Mark Cuban said on the Pivot podcast that Meta continues running Facebook ads using an AI-generated version of his face and voice to sell a fake diabetes cure, even as elderly victims email him asking if the product is real. He cited internal Meta documents reported by Reuters showing the company projected about $16 billion, roughly 10% of its 2024 revenue, from ads tied to scams and banned products, with Meta's own safety team estimating its platforms play a role in a third of successful U.S. scams.
finance.yahoo.com
· 2026-11-05
Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against Elon Musk's xAI, alleging the company's Grok tool used her image without consent to generate explicit deepfakes, including one depicting a sexual assault. Asato says she reported the images to X but the platform repeatedly dismissed her complaints, prompting her to pursue the matter in court instead.
wired.com
· 2026-10-27
A new TransUnion report finds that fraudsters increasingly target established customer relationships rather than sign-up processes, using social engineering, deepfakes, text spoofing and stolen credentials to impersonate customers or brands. Account login made up 53% of suspected digital fraud in the first half of 2026, and 58% of organizations said fraud is evolving faster than their ability to detect it.
darkreading.com
· 2026-10-23
A manipulated 26-second clip showing Washington County chair candidate Nafisa Fai speaking in front of an upside-down U.S. flag spread widely on X on October 19, hours before she appeared at a candidates forum. The video was posted by the account 'End Wokeness,' which has 3.9 million followers, with captions falsely claiming she held a rally in Minnesota and questioning her American identity. Replies to the post included calls for her deportation.
oregonjournalismproject.org
· 2026-10-20
Ad-supply researcher Decrypt Ads published a report identifying more than 2,100 websites publishing AI-generated recipes under invented chef identities, some promoted using an AI-generated likeness of actress Emily Blunt. Researcher Zach Edwards said he started with about 400 suspicious domains and used technical fingerprinting to trace hundreds more linked to the same operators, who monetize traffic through adtech partners based in Russia and China. The sites push content aggressively on Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter/X to drive organic traffic to Google search and social platforms.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-20
Google has launched its SynthID Detector tool to all users, letting anyone upload an image, video, or audio file to check for an embedded watermark indicating it was AI-generated. The underlying SynthID watermarking technology debuted in 2023, and a restricted version of the detector was previously available only to select researchers and journalists starting in 2025.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-18
National Trading Standards has published its first watchlist detailing how criminals use AI to deceive shoppers, including fake retailer websites styled as UK family businesses showing Union Jack-themed High Streets. Victims who order from these sites often receive nothing, or get cheap mass-produced goods from countries like China instead of the advertised UK-made products. The watchlist also flags voice cloning and deepfake videos as growing tools used in fraud.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-10-18
Microsoft plans to add support for third-party tools that identify synthetic media and impersonation threats within Teams meetings, with features launching in November. These updates will enable real-time detection signals and warnings for suspicious identities, enhancing meeting security. The move is part of a broader effort to strengthen Teams against social engineering and cyber threats, including external user restrictions and phishing protections introduced earlier.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-08
A TikTok creator known as The Dreadful Studio recorded an AI-powered job interview avatar responding with anger after the user answered interview questions in made-up gibberish. The avatar accused the applicant of wasting its time and questioned whether they could speak English, while its facial expression shifted between smiling and scowling as the exchange continued.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-06
A technology writer describes receiving a highly personalized PR solicitation email that referenced detailed facts about their book and career, prompting a closer look at how scammers now use AI to craft convincing, tailored pitches. The piece compiles guidance on recognizing red flags in such messages and verifying unsolicited outreach before responding.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-03
UCLA researchers led by Professor Aydogan Ozcan built a hybrid digital-optical neural processor that detects deepfake videos by using light to analyze 15 or more video streams simultaneously in a single optical pass. The system, described in a study published in eLight, pairs a lightweight digital encoder that extracts spatial, spectral and temporal features with optical processing to flag manipulated footage.
sciencedaily.com
· 2026-10-01
DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup founded by Tarini Padmanabhuni, has built AI models designed to run directly on smartphones to flag AI-generated voices in real time during calls and voice messages. Padmanabhuni started the company after her grandfather was scammed out of money by a deepfake voice impersonating his brother's kidnapping. The company is pitching its software to phone manufacturers to embed detection directly into device operating systems rather than relying on cloud-based analysis.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-28
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