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ForkLog 20 01.07.2024

AI-Driven Scams: Types and Countermeasures

Artificial intelligence significantly streamlines workflows and boosts productivity. However, it also serves as a tool for fraudsters, enabling the creation of audio, video, messages, and deepfakes both cheaply and effectively, reports TechCrunch. We explore popular AI-driven scams and ways to combat these malicious actors. Cloning the Voices of Family and Friends Speech synthesis has been […]

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ForkLog 100 03.06.2024

Deepfake of Elon Musk Promotes Bitcoin Scam on YouTube

On June 2, a graphic designer for Dogecoin, known as DogeDesigner, discovered a YouTube livestream featuring a deepfake of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promoting a cryptocurrency scam. YouTube should change its name to ScamTube. A deepfake livestream of Elon Musk promoting a cryptocurrency scam is currently being broadcast on YouTube, with over 35,000 […]

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ForkLog 136 06.05.2024

Warren Buffett Equates Deepfake Threat to Nuclear Weapons

The billionaire investor Warren Buffett has likened the impact of artificial intelligence technologies on illicit financial activities to the advent of the atomic bomb and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, according to CNBC. “I know nothing about AI, but that doesn’t mean I deny its existence, importance, or anything like that,” he clarified during the […]

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ForkLog 41 18.04.2024

Fakes, deepfakes and chatbots: how to spot AI manipulation online

Lies, deceit and manipulation have been with humanity since antiquity. With the rise of mass media, makers of fakes gained the ability to reach unprecedented audiences. In the era of the rapidly expanding internet, disinformation has taken new forms. Websites, social networks, image boards and even traditional media have become venues for spreading false and […]

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ForkLog 58 12.02.2024

Vitalik Buterin Offers Guidance on Detecting Deepfakes

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has penned an article addressing the growing issue of deepfakes and explored potential methods for their detection. Initially, he pointed out the shortcomings of the cryptographic method, often suggested by the community as a secure form of authentication. According to Buterin, there is always a risk of potential interception of public […]

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ForkLog 10 05.02.2024

Employee Duped by Deepfake Colleagues in $25 Million Scam

In Hong Kong, an employee of a multinational company transferred $25 million to fraudsters after a video call with “colleagues” who turned out to be deepfakes, according to local media. The incident occurred in January. The victim received an invitation, purportedly from the firm’s chief financial officer, to an online video meeting to discuss a […]

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ForkLog 16 02.02.2024

Cybertrace Warns of Deepfake Scams Featuring Billionaire Andrew Forrest

Deepfakes of Australian magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, promoting a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platform, have circulated online, according to cybersecurity firm Cybertrace. Cybertrace Investigators have identified a #deepfake video of Australian businessman Andrew Forrest. The original video was posted to the @rhodes_trust YouTube Channel. #ScamAlert #scam https://t.co/4uLSD7cXWg@FortescueFuture @FortescueNews — Cybertrace (@Cybertrace_com) January 31, 2024 The video […]

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ForkLog 18 31.01.2024

Vermillio and WME Join Forces to Combat Deepfakes

Hollywood talent agency WME has announced a partnership with AI project Vermillio to protect celebrities from the misuse of their likenesses in deepfakes, as reported by The New York Times. Vermillio has developed the Trace ID platform, which uses artificial intelligence to track fake celebrity images. The technology allows for the integration of a “digital […]

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ForkLog 84 15.01.2024

Michael Saylor Warns of Deepfake Scams Featuring Himself

The MicroStrategy team has removed approximately 80 deepfake videos featuring the company’s founder, Michael Saylor, from YouTube, most of which promoted crypto scams. ⚠️ Warning ⚠️ There is no risk-free way to double your #bitcoin, and @MicroStrategy doesn’t give away $BTC to those who scan a barcode. My team takes down about 80 fake AI-generated […]

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ForkLog 14 17.11.2023

Canadian intelligence warns of the threat of deepfakes

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) expressed concern about online disinformation campaigns conducted using deepfakes.

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ForkLog 12 10.11.2023

How Artificial Intelligence Is Trying to Hack You

A chapter from Bruce Schneier's book Hacking Everything: How the Powerful Exploit System Vulnerabilities for Their Interests, on the most unethical aspects of AI.

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ForkLog 20 20.10.2023

Tim Draper warns about AI-powered crypto scammers

Investor and billionaire Tim Draper issued a warning about cryptocurrency scammers who use artificial intelligence to imitate his voice.

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