of minors.
Seedance 2.0 Postpones Global Launch Over Copyright Issues
Chinese AI video tool faces backlash from Hollywood studios over deepfake controversies, postponing global launch.
Security Breaches
After Angel Nuzhat, now Sarah Baloch: How the viral MMS scam funnel traps Indian users
Latest operation in a global deepfake nudity scam funnel targets Indian users through viral MMS campaigns.
Identity theft in the age of AI
Digital deepfake impersonation emerges as a major new threat to online identity security.
Deepfakes Target NutriScore Co-Developer Serge Hergberg
Deepfake videos misuse a prominent nutritionist's name, image, and voice to spread false health claims.
Technical report points to fraud in party leader's video
Technical forensic report identifies deepfake manipulation in a political leader's video, raising digital security concerns.
Industry & Analysis
The thin realities of deepfakes
Analysis of how political deepfakes are eroding public trust in visual media.
Deepfakes raise profound ethical questions in science
Beyond abuse and misinformation, deepfakes now pose ethical challenges in scientific research and publishing.
The Battle for Truth in the Age of Deepfakes
Multimodal AI systems capable of generating convincing video, audio, and imagery are challenging truth verification.
Intelligence officer issues severe warning after Elon Musk's Grok advice
Government demands action from X platform over Grok-generated deepfakes and misinformation.