According to the federal prosecutor, fraudsters posing as Belgium's King Philippe, his chief of staff Vincent Houssieau and SGRS intelligence chief Stéphane Dutron have spent over a year seeking money from foreign dignitaries, Belgian families and business leaders, purportedly to free Belgian journalists held hostage in Syria. A video call with the 'King' was likely AI-generated, and money changed hands once.
Lanjing News reports that AI-generated middle-aged 'domineering CEO' personas proposing to 'big sisters' on Chinese social platforms are used to sell products, and some link to matchmaking agency staff. Her granddaughter says a 79-year-old woman left her phone number in the comments, was contacted on WeChat, was sold health products and paid 2,000 yuan for an e-commerce livestream course.
A viral AI-faked video shows uniformed girls introducing themselves as students of Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, declaring that 'Taiwan is China's' and hoping the 'motherland' unifies soon. Jianguo is a boys' school, so commenters mocked the clip, and a lawyer and influencer reposted it, calling it too fake.
Former Oyo State First Lady Florence Ajimobi says a viral video about her stance on the state's 2027 governorship election is a fabricated deepfake "designed to mislead the public". She called it the weaponization of artificial intelligence in politics. Her office reserves the right to pursue legal action against its creators and distributors.
Andrew Losowsky writes that an engineer job ad at The Markup drew more than 400 applications within 12 hours. Red flags included near-identical answers, a few saying 'ChatGPT says', and one applicant claiming to have built its Blacklight tool. Scammers also exploited the ad, emailing jobseekers tests bearing its logo and a contract from someone posing as its CEO, then requesting financial information.
Anakapalli police arrested Eragorla Sreenu and Shaik Saleem. Police say the pair claimed links to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's office and promised government jobs, sending a fake audio clip mimicking Naidu's voice. Doubters were put on a conference call with an accused posing as Minister Nara Lokesh's assistant. According to police, victims paid about Rs 12.13 lakh in instalments.
