Tech News Grok limits image generation after backlash over sexualised deepfakes The chatbot has been under fire over the past two weeks for generating sexually-explicit deepfakes of women and minors. 09/01/2026
Tech News Elon Musk’s Grok under fire for making sexually explicit AI deepfakes Elon Musk’s xAI is facing backlash as its chatbot Grok, a key feature on social media platform X, repeatedly generated sexually explicit images of women and minors. 05/01/2026
Tech News How Finland is teaching schoolchildren AI literacy As deepfakes proliferate online, Finland adds AI literacy to its school curriculum to help children as young as 3 to recognise AI-generated fake news. 05/01/2026
Tech News South Korea says advertisers must label AI-generated ads South Korean officials said they will ramp up screening and removal of problematic AI-generated ads and impose punitive fines. 10/12/2025
Tech News Watchdog group calls on OpenAI to scrap AI video app Sora The group is raising alarm about the dangers of letting people create AI videos on just about anything they can type into a prompt. 12/11/2025
Tech News How Denmark is trying to protect citizens from AI deepfakes Denmark is seeking to protect ordinary Danes, as well as performers and artists who might have their appearance or voice imitated and shared without their permission. 06/11/2025
The Cube Did teenagers wreak havoc in France's National Assembly? A group of teenagers wearing tracksuits can be seen running around France's National Assembly, walking all over its benches and lighting cigarettes. The internet may be talking about them, but these videos are not real. 17/10/2025
Culture news ‘TikTok slop’: Robin Williams' daughter on AI deepfakes of her father "AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed." Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda has criticised AI-generated videos of her father, amid the rise in deepfakes courtesy of OpenAI's new video tool Sora 2. 07/10/2025
Tech News Is Meta failing to stop the spread of non-consensual images? Altered photos of women, including Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, accompanied by sexist comments, have stirred outrage in the country. But it is not the first case to affect social platforms. 01/09/2025
Tech News Which European countries have laws against deepfakes? People in Denmark will soon have the copyright to their own likenesses as a way to fight against deepfakes. What other countries have laws that govern the use of fake or AI-generated videos? 30/06/2025
Europe News Danish government seeks to make spread of deepfake images illegal Deepfakes usually come in the form of pictures or video but can also be audio. They can make it appear that someone said or did something that they didn't actually say or do. 27/06/2025
Kazakhstan Journalism and deepfakes: Insights from the Central Asian Media Forum How can media houses deliver trustworthy news in the age of fake news and deepfakes? Government and industry experts gathered at the Central Asian Media Forum in Astana to discuss how AI is changing the media sphere. 18/04/2025
Tech News Rival Spanish politicians 'reconcile' for Christmas in parody AI video What better time than Christmas to put aside differences and embrace the spirit of reconciliation? United Unknown, a political satire collective, has gone viral with an AI-generated video of leading Spanish figures. 23/12/2024
Tech News OpenAI releases AI video creator but it won’t be coming to Europe yet The ChatGPT maker said it is blocking particularly damaging forms of abuse, such as child sexual abuse materials and sexual deepfakes. 10/12/2024
Tech News ChatGPT blocked 250,000 AI image requests of US election candidates More than 250,000 requests to OpenAI platforms to make deepfakes of US election candidates were rejected, the company says. 11/11/2024
Culture news US entertainment industry backs bill against AI deepfakes The bill would create the first-ever federal right to one’s voice and likeness – something that currently only exists at the state level. 01/08/2024