deepfake detection
Deepfake detection firm Reality Defender has formed an ethics committee to guide its strategy as synthetic media threats grow more sophisticated and consequential across politics, finance, and identity verification.
AI image generation
New data shows image generation models are now the primary growth driver for AI consumer apps, surpassing chatbot upgrades in user acquisition and engagement — a major shift in the synthetic media market.
deepfake detection
A new deepfake detection dataset aims to keep pace with rapidly evolving generative AI models, addressing a critical gap where detectors trained on outdated synthetic media fail against modern diffusion-based fakes.
AI Music
AI-generated tracks are overwhelming Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms at unprecedented scale. But beyond the supply surge, real questions remain about listener demand, royalty dilution, and the future of synthetic audio in mainstream music.
AI policy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has ruled that films using AI-generated actors or scripts are ineligible for Oscar consideration, marking a significant policy stance on synthetic media in Hollywood.
AI Slop
A new cottage industry of Fiverr gig workers is producing AI-generated Bible videos for Christian content creators, revealing the supply chain behind faith-based synthetic media flooding social platforms.
deepfakes
Deepfake incidents impersonating US government officials are accelerating, with synthetic voice and video being deployed in social engineering attacks against senior figures and federal staff.
Spotify
Spotify is rolling out a 'Verified by Spotify' badge to help listeners distinguish human-made music from AI-generated tracks, as synthetic audio floods streaming platforms.
deepfake detection
A new public-private R&D working group has launched to coordinate deepfake detection, response protocols, and digital authenticity research across government and industry stakeholders.
AI Personas
Shapes is a new messaging app that places customizable AI characters directly into group chats alongside human users, raising fresh questions about synthetic personas and digital authenticity in everyday conversations.
AI safety
A new research approach evaluates whether generative models have been fine-tuned for harmful content like CSAM without requiring the models to actually produce such content, offering a safer auditing pathway for AI safety teams.
Multimodal AI
Encoders have evolved from simple feature extractors into the backbone of multimodal AI, powering today's video, image, and audio generation systems. Here's how they got here and why it matters for synthetic media.