CYBER

AI Deepfakes Are Everywhere and Congress is Completely Out of Their Depth

An AI-generated Biden called voters in New Hampshire ahead of the primary and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/politics/biden-robocall-texas-strip-mall-invs/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">told them to stay home</a>. X locked down the search term “Taylor Swift” after AI-generated nudes of the pop giant flooded the platform. In the wake of both scandals, Congress has struggled with how to fight back against the flood of fake bullshit. Keeping the world from drowning in fakes affects all of us, but some of the cures sound worse than the sickness. This week on Cyber, Motherboard Senior Editor Janus Rose and Fight for the Future’s Lia Holland come on to talk about the limits of legislation around AI-generated scams and abuse. Stories discussed in this episode. <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9az5/congress-is-trying-to-stop-ai-nudes-and-deepfake-scams-because-celebrities-are-mad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Congress Is Trying to Stop AI Nudes and Deepfake Scams Because Celebrities Are Mad</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvajd/taylor-swift-is-living-every-womans-ai-porn-nightmare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m5nw/palworld-pokemon-game-ai-controversy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Palworld’ Is Tearing the Internet Apart</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7z5gw/an-ai-generated-content-empire-is-spreading-fake-celebrity-images-on-google" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">An AI-Generated Content Empire Is Spreading Fake Celebrity Images on Google</a> Cyber Live is coming to YouTube.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/Motherboardtv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Subscribe here</a> to be notified. Subscribe to<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.