Analysts atiProov, a British biometric firms, attributed the surge to the growing accessibility of sophisticated generativeAItools.
Theyre also user-friendly and affordable.
Identity fraudsters have quickly exploited this vulnerability.
From H1 to H2 last year,the use ofdeepfakemedia alongside metadata spoofing soared by 672%.
In that same period, there was a 353% increase in threat actors using emulators.
Other than the victim, everyone on the call was a digital recreation of a real staff member.
These are the tools that we have identified in our report as representing a very significant threat.
Four years after researchers highlighted deepfakes themost worrying AI crime, their anxieties are becoming reality.
One of the themes of this years TNW Conference is Ren-AI-ssance: The AI-Powered Rebirth.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he e(show all)Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
