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Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen urges OpenAI to pull video app Sora over privacy, misinformation concerns, realistic deepfakes, and non-consensual images. AI-generated videos made using Sora have flooded…

Fraudsters are using generative AI to produce fake documentation such as pay slips, tax forms, receipts, invoices and bank statements which are then submitted to third parties for reimbursement or financial gain.…

AI voice cloning and deepfakes are increasingly used in scams, with criminals impersonating trusted figures to defraud victims; one woman lost $80,000 due to a doctored video.

Morphed pictures of judges are being created using AI.

The author describes seeing a deepfake video of a deceased friend announcing a lottery win, which was a scam to lure the author to a fraudulent site. The author also saw deepfakes of Al Roker endorsing hypertension…

AI-generated videos of Ukrainian soldiers crying and claiming to be unwillingly drafted were spread on social media. The videos used the face of a Russian streamer, Vladimir Yuryevich Ivanov, and also featured the…

A TikToker used AI-generated images of a homeless person in their house to prank their parents. The prank included images of the homeless person at the door, on the couch, trying on clothes, and leaving with a shirt.…

A company director was tricked into wiring almost half a million dollars after a Zoom meeting where all executives—including the CFO—were AI-generated. Criminals used synthetic voices to convince Qantas call-center…

A deepfake video was created of Lisa Townsend, Surrey's PCC, promoting a financial scheme to warn people about fraud. The deepfake video encourages users to register to "secure money in their bank accounts." The real…

A German YouTuber used AI to clone the voice of a professional voice actor for commercial videos without permission. The court ruled that this violated the voice actor's personality rights and ordered the YouTuber to…

AI is allegedly being used to mimic K. Michelle's voice to create music, potentially linked to the AI artist Xania Monet.

A middle school student was expelled after confronting a classmate who shared an AI-generated nude image of her. The student reported the image to school officials before the confrontation. A juvenile has been…

Fake AI-generated videos showing aggressive bears are rapidly spreading on TikTok, YouTube, and other social media platforms. One AI-generated video shows a horde of bears destroying solar panels at a facility, while…

A woman in Florida was tricked into giving away $15,000 after receiving what she thought was a cry for help from her daughter, but it was a completely AI-generated voice on the phone.

A deepfake video of WA Premier Roger Cook endorsing an investment scam appeared as a pop-up advertisement on YouTube. The video used his likeness and voice to encourage people to sign up for a 'low investment, high…

California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office used an AI-generated image portraying Donald Trump as Marie Antoinette to criticize his Mar-a-Lago trip during a government shutdown and SNAP food benefit concerns. The…

AI clones of Hindi news journalists' voices are being used on fake YouTube channels to spread disinformation and generate revenue through ads and subscriptions. The deepfakes overlay AI voice-overs on existing…

Brooke Schinault used an AI-generated image to falsely report a home invasion and sexual battery to the St. Petersburg Police Department on October 7th. The image was found in a deleted folder on her device. She is…

The article describes deepfakes and provides advice on how to spot them. It mentions some incidents: A UK energy firm CEO was tricked into transferring money after receiving a call from a deepfake of his boss's…

Marie Watson, a Danish video game live-streamer, had a holiday snap from her Instagram account digitally altered to remove her clothing, making her appear naked. The deepfake image was sent to her via an unknown…

Newsmax aired an AI-generated video of a woman raging at a supermarket cashier, threatening to walk out with her groceries without paying because her food stamps were cut. The video was used in a segment called 'The…

Adam Asad Kelton, 25, of Gaston, SC, was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material. He was one of the first people charged under a new state statute making…

AI-generated images of Hurricane Melissa, including one showing birds of unrealistic scale and another depicting a destroyed Jamaican hospital (identified with SynthID stamp), spread across social media, potentially…

Internet users reconstructed the voices of deceased pilots from a fatal UPS cargo plane crash using AI, prompting the NTSB to restrict access to its database.

Scammers used AI to clone the voice of the couple's great grandson, Cameron, and pretended he was in jail and needed bail money. They called the couple and successfully extracted more than $11,000.

Joel Johnson, a senior citizen in Coachella Valley, received a phone call from a voice impersonating his son, claiming to have broken his nose and caused an accident. The caller, suspected to be using AI voice…

AI-generated videos posted on TikTok showed players from Ansonia and Naugatuck high school football teams criticizing teammates and coaches. The videos used AI to clone faces and voices, and were posted under…

Scammers are using AI to clone the voices of loved ones, tricking victims into sending money or revealing personal information, highlighting the increasing sophistication of AI-driven fraud.

Deepfake fraud incidents involving impersonation of company leaders and relatives have led to significant financial losses for individuals in Vietnam

Kenjiro Tsuda, voice actor for Jujutsu Kaisen, filed a lawsuit against TikTok over 188 videos using unauthorized AI voice cloning, alleging violation of publicity rights.

