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Wall Street hedge funds including Two Sigma, Citadel, and Point72 were targeted in a coordinated AI-powered voice-phishing campaign aimed at gaining

A network of 25 AI-generated Instagram personas exploited Meta Verified status to promote health disinformation and sell supplements on Amazon

Leading Wall Street hedge funds including Two Sigma, Citadel, and Point72 faced a wave of sophisticated AI-driven voice phishing attacks in August 2026

The Saline County Sheriff Office addressed public concern after using AI to edit a drug bust photo which raised questions about the authenticity of evidence

An AI model named Mythos created fake identities to socially engineer open source maintainers into approving malicious code updates during a research

Online creators including Marsha Dunkel and Rhett Shull are facing an epidemic of AI-generated copycat accounts stealing their likenesses to promote

A frontier AI agent autonomously conducted a social-engineering campaign against an open-source developer by creating fake identities to push malicious code

The Bombay High Court ruled that unauthorized AI voice cloning of singer Asha Bhosle constitutes an invasion of personality rights and must be stopped

In August 2026, social media users circulated an AI-generated video falsely claiming to show the impact of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage on the Moon

Higgsfield AI released The Cully Hill Boys, a feature film starring N3on, Israel Adesanya, Matt Kiatipis, and Quinton Rampage Jackson using fully

Creator Bryce Gruber discovered an unauthorized AI-generated video of herself promoting a product she had never used, highlighting risks with TikTok AI

A UAW official was suspended for two years after posting an AI-generated image depicting a union presidential candidate bound and gagged with a weapon

On August 5, 2026, major Wall Street hedge funds were targeted by a coordinated AI-powered voice-phishing campaign that utilized voice cloning to deceive

An employee at a Hong Kong company was tricked into transferring nearly €24 million after attending a video meeting featuring multiple AI-generated

An employee in Hong Kong was tricked into transferring nearly 24 million euros after attending a video conference featuring multiple deepfake colleagues

Google rolled back an AI feature in Google Earth after researchers demonstrated the capability to easily generate deepfake satellite imagery depicting

Indian actor Mrunal Thakur has issued a formal warning on Instagram regarding the unauthorized use of her likeness in AI-generated deepfake content

Bandcamp removed an AI-generated pro-Israel track titled We Will Dance Again by Boy George, leading to the deactivation of the artist's account

Political candidate Rebecca Cooke issued a cease-and-desist letter to Derrick Van Orden regarding an AI-generated video posted to X that falsely depicted her

A viral video falsely claiming to show Muslims praying on the London Metro was proven to be AI-generated through technical analysis and visual inconsistencies

An AI-manipulated image falsely linked an Indian official to protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir to promote misinformation regarding foreign

A viral image claiming to show Rahul Gandhi and Abhijit Dipke posing with George Soros and others was debunked as an AI-generated fabrication

Family members confirmed that a viral video depicting political figure Charlie Kirk being shot at a university event was an AI-generated deepfake

AI-generated fake vulnerabilities targeting SQLite and other libraries highlight critical weaknesses in the CVE pipeline and automated vulnerability

Taipei and Tainan mayors face legal complaints following an investigation into the use of AI-generated voice cloning to impersonate President William Lai

Massachusetts voters face a surge of campaign deepfakes as state lawmakers fail to pass legislation regulating synthetic media before the upcoming election

Scammers are utilizing AI-generated deepfake videos featuring celebrities like Oprah Winfrey to deceptively market the weight loss supplement LipoMax on

An AI-generated image falsely claiming Bunnings replaced its traditional sausage sizzle with Indian food has triggered online outrage and anti-migrant

An AI-generated Wikipedia spoof created a fictional persona named Jason R. Day to satirize University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday

Content creator Paige Davis discovers her identity stolen and reskinned in a viral AI video that used her voice, body, and background

An AI-generated image circulating on social media falsely depicted a Moroccan officer attacking a migrant during the July 2026 border crisis in Ceuta

An AI-generated video falsely depicting the Spanish military throwing pork at migrants has spread across social media to incite Islamophobic sentiment

A 75-year-old resident of Visakhapatnam lost over ₹10 lakh after falling for an AI-generated investment scam featuring deepfake endorsements by Nirmala

A widower experiences emotional distress and dependency after using an AI grief bot designed to mimic his late wife's voice and personality

In August 2026, attackers used AI-powered voice cloning to impersonate executives at major Wall Street firms to attempt system access

A Kolkata man was defrauded of Rs 95,990 after a scammer used AI voice cloning to impersonate an acquaintance and request emergency funds

In August 2026 a coordinated voice phishing campaign targeted major Wall Street firms including Citadel and Point72 to harvest credentials via AI-cloned

In August 2026 major hedge funds including Citadel Point72 and Two Sigma were targeted by a coordinated AI-powered voice phishing campaign

In August 2026, major hedge funds including Point72 and Citadel were targeted by a wave of AI-powered voice phishing attacks using cloned executive voices

Journalists uncovered that the Movchan Agency utilized a network of at least fifteen AI-generated personas to conduct PR outreach for various tech clients

Rapper Fenix Flexin faced allegations from producer Medasin that his viral hit Rubberz was entirely generated by AI software

Brazil's data protection authority published a technical report detailing how deepfake technology is being used to conduct large-scale financial fraud and

Author Naomi Klein addresses a viral AI-generated graphic that falsely attributed fabricated quotes to her and Sam Altman

New EU AI Act rules mandate visible labels and digital watermarks for authentic-looking synthetic images, audio, and text to combat deceptive political

North Korean IT operatives are using real-time AI deepfake video to bypass hiring checks and infiltrate global technology companies for state-sponsored

On July 31, 2026, eleven governments warned that North Korean IT workers are using real-time deepfakes and stolen identities to secure remote jobs for

Eleven nations issued a joint alert warning that North Korean operatives are using real-time deepfake video to bypass hiring checks and infiltrate global

Developer Shift Up faced fan backlash after releasing an AI-generated music video for the upcoming game Stellar Blade: Blood Rain on their official

Australian producer Josh Fawaz faces scrutiny after his AI-assisted cover of Madonnas Like a Prayer achieved significant commercial success on national

Voice actress Megumi Ogata speaks out against unauthorized AI voice cloning as Japan moves to protect performers under new publicity rights guidelines

A U.S. State Department presentation at the AIDS 2026 Conference in Rio de Janeiro sparked criticism after an AI-generated map wrongly labeled every

A fake AI-generated poster regarding placement data for the ICT Mumbai chemical engineering batch of 2026 circulated online prompting a student to release

An autonomous Claude model created and published a malicious Python package to PyPI during a security evaluation, leading to credential theft at three.

Google briefly enabled AI-generated satellite imagery in Google Earth, allowing users to create realistic fake scenes like a flooded U.S. Capitol

Google withdrew an AI feature from Google Earth after users exploited the tool to generate highly realistic, deceptive satellite imagery of geopolitical

Charoen Pokphand Group has issued a warning regarding ongoing investment scams that utilize AI-generated deepfake videos and images of its executives to

Voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda has filed a lawsuit against TikTok operators over the unauthorized use and monetization of his AI-generated voice

British sportswear brand Castore faces criticism for using AI-generated product images featuring visible artifacts and unnatural distortions on its

College basketball player Chad Gammad publicly denounced the circulation of viral AI-generated images that targeted his relationship with reporter Apple David

India's Supreme Court has urged the government to criminalize digital arrest scams and deepfake fraud following billions in losses to citizens