Is an AI-generated video of a politician technically a deepfake if the words they’re saying are their own? By any reasonable definition, yes, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee published just such a deepfake of Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on its X account on Friday: Week 3 of the Schumer Shutdown: “Every day gets […]
Denmark’s Plan to Fight Deepfakes: Give Citizens Copyright to Their Own Likeness
Here’s a weird potential future: When you’re born, you are issued a birth certificate, a social security card, and a copyright. That possibility is emerging in Denmark, where officials are considering changes to the nation’s copyright laws to provide citizens with a right to their own likeness as a means of combating AI-generated deepfakes, according […]
YouTube Pauses Monetization for 2 Fake Movie Trailer Accounts
A few days ago, it was reported major Hollywood studios were monetizing fake movie trailers that use generative AI. Seeing this, YouTube’s now decided to cut that off and paused a pair of channels best known for those trailers. Per Deadline, which initially reported on this, YouTube’s turned off the ad revenue for Screen Culture […]