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12 stories taggedonline safety.
Fake ads are hijacking real influencers' faces, and their followers have no idea
AI-generated images of real creators are turning up in sponsored posts for brands they have never heard of. The people whose faces are being used have no say in it.
New York Seizes 12 Deepfake Porn Sites in the Largest Takedown of Its Kind
Manhattan prosecutors shut down a dozen websites that published fake sexual videos of roughly 1,200 real people, mostly women. Here's what that means and what still needs to happen.
Nearly 150 European Politicians Found on Deepfake Pornography Sites
A new study counted at least 138 female members of parliament across 22 EU countries on sites hosting or enabling non-consensual explicit AI images. Women were 33 times more likely to be targeted than men.
Australia wants to let you turn off the algorithm. Here is what that means.
The Australian government plans to force social media platforms, search engines and AI chatbots to give users a real off-switch for personalised feeds. The prime minister is already expecting a fight.
How a burglar used ChatGPT to track down a $2 million Canberra home from social media photos
Court documents reveal that a French man used AI to identify a suburb, then a specific address, from Instagram posts. The case is a blunt reminder of what strangers can work out from the photos we share online.
ChatGPT Is Now Subject to the EU's Toughest Platform Rules
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine, putting OpenAI under the same strict rules that govern the biggest social media platforms in Europe.
Meta ran ads for an app that made deepfake porn of politicians. Again.
A tool called Kromix bought ad space on Meta's platforms promising 'no restrictions' and showing a woman resembling a sitting US politician in a pornographic video. Meta's policies already ban this. They ran the ads anyway.
Your holiday photos can now fund a scam against you
Fraudsters are using AI to turn Instagram and Facebook posts into eerily personalised phishing messages. Here is how the trick works and what to watch for.
Los Chatbots de IA Son Mejores que los Estafadores Humanos para Ganarse tu Confianza, Según un Estudio
Investigadores enfrentaron IA contra estafadores reales en un experimento en vivo. La IA ganó por un amplio margen, y el camino hacia el fraude industrializado es más corto de lo que la mayoría cree.
Victoria quiere obligar a las plataformas de redes sociales a revelar cuentas anónimas acusadas de abuso
Una ley australiana propuesta permitiría que un tribunal ordene a las plataformas revelar quién se oculta tras perfiles anónimos utilizados para vilificación en línea, con la seguridad de los niños como razón principal.
Una psicóloga que ha estudiado la salud mental de adolescentes durante 25 años dice que las prohibiciones de redes sociales empeorarán las cosas
Candice Odgers argumenta que los adultos en la sala, no las aplicaciones, son el mayor peligro para los jóvenes en línea. Su argumento merece ser escuchado.
Instagram no te permite filtrar publicaciones de IA, y su propia herramienta de IA ya está generando alarmas
El jefe de Instagram dice que puedes saber cuándo una publicación es generada por IA, pero no puedes ocultar esas publicaciones de tu feed. Mientras tanto, la herramienta Muse Spark de Meta permite a los usuarios incluir a extraños en creaciones de IA simplemente etiquetándolos.