Governments around the world are using the fear of fines to stem the tide of ever-growing deepfakes. Image: Moor Studio/Getty Images AI-generated “ deepfake ” materials are flooding the internet, sometimes with dangerous results. In just the last year, AI has been used to make deceiving voice clones of a former US president and spread fake, politically-charged images depicting children in natural disasters . Nonconsensual, AI-generated sexual images and videos, meanwhile, are leaving a trail of trauma impacting everyone from high schoolers to Taylor Swift . Large tech companies like Microsoft and Meta have made some efforts to identify instances of AI manipulation but with only muted success . Now, governments are stepping in to try and stem the tide with something they know quite a bit about: fines. […]
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