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Jun 2024
16m 10s

The deeply troubling world of deepfakes

The Guardian
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Last week, dozens of young female students in Victoria had innocuous photos of themselves taken from social media and manipulated into graphic nude images using artificial intelligence.Investigations reporter Ariel Bogle speaks to Nour Haydar about the dangers of deepfakes 
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