deepfakes
New projections forecast deepfake-driven identity fraud will rise nearly 500% in 2026, as synthetic media tools become cheaper and more accessible to bad actors targeting verification systems.
deepfakes
Digital forensics pioneer Hany Farid warns that generative AI is making synthetic media nearly impossible to distinguish from reality, with profound consequences for trust, evidence, and detection technology.
Midjourney
Midjourney, best known for generating photorealistic art, is moving into medical imaging — applying its generative expertise to synthesize full-body ultrasound scans, a striking expansion of synthetic media into healthcare.
voice cloning
Global AI-enabled fraud reached an estimated $442 billion last year, with voice cloning attacks now sophisticated enough to deceive trained experts and security systems alike.
AI Act
The EU has published guidance on labelling AI-generated content ahead of the AI Act's August deadline, setting transparency rules that will shape how deepfakes and synthetic media are disclosed across the bloc.
AI detection
New research tackles the challenge of identifying undisclosed LLM-generated content in official parliamentary texts, raising the bar for synthetic-text detection in high-stakes civic and governmental settings.
deepfake detection
Reality Defender is deepening its enterprise deepfake detection strategy with new partnerships across AWS and ZeroFox, anchored by an ethics-first approach to synthetic media defense as real-time fraud threats accelerate.
AI Music
Warner Music Group is acquiring Sureel AI, a startup building attribution and consent technology that tracks how AI models use copyrighted creative works—a strategic move in the fight over synthetic media and AI training data.
deepfake detection
Reality Defender outlines critical gaps in deepfake policy, details its multi-model detection approach, and unveils a new integration aimed at expanding real-time synthetic media defense across enterprise communication channels.
deepfakes
UK officials and watchdogs warn of a 'democratic emergency' as deepfake content proliferates, raising urgent questions about detection, regulation, and authentication of political media ahead of key elections.
synthetic media
Grifters are deploying AI-generated Black personas on TikTok Shop to sell cheap Shein dropshipped products, raising fresh concerns about synthetic media, digital blackface, and platform authenticity enforcement.
model collapse
As AI-generated content floods the web, models increasingly train on synthetic data, risking model collapse—a degenerative process where outputs lose diversity, accuracy, and connection to reality.