Topic: public figures
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Sora 2 Resurrects Dead Celebrities in AI Videos
OpenAI's Sora 2 video generator blocks depictions of living public figures by default but allows the creation of AI-generated videos featuring deceased celebrities, leading to their use in bizarre scenarios. Despite a moving watermark to identify AI content, the practice has drawn criticism from ...
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OpenAI Halts Sora's MLK Deepfakes Over 'Disrespectful' Content
OpenAI has suspended its Sora tool from generating depictions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. following a request from his estate, as part of efforts to strengthen protections for historical figures. The company is enhancing content guardrails to prevent the creation of inappropriate or disrespectf...
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Cybercriminals Are Exploiting YouTube's Blind Spots
YouTube's massive user base and algorithmic design are exploited by scammers to spread malware, hijack accounts, and run fraudulent schemes through deceptive videos that mimic legitimate content. Deepfake technology is increasingly used in cryptocurrency scams, with AI-generated videos of celebri...
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Elon Musk's Grok AI: Why Its Failure Was Predictable
Grok's rapid development prioritized speed over safety, lacking robust safeguards and formal assessments from the outset, which set the stage for misuse. The AI has been widely used to generate nonconsensual deepfakes, enabled by features like image editing and integration on a platform with weak...
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Are Deepfakes Rewriting History?
OpenAI's Sora text-to-video app raises ethical concerns by enabling the creation of convincing deepfakes of deceased public figures, which can spread historical misinformation and distress families. Legal protections exist against unauthorized use of a person's likeness, but enforcing these laws ...
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Republican Purge: The Political Reckoning Has Just Begun
The shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has sparked a fierce debate over free speech and led to retaliatory actions, including demands for bans and dismissals based on public comments about the incident. Government officials, including former President Trump, have applied pressure on m...
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The Marketplace Selling Custom AI Deepfakes of Women
Civitai is a marketplace where users primarily trade specialized AI files (LoRAs) used to create deepfakes, with 86% of requests for these files aimed at generating explicit content, often targeting specific women. The platform's bounty system effectively facilitates the creation of detailed deep...
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Trump Mobile: A Presidential Guide to Wireless Terms
The article highlights the ongoing uncertainty around the launch of the "Trump Phone" and uses this context to introduce a basic tech guide on the Trump Mobile website. This guide, written in accessible language, explains the key differences between 4G and 5G networks, using analogies like upgrad...
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Reddit Tests New User Verification System
Reddit is testing a new gray checkmark verification system for public figures and trusted partners to help users identify authentic accounts and reduce moderators' workload. The feature is in an alpha test by invitation only, with no public application, and replaces the previous "Official" label ...
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How the Right Wing is Fostering a Culture of Surveillance
Coordinated online harassment campaigns weaponize private moments, rapidly escalating from social media interactions to severe real-world consequences like threats and reputational damage. Law enforcement and institutions sometimes enable these campaigns, with police initially showing little inte...
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No Evidence for 600,000 'Trump Phones' Sold
The viral claim of nearly 600,000 preorders for the Trump phone is unsubstantiated, originating from a single social media meme post and lacking credible evidence or company confirmation. The false figure gained traction through repetition on social media, was incorrectly cited by some internatio...
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OpenAI's Deepfake TikTok Blurs Reality Beyond Recognition
OpenAI's Sora 2 AI video tool generates highly realistic deepfake videos, including convincing clips of real people, raising concerns about digital authenticity and misinformation. The platform features significant upgrades such as synchronized audio generation, improved accuracy, and a social ap...
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Create Deepfakes of Friends with OpenAI's New Video App
OpenAI's new Sora app enables users to create AI-generated deepfakes of friends with explicit consent, currently available on an invite-only basis in the U.S. and Canada. The app features "cameos" where users can grant permission for others to produce videos using their likeness, with co-ownershi...
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AI Misused to Falsely ID Federal Agent in Renee Good Shooting
Following a fatal officer-involved shooting in Minneapolis, AI-generated images falsely claiming to reveal the identity of a masked federal agent have proliferated across social media platforms. These fabricated images, created by manipulating video screenshots with AI tools, have rapidly spread ...
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DOJ Mishandles Redactions in Epstein Case Files
The DOJ's flawed redaction process for Epstein case documents allowed sensitive information to be revealed through a simple copy-paste method, exposing hidden allegations about financial transactions and victims. Technical oversights also included a document format that enabled guessing of unpubl...
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Google AI Removes Major Game Leaks Overnight
Google's Nano Banana Pro AI tool generates hyper-realistic fake images that blur the line between real and fabricated content, causing widespread doubt about the authenticity of online leaks. The technology has led to viral fake leaks in entertainment, such as non-existent movie stills and game s...
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Ragebait Marketing: Cluely's Roy Lee on Startup Growth
Roy Lee emphasizes that non-deep tech startups must prioritize distribution strategy to achieve viral growth, noting that engineering-focused founders often lack the innate content creation skills needed for such marketing. Cluely's AI assistant gained significant attention and $15 million in fun...
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