"Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities" the-decenter.ghost.io/the-body-as-... by Afsaneh Rigot

@samgregory.bsky.social has written a fantastic piece on the risks of deep fakes and what can be done about them. As he correctly points out: "When any piece of evidence can be credibly dismissed as synthetic and any fabrication defended as real, we lose the ability to establish shared truth."

"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy." Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...

"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy." Witness's @samgregory.bsky.social on Sora's threat to visual truth:

Call to action here from @samgregory.bsky.social that it would be nice if OpenAI and others paid attention to.

Last week I wrote about the racist narratives being pushed about SNAP benefits, including unhinged AI videos on TikTok Fox News however ran a story claiming those videos were real until they realised their mistake and changed the story without admitting their mistake. www.wired.com/story/disinf...

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 '𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴' 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗔𝗜, 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:I recently spoke about how AI-generated media-like OpenAI's Sora app—is fracturing our shared sense of visual reality, how we're running out of time to address it, and 4 urgent actions to take www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...

"𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐. 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒” www.latimes.com/business/sto...

1/Citizen Lab’s new report on PRISONBREAK is a must-read. It exposes an AI-enabled influence operation targeting Iran with deceptive media, from the infamous Evin Prison gates video to deepfake music.

Pixel 10 out - 1st smartphone integrating C2PA in native camera app, shows content credentials. Reasons impt: *Reality matters: key to show authenticity of photos *Shows 'how' AI and human mixed in creation + edits *Focuses on recipe: on the how, not the who (privacy!) blog.google/products/pix...

Good morning, I've written a piece about the prime minister. I spoke to several dozen sources, including government insiders, former legal colleagues and campaigners to ask: what happened to Keir Starmer the heroic human rights lawyer? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Griefbots are increasingly common in personal usage while static resurrection deepfakes are used for advocacy and entertainment, but what does it mean to interact with an avatar of a dead person for political advocacy? I talked to BBC about THAT interview by Jim Acosta. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

"AI-generated content related to the Iran-Israel conflict has taken disinformation to an industrial level," @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social and @samgregory.bsky.social write for @carnegieendowment.org on the rise of AI war propaganda.

During the Iran-Israel war, civilians in Iran had little access to trustworthy information. AI deepfakes circulated online exacerbated this situation. What are the implications? @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social and @samgregory.bsky.social explained:

The growing gap between escalating AI deception and analysts' and our ability to detect creates new challenges ➡️ In global conflict ➡️ For civilians struggling to communicate and understand @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social and I discuss in @carnegieendowment.org carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

🆕| There is a growing gap between the sophistication of AI deception and analysts’ ability to detect it, heralding a frightening new phase in global conflict. @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social & @samgregory.bsky.social's latest for @carnegieendowment.org⤵️

The Iran-Israel war signals a major gap between the sophistication of AI deception and analysts’ ability to detect it. @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social & @samgregory.bsky.social explain how the info war is changing and its consequences @carnegieendowment.org ⬇️ carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Glad to collaborate with @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social on this exploration of AI war propaganda in the Israel-Iran war and the gaps growing in our capability to detect and respond carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

For my 1st post on Bluesky I am thrilled to provide you all with little antidote to the doomscroll... the HURIDOCS 2024 Annual Report! In it you will find inspiring stories of using information, data and solid documentation methodologies to support justice and advocacy initiatives around the world.

HURIDOCS matters now more than ever 💪. Our Executive Director shares why building independent, human rights-based digital infrastructure is essential to the future of the human rights movement. 📣 Read her full piece and share it with your network: 🔗 huridocs.org/2025/06/safe...

Baratunde is spot on. He highlights three things from the episode we did: (1) Reality is not sustainable if it always has to be proven. (2) A solution that doesn’t work for everyone is not a solution. (3) We need a food safety system for information newsletter.lifewithmachines.media/p/reality-on...

OK, here's an insightful book on #deepfakes from Brazil. I especially appreciate Diego Abreu's chapter explaining one of the criminalization attempts in Brazil, and the projected impact on youth [in Portuguese]: desvelar.org/enfrentando-... Cc @samgregory.bsky.social

This was one of the most engaging (and bleakest, because the world...) deepfakes, AI and human rights conversations I've had - with @baratunde.com, who is knowledgeable, perceptive and funny and whose pet AI BLAIRwas very snarky.... #ai #lifewithmachines #deepfakes www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucb8...

