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 • Alexios
AI gave us Jesus hugs and automated CCP propaganda
🤥 Faked Up #34: AI hugging videos are a prelude to more deepfake harassment, DeepSeek parrots CCP talking points, and two new surveys contradict…
 • Alexios
Deepfake labels and detectors still don't work
🤥 Faked Up #33: Catholic page uses Google to spread unlabeled AI slop on Meta, Deepfake image detectors flop basic test, and Kent Walker thinks…
 • Alexios
AI nudifier makes a mockery of Meta's moderation
🤥 Faked Up #32: Crush AI ran 8,010 ads on Meta, Fact-checkers and crowds are not mutually exclusive, and AI slop tops Google image results for [does…
 • Alexios
Chasing the crowd
What we seek when we turn to crowd-driven fact-checking
Zuck chucks fact-checkers to cosplay as Elon Musk
🤥 Faked Up #31: Meta terminates fact-checking program, Matryoshka migrates to BlueSky, and Spiegel identifies MrDeepFakes
 • Alexios
Launching the Faked Up academic library
I'm keeping a running list of worthwhile academic studies on digital deception so you don't have to.
 • Alexios
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A newsletter about digital deception, dreck and disinformation.
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