Voice Cloning
ElevenLabs debuts Iconic Voices marketplace, allowing brands to license AI-cloned celebrity voices for ads. The platform raises new questions about synthetic voice licensing, consent frameworks, and audio authenticity in commercial media.
deepfakes
A deepfake fraud case demonstrates how sophisticated voice and video synthesis can bypass AI-powered verification systems, exposing critical vulnerabilities in corporate authentication protocols and raising urgent questions about digital trust.
deepfakes
Cybercriminals are deploying 'deepfake sentinels'—test attacks using synthetic media to probe and map detection capabilities before launching real fraud campaigns. This adversarial reconnaissance reveals critical vulnerabilities in authentication systems.
deepfakes
AI-generated deepfake videos impersonating prominent physicists spread false claims about an interstellar object, demonstrating sophisticated misuse of synthetic media to amplify scientific misinformation.
Voice Cloning
Researchers demonstrate AI can clone voices using just photographs, eliminating the need for audio samples. This breakthrough raises new concerns for synthetic media and digital authenticity verification.