Every day, sponsored content about miracle cures and supplements with extraordinary capabilities is posted on Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram, and it is often accompanied by artificial intelligence-generated images, video, and audio deepfakes of famous people and health experts. This is

Gold Pickaxe: As you all might already know it, our faces have become the new currency, granting us access to a vast array of conveniences and services. From unlocking our smartphones to authorizing financial transactions, facial recognition technology has become

Deepfakes featuring two of India's top Bollywood actors have stirred up controversy online, portraying them as critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and endorsing the opposition Congress party in the nation's ongoing general election. In a 30-second snippet allegedly featuring Aamir Khan and another 41-second

By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta announced major changes to its policies on digitally created and altered media on Friday, ahead of U.S. elections poised to test its ability to police deceptive content generated by new artificial

By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two

President of Microsoft Brad Smith reacts during an interview with Reuters at the Web Summit, Europe's largest technology conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday that his biggest

Social media began testing our credulity years ago, but society’s techno-information disorder might be getting worse. Deepfakes, or “synthetic” computer-generated videos, are the next generation of truth killer. Our ability to digitally record has held politicians to account for things they