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      "id": 19644,
      "url": "https://www.heise.de/news/heise-meets-Beim-Voice-Cloning-reicht-eine-30-Sekunden-Nachricht-11414395.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.atom.beitrag.beitrag",
      "title": "heise meets … „Beim Voice Cloning reicht eine 30-Sekunden-Nachricht“",
      "summary": "Rechtsanwältin Dr. Franka Becker warnt: Deepfakes und geklonte Stimmen senken die Hemmschwelle für Manipulationen und stellen die Beweisführung vor Probleme.",
      "authors": "Markus Schraudolph",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-14T11:40:00.000Z",
      "source": "Heise Online (DE)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19644"
    },
    {
      "id": 19205,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91589221/chatbots-argue-against-election-conspiracy-theories-then-willingly-illustrate-them?position=1&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=08142026",
      "title": "Chatbots argue against election conspiracy theories, then willingly illustrate them",
      "summary": "A Brennan Center study found that major AI chatbots refused to endorse false election claims. The same companies’ image tools produced fake evidence for those claims on demand.",
      "authors": "Mark Sullivan",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T16:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19205"
    },
    {
      "id": 19263,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91589221/chatbots-argue-against-election-conspiracy-theories-then-willingly-illustrate-them?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
      "title": "Chatbots argue against election conspiracy theories, then willingly illustrate them",
      "summary": "Welcome to AI Decoded , Fast Company ’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company , covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here . And if you have comments on this issue and/or ideas for future ones, drop me a line at sullivan@fastcompany.com , and follow me on X @thesullivan . As midterms loom, AI chatbots fight election lies, but then supply image",
      "authors": "Mark Sullivan",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T16:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company Tech",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19263"
    },
    {
      "id": 19520,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91589221/chatbots-argue-against-election-conspiracy-theories-then-willingly-illustrate-them?position=7&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=08152026",
      "title": "Chatbots argue against election conspiracy theories, then willingly illustrate them",
      "summary": "A Brennan Center study found that major AI chatbots refused to endorse false election claims. The same companies’ image tools produced fake evidence for those claims on demand.",
      "authors": "Mark Sullivan",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T16:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19520"
    },
    {
      "id": 19383,
      "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/series-d-ete/article/2026/08/13/adieu-fake-news-bonjour-fimi-le-lexique-de-la-desinformation-fait-peau-neuve_6745813_3451060.html",
      "title": "Adieu « fake news », bonjour « FIMI » : le lexique de la désinformation fait peau neuve",
      "summary": "« Dix ans de post-vérité » (4/5). A peine Donald Trump élu en 2016, l’anglicisme « fake news » se diffuse dans le monde entier. Ambigu, malmené et récupéré, il est aujourd’hui remplacé par des termes plus techniques.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T15:00:02.000Z",
      "source": "Le Monde Pixels (FR)",
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    },
    {
      "id": 19404,
      "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/08/13/africa-cybercriminals-adopting-ai-institutions-them",
      "title": "Africa’s cybercriminals are adopting AI faster than the institutions chasing them",
      "summary": "AI was involved in 55% of cybercrime cases observed by African countries surveyed by Interpol in 2025, as criminals used the technology to produce convincing phishing messages, fabricate identities, and impersonate executives and public figures. Deepfake incidents increased sevenfold between the second and fourth quarters of 2024.",
      "authors": "Adonijah Ndege",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T10:49:27.000Z",
      "source": "TechCabal (Africa)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19404"
    },
    {
      "id": 18731,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05849",
      "title": "Public support for misinformation interventions depends on perceived fairness, effectiveness, and intrusiveness",
      "summary": "arXiv:2508.05849v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The proliferation of misinformation on social media has concerning possible consequences, such as the degradation of democratic norms. While recent research on countering misinformation has largely focused on analyzing the effectiveness of interventions, the factors associated with public support for these interventions have received little attention. We asked 1,010 American social media users to rate their support for and perceptions of ten mi",
      "authors": "Catherine King, Samantha C. Phillips, Kathleen M. Carley",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "bias-fairness,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T04:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv cs.CY",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18731"
