Synthetic Media
Snapchat has updated its Spotlight monetization rules to stop rewarding fully AI-generated content, joining a growing wave of platforms recalibrating how synthetic media is treated and paid for.
AI slop
LinkedIn is rolling out a dedicated option to flag low-quality AI-generated content, signaling a broader platform push against synthetic 'slop' flooding professional feeds.
Deepfakes
A new study reveals that Hugging Face, one of the largest open AI model repositories, hosts numerous non-consensual deepfake models targeting real individuals, raising serious questions about platform moderation and synthetic media ethics.
Deepfakes
A new report finds that mainstream platforms like YouTube and X are increasingly serving as discovery channels for abusive deepfake tools and content, accelerating harm and complicating detection efforts.
YouTube
YouTube is rolling out its likeness detection feature globally, letting creators identify and request removal of AI-generated deepfake videos that use their face or voice without consent.
YouTube
YouTube is rolling out its AI likeness detection tool to all adult creators, letting them find and request removal of deepfake videos that use their face or voice without consent.
Content Moderation
A deep dive into designing data labeling pipelines for content moderation systems—critical infrastructure for detecting harmful synthetic media, deepfakes, and policy-violating AI-generated content at scale.
Canva
Canva issued an apology after users discovered its Magic Studio AI image tools were stripping the word 'Palestine' from designs and replacing it with unrelated content, raising fresh concerns about bias in generative AI systems.
Content Moderation
A former Facebook insider launches Moonbounce, a startup building content moderation tools designed for the AI era — tackling synthetic media, deepfakes, and AI-generated content at platform scale.
AI Policy
X announces creators face suspension from revenue-sharing for posting unlabeled AI-generated content depicting armed conflict, marking a significant enforcement shift in synthetic media disclosure policies.
LLM Safety
New research introduces FlexGuard, a continuous risk scoring framework that enables adaptive content moderation strictness for LLMs, moving beyond binary safe/unsafe classifications.
Content Moderation
New research proposes combining ML-assisted sampling with LLM labeling to measure policy-violating content at scale, offering a methodological breakthrough for detecting synthetic media and deepfakes.