“Sometimes, the question is not, “What can AI do for you?” Sometimes the question is, “What is the job that needs to be done?”” says ICFJ Knight Fellow Nikita Roy in an interview with the Reuters Institute. Read more: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-expe...

📹 Deceptive AI video: what to know about creation, usage, guardrails and regulation. 📈⚠️ At #Ijf25, I did a rapid-fire update on what's happening with rapid technological advances, deceptive global usages, and emergent guardrails #Sora #Kling #Veo2 #deepfakes www.youtube.com/live/pbA3FEv...

📹 Deceptive AI video: what to know about creation, usage, guardrails and regulation. 📈⚠️ At #Ijf25, I did a rapid-fire update on what's happening with rapid technological advances, deceptive global usages, and emergent guardrails #Sora #Kling #Veo2 #deepfakes www.youtube.com/live/pbA3FEv...

🤖#GenAI in #Elections 2024? @khadijaalam.bsky.social asked me for @restofworld.org "...there were clear faultlines emerging around the capacity of journalists, fact-checkers, and civil society to deal with, detect, and communicate around the deepfake cases they had" restofworld.org/2025/global-...

Here is the list with this year' speakers. Are you a speaker and want to be added to the list? Write to us! #Ijf25 bsky.app/profile/did:...

At #ijf25 I'll also be doing a rapid IRL and live-streamed/recorded state-of-the world on 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20... Saturday, April 12, 12:35-1:00 PM #deepfakes #AI #detection #sora #kling #runwayml

🥰 Everyone on my wishlist said yes to this IRL and live-streamed #ijf25 panel on Friday: 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝: 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬! Nilesh Christoper, @cleibowicz.bsky.social and Professor Luisa Verdoliva. www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20... #AI #deepfakes

Looking forward to giving the Gruber Distinguished Lecture on Global Justice tomorrow (Monday) at Yale Law, and also talking at Yale Jackson on Tuesday on related themes around fortifying truth, trust and evidence in the face of AI. law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...

absolutely no shade on @stokel.bsky.social for an incredible scoop but the fact that this is FOIable is an absolute disaster www.newscientist.com/article/2472...

Oh Dolly ❤️https://open.spotify.com/album/2N09fTgE3daKnVujeFEyLD?si=3-J6FCDMRsa9wSCHMae1Yw

How do we think about truth and human rights reality amidst the challenges of AI and many forms/modes of denial? Honoured to give the Gruber Distinguished Lecture later this month at Yale ://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/sam-gregory-deliver-spring-2025-gruber-distinguished-lecture-global-justice

Sind Deepfakes eine reale Gefahr oder nur Panikmache und Hype? Das klären wir auf der #rp25 mit dem Tech-Experten und Menschenrechtsaktivisten Sam Gregory (@samgregory.bsky.social). ➡️ re-publica.com/de/news/rp25...

There's obviously not enough to worry about right now, so I thought, hey why not drop an episode about deepfakes... Fortunately, what @samgregory.bsky.social told me did make feel better. We discuss what technologists can do to help protect our shared reality: open.spotify.com/episode/6HE6...

The Hong Kong Accountability Archive (HKAA) is an independent, searchable and secure database of videos that documents the policing of the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

As the effects of climate change unfold worldwide, co-creative initiatives have never been more critical. WORLDING 2025 is an incubator where Indigenous knowledge, storytelling, and emerging XR technologies converge to imagine and inspire a just, thriving climate future. 🌱

Are you working on #FreedomOfExpression and #MediaFreedom worldwide? Follow this list 👇: go.bsky.app/HcUHTsF

Peter Fenwick's work was fascinating and he was a lovely human to boot (and an old friend). So glad to see the New York Times publish this obit for him... he was an expert on near-death and end-of-life experiences www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/s...

“We find that fact-checks are successful in debunking misperceptions. Moreover, this debunking effect is consistent across countries” Posting this key finding from our recent 16 country study. For no particular reason today. doi.org/10.1080/1520...

«… the ambition of making conversational interfaces and generative AI systems unavoidable mediators of human–computer interaction signals a turn from the attention economy ... to the intention economy, whereby commercial and political actors bid on signals that forecast human intent.»

There's too easy a narrative at the end of 2025 about the year of the "AI election apocalypse". I talked to @telliotter @wired.com about how fears were over-hyped of deepfakes and deceptive AI; but now we need to avoid complacency and act as faultlines become visible. www.wired.com/story/the-ye...