    },
    {
      "id": 18734,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10315",
      "title": "Is Misinformation More Open? A Study of robots.txt Gatekeeping on the Web",
      "summary": "arXiv:2510.10315v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly relying on web crawling to stay up to date and accurately answer user queries. These crawlers are expected to honor robots.txt files, which govern automated access. In this study, for the first time, we investigate whether reputable news websites and misinformation sites differ in how they configure these files, particularly in relation to AI crawlers. Analyzing a curated dataset, we find a stark co",
      "authors": "Nicolas Steinacker-Olsztyn, Devashish Gosain, Ha Dao",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "misinformation,agents-autonomy,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T04:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv cs.CY",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18734"
    },
    {
      "id": 19494,
      "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/08/13/embattled-trump-ally-farage-may-beat-count-binface-his-troubles-continue",
      "title": "Beating ‘Binface’ may not save Trump ally Farage, as scandal mars populist’s image",
      "summary": "The election demanded by Reform UK's leader, who faces corruption accusations, has turned into a punch line after major parties dismissed it as a stunt and declined to field candidates.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T02:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Washington Post Technology",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19494"
    },
    {
      "id": 18978,
      "url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/alabamas-primary-drew-5-percent-turnout-thanks-to-supreme-court-destroying-voting-rights-act",
      "title": "Alabama’s Primary Drew 5 Percent Turnout Thanks To Supreme Court Destroying Voting Rights Act",
      "summary": "The do-over election hastily thrown together by Republicans proved as chaotic as expected. The post Alabama’s Primary Drew 5 Percent Turnout Thanks To Supreme Court Destroying Voting Rights Act appeared first on Above the Law .",
      "authors": "Joe Patrice",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T17:48:00.000Z",
      "source": "Above the Law (legal tech)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18978"
    },
    {
      "id": 18879,
      "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/5-things-to-know-before-the-market-opens.html",
      "title": "Inflation data, CoreWeave's revenue surge, election betting and more in Morning Squawk",
      "summary": "Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T11:55:58.000Z",
      "source": "CNBC Technology",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18879"
    },
    {
      "id": 18887,
      "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/08/12/count-binface-interview-nigel-farage-british-politics-clacton-byelection",
      "title": "Introducing Count Binface, Britain's Political Satirist Who Is Standing Against Nigel Farage",
      "summary": "Satirical candidates are a long-standing tradition in British politics, but few have made as much of an impression as Count Binface. TIME speaks to the novelty candidate ahead of the Clacton by-election.",
      "authors": "Richard Hall and Olivia-Anne Cleary",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T09:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Time Tech",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18887"
    },
    {
      "id": 18853,
      "url": "https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/turning-osinv-inside-the-machine-open-source-investigations-and-information-disorder",
      "title": "Turning OSINV inside the machine: Open-source investigations and information disorder",
      "summary": "Open-source investigators and OSINV journalists have spent the last decade turning publicly available data into evidence of war crimes, environmental harms, and human rights abuses. More recently, they have trained the same lens on a different target: the algorithms, bot networks, and generative AI systems that industrialise deception and information disorder. The post Turning OSINV inside the machine: Open-source investigations and information disorder first appeared on HKS Misinformation Revie",
      "authors": "Vicky Gabriel",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "misinformation,environment,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T08:03:40.000Z",
      "source": "HKS Misinformation Review",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18853"
    },
    {
      "id": 18353,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.10773",
      "title": "The GenAI Catch-22: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Norwegian Newsrooms During the 2025 Parliamentary Election",
      "summary": "arXiv:2608.10773v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The increasing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in journalism raises concerns about possible detrimental effects both on journalism and its democratic function. We explore these risks through a case study of GenAI in Norwegian Newsrooms during the 2025 parliamentary election campaign. Based on interviews with managers and journalists over a ten-month period, we analyse how ambitious visions fared in the face of technological and pr",
