24 Recent Articles about AI Fakes

Bay Area mom out thousands after scammers use AI to mimic daughter's voice in fake kidnapping - ABC-7 SF

AI scamming ain’t brain surgery, but even neurosurgeons get fooled - The Hill

Sports Illustrated Just Deleted Every Article by One of Its Writers After Accusation of AI Plagiarism - Futurism 

Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names - NBC News

Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’ – Associated Press

Since chatbots hallucinate their own facts, it’s useful (and easy) to have a second, nitpicking AI that can audit the results for errors – Wall Street Journal 

In the AI propaganda war, Iran is winning – Economist  

This Literary AI Scandal Changes Everything - The Atlantic 

Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. – New York Times 

Scammers targeting missing pet owners with AI – ABC7 

Oregon DMV warns drivers about realistic scam texts written with AI – Statesman Journal  

The JPMorgan Sexual-Assault Lawsuit Was Already Messy. AI Is Making It Worse. – Wall Street Journal   

AI agents may be skilled researchers—but not always honest ones – Science.org 

Fake data, AI slop, and the future of academia – Out of the Lab (video)

The Hantavirus Outbreak Is Resurrecting Covid-Era Misinformation Tactics – New York Times

Teaching AI models to say “I’m not sure” - MIT

PR crisis inside America’s biggest bank stoked by AI fakes. - Wall Street Journal 

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media - New York Times

OpenAI releases new default ChatGPT model aimed at reducing hallucinations in law, medicine, finance, and other technical fields – Tech Crunch

Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account OpenAI made the perfect tool for scammers. - The Atlantic

Nothing is “100% human authored” – London School of Economics and Political Science

Detecting Fraud-Associated Characteristics In The Medical AI Literature: A Multi-Signal NLP Framework Reveals Distinct Paper Mill Subtypes – OSF

South Africa withdraws AI policy due to fake AI-generated sources - Semafor

Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf - ArsTechnica

YouTube Opens Up AI Deepfake Detection Tool to All of Hollywood – Hollywood Reporter

AI-powered scams cost seniors $800 million a year: How to protect yourself - ABC-7 NY

AI keeps inventing fake cases. Lawyers keep citing them – Scientific American

US judicial panel delays action on AI-generated evidence, deep fakes - Reuters

AI labels were supposed to help users spot fakes. Here’s why they’re failing – Fast Company

Doctors' growing AI deepfakes problem – Axios