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Concerns are growing regarding disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI) generated content ahead of the EU elections in June. The European Commission published recommended measures in March for digital platforms with more than 45 million EU-based users per month “to mitigate systemic risks online that may impact the integrity of elections”. In addition, many platforms committed to the EU's Code of Practice on Disinformation "to address both misinformation and disinformation across their services,” a Commission spokesperson said. We expect the main disinformation narratives will have very...
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By Divya Chandra A group of fact-checkers, academicians, tech experts and policy experts came together for a panel discussion on ‘Decoding Deepfakes & Elections’ organised by BOOM’s Decode held in New Delhi on 15 April 2024. The ConsensusDeepfakes is a worrying trend.People generating mis/disinformation are only limited by their imagination since it's extremely easy to create fake stories.The technology used to create false information is better than the one used to detect it.Investment is more in the market generating deepfakes than the one detecting it.Mayank Vatsa, professor of computer sci...
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Making deepfake pornography could soon be outlawed in the United Kingdom in what authorities say could be the first measure of its kind in the world. Lawmakers are introducing an amendment to the country’s Criminal Justice Bill that will force adults who make deepfake porn to "face the consequences of their actions," according to a release from the UK's Ministry of Justice. Deepfakes are fake but highly realistic videos, audio or image put together by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). AI deepfake porn videos of underage young people are surging in GreeceIf the amendment is passed, cr...
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By Ritika Jain Delhi High Court observed that deepfake videos can cause irreparable harm to one’s personality while granting interim relief to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s national spokesperson and senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia by directing social media platforms ‘X’ and YouTube to take down posts, and make videos private that alleged he was “beaten up” by lawyers in a Noida court. The high court observed Bhatia would face “irreparable loss and injury” if the deepfake videos and tweets were allowed to remain in the public domain. The high court’s concern on Bhatia’s defamation plea is timely...
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By Swasti Chatterjee Amit Malviya, Bharatiya Janata Party's IT cell head on Monday falsely claimed a video of party candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav alias Nirahua making remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being childless, was a deepfake. In the video, Yadav the BJP candidate from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, claimed Modi and Adityanath have preferred to be childless to stop unemployment. It was posted by Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas BV on X and the same was rubbished as a deepfake by Malviya and Yadav himself. BOOM found that the video...
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By Srijanee Chakraborty A video of an interview of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy with India Today anchor Rajdeep Sardesai where the former is endorsing an artificial intelligence (AI) trading platform called Quantum AI is a deepfake We found that the video is a scam ad made by using AI voice clones of Murthy and Sardesai. BOOM has previously reported how scammers are using AI voice clones of celebrities to dupe people into investing into fraudulent get-rich-quick investment schemes. In a now deleted Facebook post, Murthy can be seen talking to Sardesai about a new AI platform that will en...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries posted an audio visual clip of Arvind Kejriwal made up of AI generated photos showing him playing a guitar in jail and overlaid with a singing AI voice clone of the Delhi chief minister. The video is the latest example of how political parties in India are using satire as a way to attack rivals on social media using artificial intelligence particularly generative AI while evading any punitive action from social media platforms. The 27-second video has several AI generated photos of Kejriwal playing the guitar, while behind ba...
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We've heard the argument that regulation stifles innovation too many times. It’s not only boring, it’s a misguided myth. In reality, regulation is less about stifling innovation and more about channelling it responsibly — before it’s too late and irreversible harm is caused. Regulation keeps big tech in check and without it, we end up with endless apologies from tech executives who say “Just trust us”. Two years ago, the European Commission proposed the first EU regulatory framework for AI, to ensure that AI systems can be analysed and classified according to the risk they pose to users. Now, ...
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By Karen Rebelo Ira Sharma describes herself on Instagram in three short sentences. ‘A normal girl’; ‘loves bgms* and songs’ and ‘Not real (alien)’. The last sentence in her bio is ironically accurate. That’s because Ira Sharma, who has over 2,60,000 followers on Instagram, is not real. The handle me_ira.sharma, created in November 2023, is a deepfake influencer made by stealing reels of young Indian women on the Meta-owned platform and morphing those videos using face swap technology. Deepfake influencers are a small but growing subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or virtual influencers th...
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By Srijit Das A video of Asaduddin Owaisi's speech is being shared on social media platforms with a false claim that the footage shows the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief reciting a Hindu prayer. BOOM found that the video has been altered and is a deepfake. Forensic analysis through a detection tool developed by the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IIT Jodhpur) confirmed the video has been manipulated using deep learning technology. In his original speech, Owaisi was speaking about beef exports from India. The viral 34-second doctored clip shows Owaisi reciting a hy...
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