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- Hyderabad
Owaisi files complaint over his deepfake video promoting investment scam
Hyderabad: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has lodged a complaint with the city police after a deepfake video featuring his likeness began circulating on social media, falsely promoting an investment…
- India
Deepfakes: Centre advises social media platforms to curb malicious ‘synthetic media’
New Delhi: In an effort to address the harms and criminalities being committed through widespread circulation of misinformation and deepfakes powered by AI, the government has once again advised social media platforms…
- Bollywood
Vidya Balan alerts followers of her misleading AI-generated video of her
Mumbai: Actress Vidya Balan, who was recently seen in ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’, is the latest actor from the film industry falling prey to the increasingly dangerous use of the Artificial Intelligence (AI).…
- Technology
Rise in fake news, deepfake concerns across India
New Delhi: There has been a significant rise in fake news and deepfake concerns in India, revealed a study on Friday, even as the government recently announced it is working to develop…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad girl blackmailed using AI-created deepfake image
Hyderabad: A girl, a resident of the Charminar area in Hyderabad, has been blackmailed using an AI-created deepfake image of her. According to a report published in TOI, following the blackmail, the…
- Business
Startups fight digital fraud with deepfake detection tools: Report
New Delhi: Innovations like deepfake detection tools by several startups such as OpenAI, Sensity AI, and others are enhancing the detection of manipulated content and enabling more secure digital environments, a new…
- Telangana
Telangana HC rejects Delhi police’s plea in Amit Shah video case
Hyderabad: Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy of the Telangana High Court declined to grant permission for the lunch motion filed by the Delhi police, seeking to overturn the order prohibiting coercive action against…
- Bollywood
‘Deepfake se bacho doston’: Ranveer flags deepfake alert after AI video goes viral
Mumbai: After superstar Aamir Khan flagged a deepfake video of himself, a purported election pitch for a certain political party; actor Ranveer Singh has become the latest victim of the menace sweeping the industry. …
- India
Kota: 2 Congress workers held for sharing Om Birla’s deepfakes
Amid the raging election campaigning season, two Congress workers have been apprehended for allegedly sharing a video, denounced by the BJP as a deepfake of the BJP candidate for the Kota constituency,…
- Business
Deepfake video meeting with fake CFO costs company $25.6 mn
Hong Kong: A deepfake video conference call where a digitally recreated avatar of the chief financial officer (CFO) ordered money transfers has cost a multinational company $25.6 million in a first-such scam.…
- World
Multinational company loses USD 26 mn in deepfake cybercrime
In yet another incident of cybercrime using deepfake technology, a multinational company lost USD 26 million. Although the incident took place in Hong Kong in mid-January, it has come to light now.…
- Bollywood
Akshay Kumar becomes target of deepfake video; actor plans legal action
Mumbai: In a concerning turn of events, actor Akshay Kumar finds himself in the crosshairs of a deepfake scandal, as a fabricated video has surfaced online, featuring the superstar promoting a game…
- Bollywood
Sonu Sood speaks out about terrifying deepfake encounter
Mumbai: Actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood recently fell victim to an incident involving deepfake technology, as scammers attempted to exploit his image for fraudulent purposes. The actor received a screen recording of…
- India
Mixed response to deepfake advisory; govt to notify rules in week
New Delhi: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday said compliance with the advisory on deepfakes has been “mixed” from social media and online platforms, and promised that amended IT rules will be…
- India
Sachin Tendulkar ‘disturbed’ over deepfake video promoting mobile app
Digital fabrications designed to cultivate a misleading perception have struck again — this time Sachin Tendulkar has become the latest target of a deepfake video. The video purportedly shows him endorsing an…
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