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2025-02-12

Can you detect these deepfakes? 99.9% can’t, claims biometrics leader iProov


Deepfakes have become alarmingly difficult to detect. So difficult, that only 0.1% of people today can identify them. That’s according to iProov, a British biometric authentication firm. The company tested the public’s AI detective skills by showing 2,000 UK and US consumers a collection of both genuine and synthetic content. Sadly, the budding sleuths overwhelmingly failed in their investigations. A woeful 99.9% of them couldn’t distinguish between the real and the deepfake. Think you can do better, Sherlock? You’re [...]

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2025-01-07

New UK law would criminalize creating sexually explicit deepfakes

Bad actors have created deepfakes to imitate celebrity endorsements, President Biden and employers. But, one of the most heinous uses is making sexually explicit deepfakes of real people. Now, the UK [...]

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2025-05-05

Leading deepfake porn site is shut down for good

In a development that can only be seen as positive, non-consensual deepfake porn site Mr. Deepfakes has shut down for good, reports 404 Media. This news comes due to the site losing one of its service [...]

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2025-02-14

The 6 best cordless vacuums for 2025

Cordless vacuum cleaners have come a long way, and they’re no longer just a convenient alternative — they’re genuinely powerful cleaning solutions for many homes. Whether you’re tackling daily [...]

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2025-02-28

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

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2025-03-05

Facebook scammers want you to think Elon Musk can cure diabetes

Elon Musk discovered a simple 30-second “fridge trick” that can reverse diabetes, but the discovery has spooked pharmaceutical companies so much they put a $78 million bounty on his head, forcing [...]

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2025-05-19

Trump will sign the Take It Down Act criminalizing AI deepfakes today

President Donald Trump is set to sign the Take It Down Act today, according to CNN. The act is a piece of bipartisan legislation that criminalizes the publication of "nonconsensual intimate visua [...]

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2025-05-30

ExpressVPN review 2025: Fast speeds and a low learning curve

ExpressVPN is good at its job. It's easy to be skeptical of any service with a knack for self-promotion, but don't let ExpressVPN's hype distract you from the fact that it keeps its fro [...]

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2025-06-05

The Oversight Board says Meta isn't doing enough to fight celeb deepfake scams

Scams using AI deepfakes of celebrities have become an increasingly prominent issue for Meta over the last couple of years. Now, the Oversight Board has weighed in and has seemingly confirmed what oth [...]

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2025-04-29

US Congress passes 'Take It Down' revenge porn bill that also covers AI deepfakes

The US House of Representatives has passed the Take It Down Act, a bipartisan bill that criminalizes the "publication of non-consensual, sexually exploitative images," including AI-generated [...]

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