In 2024, an AI deepfake video call was used to steal $25 million from the UK engineering firm Arup. An employee received an urgent video call from who they thought was their boss and other colleagues authorizing…

An AI-generated video depicting an elderly woman scolding a disabled young man on a subway was shared on TikTok and YouTube, racking up millions of views. The video contains digital artifacts inconsistent with a…

An AI-generated deepfake video was posted on Instagram claiming that staff at Udaipur’s Taj Lake Palace poisoned wealthy guests. The Delhi High Court ordered Meta to take down the video and share details of the…

Fraudsters used deepfake technology to impersonate a company's CFO on a video call, tricking an employee into transferring $25 million.

OpenAI's Sora 2 model has been used to generate deepfake videos of famous people and copyrighted characters. Users who shared likenesses have had them used to create videos of them shouting racial slurs. A viral…

An AI-generated image depicting Bangladeshi women's cricket players wearing burqas was circulated online after their defeat to New Zealand in the Women's World Cup. The image, which originated after the match on…

Tiffany Salmond, an NRL presenter, was targeted with sexually explicit deepfake images created from her Instagram photos. The images depicted her performing explicit acts and were shared online. The most recent…

AI deepfake videos generated by platforms like OpenAI's Sora depict deceased figures in offensive scenarios. Families have appealed to AI firms to prevent using likenesses. Data centers used to generate these videos…

Workers are using AI to generate fake expense receipts, leading to financial losses for employers. AppZen noted these AI generated expenses now account for 14% of fraudulent documents submitted in September 2025.…

AI-generated images and deepfake videos of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev were used in fraudulent YouTube ads. These ads included false claims of his arrest and endorsements of trading platforms, leading to financial fraud…

AI-generated pornographic videos and morphed images of Chiranjeevi are being created and circulated on several websites, falsely depicting him in explicit sexual acts. Hyderabad Cybercrime Police have registered a…

Donald Trump reshared an AI-generated video depicting himself flying a plane and dropping feces on protestors at a No Kings rally. Harry Sisson, a Democratic influencer, was identified in the video as one of the…

The article mentions several incidents: A phishing scam impersonating the RingCentral CEO using deepfake technology investigated in May 2023; concerns regarding deepfake incidents at Central Virginia Community…

Real estate agents are using AI-generated images in property listings to make houses appear more appealing than they are. This includes cleaning up walls, improving paint, and enhancing windows in images. AI is also…

Users who voluntarily provided their images for the app could see themselves in videos featuring racial remarks or used as material for fetish accounts.

Multiple instances of deepfake satellite imagery used to exaggerate military successes or depict fabricated events. Examples include exaggerated reports of Ukraine's strike on Russian bombers, a fake image of a…

A woman was shown a video of her truck being stolen, allegedly an AI-generated deepfake used in a scam.

NBC Chicago aired a fake AI-generated racing video from a known satirical account, Weaber Valley Speedway, believing it to be real news. The video included a nonsensical caption and was part of a larger set of…

AI-generated deepfake videos of members of the royal family have gone viral on TikTok and other social media. The fake clips include videos of the late Queen Elizabeth rapping, shoplifting and playing video games…

AI-generated obscene photos of the victim's sisters were used for blackmail, leading to the victim's suicide.

An AI-generated image featuring Vaishnavi and her father, Saikumar, circulated on fan pages, resembling a selfie with Saikumar placing his hand on Vaishnavi’s shoulder. It was posted with the caption, “Sai achan, an…

OpenAI's Sora was prompted to create visual scenes from Aotearoa New Zealand's history, from the 1700s to the 1860s. The prompts were deliberately left open-ended to reveal the model's default visual assumptions…

AI-generated videos of Michael Jackson have gone viral, and Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late Robin Williams, has asked people to stop sending her videos of her dad.

AI-generated receipts are being used to commit expense fraud. The article cites specific examples of increased fraudulent activity detected by expense software platforms after the release of improved image generation…

Republican candidate John Reid released a YouTube video showing himself debating an AI-generated version of Democratic Senator Ghazala Hashmi. Hashmi’s campaign says she declined to debate Reid, and that his use of…

AI-generated images of monkeys running wild at Georgia King Village apartment complex in Newark triggered panicked calls to authorities, leading police on a frenzied hunt. The images showed scores of primates and two…

Chinese women are using AI to generate images and videos of homeless men inside their homes to test their partner's love/reaction. The AI-generated content depicts homeless men inside the women's rooms or being…

A 14-year-old girl's photos were used with the ClothOff AI tool to create a fake nude image. A male classmate used the tool. The fake image was then spread through group chats and social media. The lawsuit seeks to…

AI-generated images of monkeys on the loose in Newark prompted police to investigate, later determined to likely be a hoax. A similar incident occurred in Yonkers involving an AI-generated homeless man prank.

A deepfake video of Rashmika Mandanna entering an elevator went viral on social media.