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China Targets AI-Driven Fraud and Deepfake Scandals with New Crackdowns

July 4, 2024

Chinese law enforcement has targeted a rise in AI-driven crimes. The crimes include deepfake and voice synthesis used for fraud, identity theft, and unauthorized personality rights usage. In particular, "AI undressing" scams, fake relationships using synthesized voices, and game hacking software make up many of these cases. In response, authorities have prosecuted multiple cases and implemented stricter regulations to control AI misuse.
Alleged deployer
zeng-moumou, wang-mouhe, unknown-deepfake-creators, tang-mou, bai-moumou, ai-fraud-rings-in-china, unknown-scammers
Alleged developer
unknown-voice-synthesis-technology-developers, unknown-game-cheating-technology-developers, unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
chinese-general-public, chinese-citizens

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/834

Data source

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