Tag Archives: AI scams

Deepfake lovers swindle victims out of $46M in Hong Kong AI scam

The police operation resulted in the seizure of computers, mobile phones, and about $25,756 in suspected proceeds and luxury watches from the syndicate’s headquarters. Police said that victims originated from multiple countries, including Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, India, and Singapore. A widening real-time deepfake problem Realtime deepfakes have become a growing problem over the… Read More »

Deep-Live-Cam goes viral, allowing anyone to become a digital doppelganger

Enlarge / A still video capture of X user João Fiadeiro replacing his face with J.D. Vance in a test of Deep-Live-Cam. reader comments 124 Over the past few days, a software package called Deep-Live-Cam has been going viral on social media because it can take the face of a person extracted from a single… Read More »