Deepfake Scams Are Hitting Older Adults Hardest: $4.9 Billion Lost in 2024

Deepfake Scams Are Hitting Older Adults Hardest: $4.9 Billion Lost in 2024

Americans over the age of 60 lost $4.9 billion to scams in 2024 — 43% more than the year before. Research presented at Governors State University in April 2026 documents how artificial intelligence, specifically voice cloning and synthetic video, is dramatically accelerating fraud targeting older adults. The study describes three specific vulnerabilities that AI weaponises: … Read more

Voice Cloning Has Crossed the Indistinguishable Threshold, Researchers Warn

Voice Cloning Has Crossed the Indistinguishable Threshold, Researchers Warn

A computer scientist who researches synthetic media at the University at Buffalo published a stark assessment in late 2025: artificial intelligence voice cloning has crossed what they describe as the “indistinguishable threshold.” A few seconds of audio — captured from a social media post, a podcast, a video call — is now enough to generate … Read more

YouTube Expands AI Deepfake Detection to Politicians and Journalists

YouTube Expands AI Deepfake Detection to Politicians and Journalists

YouTube announced in March 2026 that it is expanding its AI deepfake detection technology — previously available only to YouTube Partner Programme creators — to a new pilot group that includes government officials, political candidates, and journalists. The move comes as AI-generated video featuring fabricated versions of public figures reaches unprecedented scale across social media … Read more

AI Deepfakes Are Now Routine Campaign Tools in 2026 US Midterm Elections

AI Deepfakes Are Now Routine Campaign Tools in 2026 US Midterm Elections

Artificial intelligence has arrived in American election campaigns — and it is not leaving. In March 2026, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) released an online political advertisement featuring an AI-generated deepfake of Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. The clip showed a realistic but entirely fabricated version of Talarico speaking directly to camera for … Read more

Sora 2 AI Video Detector: How to Detect the Most Advanced AI Video

Sora 2 AI Video Detector

Sora 2 — OpenAI’s second-generation video model, released September 2025 — represented a dramatic leap in realism. Its improved physics simulation, consistent object tracking, and synchronised audio generation made it the most convincing AI video generator ever publicly available. It also made detection harder. This guide explains how to detect Sora 2-generated video specifically, and … Read more

AI Video Misinformation: How Synthetic Media Is Reshaping Truth

AI Video Misinformation

AI-generated video has introduced a new category of misinformation: entirely fabricated footage of events that never happened. Unlike traditional misinformation — where real footage is miscontextualised — synthetic media misinformation creates false reality from scratch. This article explores how AI video misinformation spreads, who produces it, and how detection tools push back. Types of AI … Read more

C2PA Metadata and AI Video: How Watermarking Works (And Its Limits)

C2PA Metadata and AI Video

Our detector analyses video content directly — not metadata — so it works even when C2PA certificates have been stripped. Upload above for an instant result. C2PA — the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity — developed an open standard for embedding cryptographic provenance data into digital media. OpenAI implemented C2PA in Sora-generated videos, meaning … Read more

How Accurate Is AI Video Detection? Honest Assessment for 2026

How Accurate Is AI Video Detection? Honest Assessment for 2026

Before you rely on any AI video detection tool — including ours — you deserve an honest answer about accuracy. This article gives you real numbers, explains what causes false positives and false negatives, and tells you how to interpret detection results responsibly. Current Accuracy Benchmarks False Positives: When Real Video Gets Flagged False positives … Read more