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AI Scams in China: The New Face of Fraud

On May 22, Chinese state media’s China Fund Report revealed that AI fraud is becoming rampant across the nation. A typical case of telecom fraud leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) was reported by the Baotou City police. In this instance, Mr. Guo, the legal representative of a tech company in Fuzhou City, was swindled out of ...

Mikel Davis

Artificial intelligence deepfakes.

Deepfake Technologies: Menacing, Manipulative, and Misleading

Deepfake technologies allow anyone to generate fake images and videos of a person. Though the current technology is still in its infancy, many tech experts warn that future videos might be impossible to distinguish from real ones. Realizing the privacy threat posed by deepfake, U.S. politicians have proposed laws to regulate the technology and punish ...

Armin Auctor

Martin Heinrich.