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China Bans Posting Of Deepfakes Without Proper Disclosure

The government of China is about to bring about rules that will make it a criminal offense to post a deepfake video or fake news without proper disclosure or label. According to a Reuters report, the new law will come into effect from January 1, 2020. It tries to tackle the problem of misinformation in […]

Deepfake AI: Researchers Have Finally Found A ‘Good’ Way To Use It

Deepfakes have gained a lot of negative attention recently. Be it the hugely criticized DeepNude AI app which removes clothing from pictures of women or the FakeApp that swaps the faces of celebrities with porn stars in videos. But the AI technology behind deepfakes and deepnudes isn’t entirely evil. Deep-learning algorithms are excellent at detecting […]

DeepNude App Is Still Available On The Internet — Basically Forever

It’s a commonly said thing that what goes on the internet stays forever. Last week, a bizarre AI app called DeepNude was untethered by Vice, which could easily remove clothes from images of women. Later, we reported that there were numerous fake copies on the DeepNude app available on the internet. There are various websites […]

New Virginia Law Promises 1 Year Prison Time For Deepfake Revenge Porn

Over the last couple of years, a new cyber threat has sprouted in the form of deepfakes, and more recently, deepnudes. The name deepfake is derived from “fake” and “deep learning” on which the tech is based. These are computer-generated imagery where one can easily replace someone’s face in a video or make them unclothed […]

Don’t Try To Download DeepNude Apps From The Internet, Here’s Why

You might have heard about the infamous AI-powered app called DeepNude. It uses advanced machine learning algorithms to remove clothes from images of women. The tool was created by an anonymous developer who is believed to be from Estonia. As per the latest updates, the creator has removed the DeepNude app and taken down the […]