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The SSA is now teaming up with federal partners to fight deepfake fraud after fake voices and videos started hitting real accounts. Here's the one habit that ac
A scammer used facial recognition AI to fake a real person's face on video and walk away with R$100,000 in Brazil. Here's why a face on your screen isn't proof
A reported €95 million deepfake scam hit Italy's Fideuram through fake executive calls on WhatsApp. Here's what actually happened, and what would have stopped i
The EU wants every online platform to verify kids' ages, but it's warning companies not to just scan faces or collect ID cards to do it. Here's the gap between
A tired mom scrolling at 11pm needs to know one thing: that "crying kid" phone call might not be her kid at all. Voice cloning tech is now cheap enough that any
Age checks aren't a future policy fight anymore. They're showing up in real logins tonight, and the method a platform picks says a lot about what happens to you
A man in India lost real money to a face on a video call that wasn't real. Here's the one habit that would have stopped it cold.
An Arkansas family says an AI chatbot turned their daughter's ordinary photo into abuse material. The lesson for every parent: a photo doesn't have to be explic
A Henderson case involving AI-generated images of middle schoolers shows deepfakes aren't just a celebrity or scam-call problem anymore. Here's the tell that co
Interpol says it used AI to sort through more than 100,000 images and identify 126 suspected terrorists. The number that should worry you isn't the 126, it's th
Fifteen women in Dutch parliament just said out loud what a lot of people whisper about: any photo of you can be turned into fake porn in minutes. Here's what t
New UK rules just made digital age verification official for buying alcohol and more. The catch? Nobody's forcing companies to only ask for what they actually n
