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As artificial intelligence makes creating convincing fake images easier, Reuters employs specialist journalists to verify visual content from social media. The process involves tracing sources, cross-referencing data, and using AI detection tools.
Malaysia's anti-corruption agency is enhancing its technological arsenal to detect sophisticated digital forgeries and artificial intelligence-generated content used to obstruct investigations into graft cases.
Employers worldwide are adopting biometric scanning, device tracking, and identity verification technology to filter out fraudulent job applications and deepfake candidates, as hiring fraud costs businesses tens of thousands annually.
The European Union is intensifying enforcement of its landmark AI Act starting August 2, establishing new monitoring mechanisms to combat deepfakes, illicit imagery, and hacking threats. The 27-nation bloc is expanding its Brussels-based AI Office to track violations.
Malaysia's communications regulator removed 12,353 deepfake posts in the first six months of 2024, representing a 94 per cent success rate in content takedowns. The crackdown reflects growing efforts to combat AI-manipulated content under new platform accountability measures.