#deepfakes

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Power & Surveillance

Nov 2, 2026//4 MIN

The pet portrait app was a front. 400 more like it hid a deepfake factory

Language tutors, workout coaches and cute pet filters passed App Store review, then quietly turned into sexual deepfake generators for the right users. Meta's ad system brought in the customers.

#apple#deepfakes#meta

Power & Surveillance

Oct 16, 2026//4 MIN

$137 million in AI political ads, and most of them never tell you

Campaigns have spent over $137 million on AI-made midterm ads, up from under $50,000 in 2024. Roughly seven in ten carry no label, and one party is doing nearly all of it.

#deepfakes#elections#political-ads

Artificial Intelligence

Oct 6, 2026//1 MIN

A dead man forgave his killer in an AI video. An appeals court threw out the sentence

The judge said he 'loved' the clip. Arizona's Court of Appeals called it unreliable and the error fundamental.

#deepfakes#law#generative-ai