Deepfake

• Justin Trudeau deepfake ad promoting ‘robot trader’ pulled off YouTube

  A deepfake advertisement depicting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's likeness promoting a financial “robot trader” has been pulled off YouTube.

  Politics

  Mar 28
  
• Italy’s PM is suing over deepfake porn. Could it happen in Canada?

  Italy's prime minister is suing after a man allegedly created a pornographic deepfake of her. An expert weighs in on how Canada's proposed Online Harms Act could protect Canadians.

  Canada

  Mar 20
  
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• Artificial intelligence experts urge more deepfake ‘safeguards’

  Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing potential risks to society.

  Tech

  Feb 21
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• Company out $35M after scammers stage video call with deepfake CFO, coworkers

  The employee was tricked into transferring $200 million Hong Kong dollars into five bank accounts after joining a video call with convincing AI fakes of their coworkers.

  World

  Feb 5
• Extremists certain to use deepfake to carry out attacks in coming year: analysis

  A report by the federal Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre warns that visual trickery, known as a deepfake, poses 'a persistent threat to public safety.'

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2023
• U.S. high schooler accused of using AI to create nude images of classmates

  A student at Westfield High School in New Jersey allegedly used an AI generator to create deepfake images of female classmates and distributed them in a group chat. 

  U.S. News

  Nov 6, 2023
• From big screen to picket line: Why your favourite U.S. actors are striking

  Hollywood actors are officially headed to the picket line. Their issues? Fair compensation, transparency with streaming services and AI.

  U.S. News

  Jul 14, 2023
• Queen Elizabeth’s deepfake Christmas message a ‘stark warning’

  Viewers may not be able to tell the difference between the real queen and the fake one.

  Entertainment

  Dec 24, 2020
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• Facebook, Microsoft team up on contest to detect deepfake videos

  Facebook is commissioning researchers to produce realistic deepfakes to create a data set for testing detection tools. 

  World

  Sep 5, 2019