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What started with a spoof of a campaign ad has led to a critical question: Do new California laws meant to crack down on election-related deepfakes also ban memes and satire? Measures signed into ...

Exposure to a variety of deepfakes was fairly uniform across the country, the survey said, with political deepfakes being the ...

At the moment, no federal or California statute specifically blocks deepfakes in ads. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last month that would have prohibited deceptive, digitally altered ...

The latest chapter in this long-running saga involves California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s crackdown on election deepfakes. X owner Elon Musk reposted an obvious parody campaign video on his platform ...

Alan Filion, believed to have operated under the handle “Torswats,” admitted to making more than 375 fake threats against schools, places of worship, and government buildings around the United States.

President-elect Trump’s return to the White House has those in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry preparing for ...

Artificial intelligence was predicted to disrupt the 2024 election. It ended up shaking people’s faith in truth rather than influencing their vote.

You’re at your polling place. You're excited to take part in the democratic process. You want to document the moment and ...

While foreign actors spread misinformation about the U.S. election via deepfakes, legal experts aren't holding their breath ...