In a letter to the leaders of X, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Reddit and TikTok, several U.S. senators are demanding the companies ...

X (formerly Twitter) has become a site for the rapid spread of artificial intelligence-generated non-consensual sexual images (also known as deepfakes). Using the platform’s own built-in generative AI ...

Image-based sexual abuse is a concerning and growing problem. While anyone can be victimized, 90% of victims of image-based ...

Jan 12 - Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia are cracking down on sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk ...

The 2024 U.S. presidential campaign has featured some notable deepfakes — AI-powered impersonations of candidates that sought to mislead voters or demean the candidates being targeted. Thanks to Elon ...

Imagine scrolling through social media and encountering a video of a famous politician making outrageous claims. You might hesitate, doubting its authenticity. This is the impact of deepfake ...

Computer security company McAfee launched a deepfake detection tool to combat the rise in AI scams and misinformation. AI-created videos, otherwise known as deepfakes, have been circulating the ...

Imagine a world where deepfakes have become so good that no detection mechanism can unmask them as imposters. This would be a bonanza for criminals and malignant state actors: for example, these might ...

Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is flooding the web with “deepfake” images of everyone from Donald Trump to Musk himself – and the results range from totally wacky to downright disturbing. Since its ...

The hobbyists who helped build this site created technology that has been used to humiliate countless women. Why didn’t governments step in and stop them?

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts talk about three big stories from February. You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for ...

Since the dawn of the nuclear age, policymakers and strategists have tried to prevent a country from deploying nuclear weapons by mistake. But the potential for accidents remains as high as it was ...