AI deepfake scams ‘an emergency in the making’ as ASIC reports rise in false investment endorsements
Scammers are using impersonations of celebrities, politicians and trusted public figures to promote fake investment schemes, with the…
Papua New Guinea moves to outlaw AI deepfakes as victims call for more protection
Jennifer Baing was scrolling through Facebook when she came across a photo of herself wearing revealing lingerie. The…
Tasmania looks to introduce tougher laws for image-based abuse such as ‘revenge porn’ and deepfakes
Stephanie Nolan knows firsthand the impact of image-based sexual abuse, after intimate photos and videos were uploaded online…
West Papuan activists raise alarm over AI-generated deepfake videos
When Koteka Wenda stumbled across an AI-generated video of her circulating on social media, she was shocked. In…
Watch: Meloni’s AI warning highlights Europe’s fight against ‘nudification’ apps
Published on 08/05/2026 – 10:25 GMT+2 It was a bold move by Giorgia Meloni. This week, the Italian…
The Friends’ School denies discouraging parents from telling victims about deepfake incident
A Tasmanian private school criticised for its handling of an AI deepfake incident has denied it ever tried…
AI deepfakes are circulating in our schools. What’s the right way to handle them?
A Tasmanian school has been criticised by parents over its response to a deepfake incident targeting 21 female…
Parents slam ‘weak’ response at The Friends’ School after girls targeted in AI deepfake pornography scandal
Tasmania’s education minister has referred a parent’s complaint about how a Hobart school handled an AI pornographic deepfake…
Landmark plea as teen admits creating or altering sexually explicit deepfakes
The first person in Australia to be charged under new deepfake laws has admitted his guilt in the…
Deepfakes back in the headlines after a federal law was used for the first time
A South Australian man has become the first, and so far the only, person in the country to…
Teenager first in SA to be prosecuted for allegedly creating deepfake images
A court order suppressing the identity of the first South Australian man to be charged with creating sexually…
Australia at risk of ‘supercharged’ harm from unregulated AI, Toby Walsh warns
A leading artificial intelligence researcher has warned Australia’s lack of guardrails on the technology is putting another generation…