Andrew Hayler was sentenced to nine years in jail, in what has been called a landmark decision, for posting deepfake pornography of women he knew alongside rape fantasies and violent threats. No deepfake offence existed at the time, so he was charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence. He has told the court he intends to challenge the sentence.
Fraudsters posing as Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto sought hundreds of thousands of euros from leading entrepreneurs to free journalists supposedly held in the Middle East. The report calls the impersonation a voice deepfake, and it failed to fool those who know him. One victim paid a million euros, and prosecutors have opened an aggravated fraud file.
A businessman has been missing since 8 July. Audio messages sent to his son, claiming he was in Brazil, were generated with AI to simulate his voice, a Federal Police forensic acoustics report found this week. Investigators believe he was killed and the kidnappers sent the audios to deceive the family. A federal judge charged José Uriburu and Juan Carlos Miró with kidnapping and extortion.
A video made with artificial intelligence software shows Santorini's volcano erupting and bringing destruction, panic and chaos to the Cyclades. It has been shared on TikTok and reposted by many accounts, spreading fear online, according to the report. Other fake AI videos showing the island given over to chaos are also circulating.
