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Millions of Brits warned over AI ‘video calls’ duping employees into £20m deepfake scam

www.the-sun.com

MILLIONS of Brits have been warned over fake AI video calls after one deepfake scammed a company out of £20m.

Millions of Brits warned over AI ‘video calls’ duping employees into £20m deepfake scam

MILLIONS of Brits have been warned over fake AI video calls after one deepfake scammed a company out of £20m.

Millions of Brits warned over AI ‘video calls’ duping employees into £20m deepfake scam

www.thesun.co.uk

MILLIONS of Brits have been warned over fake AI video calls after one deepfake scammed a company out of £20m.

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Marina Hyde on Russell Brand’s baptism; plus ‘deepfake’ cheerleaders: the woman wrongly accused over a viral video – podcast

www.theguardian.com

Marina Hyde: ‘So Russell Brand was baptised in the Thames, and all his sins were washed away. Cheaper than a lawyer, I suppose’; plus Jenny Kleeman meets Raffaella Spone, the woman accused of creating and circulating a damaging ‘deepfake’…

Friday, May 17

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How elaborate deepfake scam duped finance worker into paying out $25 million

www.mercurynews.com

The employee attended a video call with people he recognized as the chief financial officer and other corporate officers -- but who turned out to be deepfake creations.

How elaborate deepfake scam duped finance worker into paying out $25 million

www.eastbaytimes.com

The employee attended a video call with people he recognized as the chief financial officer and other corporate officers -- but who turned out to be deepfake creations.

Deepfake Scam: AI-Generated Video Call Deceives Arup Employee into Sending £20 Million to Criminals

www.techtimes.com

UK-based engineering firm Arup said one of its employees sent £20 million to hackers. It only took at least an AI video call to pull off this deepfake scam.

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UK multinational Arup confirmed as victim of HK$200 million deepfake scam that used digital version of CFO to dupe Hong Kong employee

www.scmp.com

Sophisticated scam first of its kind in city, police say, with digital recreations of company staff appearing in video conference to convince victim.

Elon Musk Deepfake Scam Used To Promote Fraudulent Crypto Trading Platform, Hong Kong's Financial Regulator Warns

www.benzinga.com

Warning issued about fraudulent cryptocurrency platform using deepfakes of Elon Musk to scam victims, highlighting growing use of AI fraud in Asia.

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UK firm falls victim to whopping £20,000,000 deepfake scam

metro.co.uk

Hackers stole HK$200 million from a British business (Picture: Getty)

How deepfakes can jeopardise the integrity of elections

www.aljazeera.com

As technologies such as AI and deepfakes develop, will the integrity of elections be undermined?

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UK engineering firm Arup falls victim to £20m deepfake scam

www.theguardian.com

Hong Kong employee was duped into sending cash to criminals by AI-generated video call

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EU warns Microsoft’s Bing could face probes over deepfakes and false news

www.politico.eu

Brussels suspects tech giant violated content moderation law.

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An engineering giant behind Apple's HQ and the Sydney Opera House lost $25 million when scammers tricked an employee with a deepfake of a senior exec

Scammers used deepfakes to scam an employee in the Hong Kong office earlier this year, costing UK-based engineering giant Arup $25 million.

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Arup lost $25mn in Hong Kong deepfake video conference scam

www.ft.com

UK-based engineering group identified as target of fraud that used digitally cloned CFO to trick staff

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Elon Musk deepfake crypto scam highlights risks to Hong Kong as AI-related fraud rises

www.scmp.com

The Securities and Futures Commission has warned of a fraudulent crypto trading platform called Quantum AI, a long-time scam that uses deepfakes of Elon Musk.

Thursday, May 16

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Exclusive: US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters

kvia.com

Originally Published: 15 MAY 24 04:00 ET Updated: 15 MAY 24 10:46 ET By Zachary Cohen, Sean Lyngaas and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Operatives working for the Chinese and Iranian governments prepared fake, AI-generated content as part of a…

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Google is lowering deepfake porn in search rankings

mashable.com

Google is addressing its deepfake pornography problem, updating its policies and deranking certain sites.

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Google boss ‘cautiously optimistic’ about protecting elections from deepfakes

www.expressandstar.com

Sundar Pichai also said AI regulation would be needed, but should strike a balance to protect innovation.

Google boss ‘cautiously optimistic’ about protecting elections from deepfakes

www.shropshirestar.com

Sundar Pichai also said AI regulation would be needed, but should strike a balance to protect innovation.