      "authors": "Mari Reisj{\\aa}, Anders Sundnes L{\\o}vlie",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T04:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv cs.CY",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18353"
    },
    {
      "id": 19229,
      "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky",
      "title": "Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky",
      "summary": "A day after Google unveiled a new feature that allowed users to create AI-generated satellite images with the click of a button on its Google Earth platform, the company announced it was removing the tool. \"We've seen geospatial profession ... (report_number: 7681)",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "incident",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "AI Incident Database",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19229"
    },
    {
      "id": 18498,
      "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6023207-ai-reshapes-campaign-trail",
      "title": "AI reshapes traditional campaign strategies",
      "summary": "Artificial intelligence is reshaping the campaign trail, as candidates up and down the ballot turn to the technology for deepfake attack ads, viral social media posts and self-promotion. The embrace of AI as a political tool varies across political lines and races, drawing debate over whether deepfake content — particularly realistic videos or audio —...",
      "authors": "Miranda Nazzaro",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T20:19:42.000Z",
      "source": "The Hill Technology",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18498"
    },
    {
      "id": 18397,
      "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/the-guardian-view-on-ai-money-in-us-politics-not-the-way-to-hold-an-urgent-democratic-debate",
      "title": "The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate | Editorial",
      "summary": "Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valley’s use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome development As the huge societal ramifications of artificial intelligence have become clear, some of the tech industry’s most senior figures have taken to writing thinkpieces on what comes next. The latest to do so is Mark Zuckerberg, who this week published 6,500 words making the case for a laissez-faire approach to AI development. Worrying too much abou",
      "authors": "Editorial",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T18:04:02.000Z",
      "source": "The Guardian",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18397"
    },
    {
      "id": 18348,
      "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/977921/apple-reference-image-iphone-metadata",
      "title": "Apple could help you prove your iPhone photos aren’t deepfakes",
      "summary": "Apple is seemingly developing an iOS feature that can verify when a photograph was taken using an iPhone camera. 9to5Mac reports that the iOS 27 beta 5 includes code references for an \"Apple Reference Image\" system that can embed provenance metadata into iPhone photographs at the point of capture - enabling users to prove where […]",
      "authors": "Jess Weatherbed",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T16:19:15.000Z",
      "source": "The Verge",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18348"
    },
    {
      "id": 18495,
      "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/technology/social-media-ceuta-spain-morocco.html",
      "title": "How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco",
      "summary": "A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.",
      "authors": "Steven Lee Myers, Aida Alami and Carlos Barragán",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T13:23:38.000Z",
      "source": "NYT Technology",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18495"
    },
    {
      "id": 18622,
      "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/sa-a-hotbed-for-ai-deepfake-fraud-warns-lexisnexis-risk-solutions/8OKdWqDXxojqbznQ",
      "title": "SA a hotbed for AI deepfake fraud, warns LexisNexis Risk Solutions",
      "summary": "AI deepfake fraud threatens to derail efforts to rebuild investor and institutional trust following SA’s exit from the FATF grey list.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T11:25:00.000Z",
      "source": "ITWeb (ZA)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18622"
    },
    {
      "id": 18204,
      "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/08/11/pourquoi-l-ia-provoque-un-nouveau-seisme-dans-les-medias-fragilises-par-vingt-ans-de-mutations-numeriques_6743753_3234.html",
      "title": "Pourquoi l’IA provoque un nouveau séisme dans les médias, fragilisés par vingt ans de mutations numériques",
      "summary": "Le déferlement de l’intelligence artificielle, qui pille les contenus journalistiques, favorise les deepfakes et bouleverse la façon de s’informer, met à l’épreuve ce secteur où les plans sociaux se multiplient.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T04:00:31.000Z",
      "source": "Le Monde Pixels (FR)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18204"
    },
    {
      "id": 20208,
      "url": "https://www.euractiv.com/news/miracle-cures-and-stolen-identities-the-murky-world-of-ai-medical-deepfakes",
      "title": "Miracle cures and stolen identities: The murky world of AI medical deepfakes",
      "summary": "Eckart von Hirschhausen, doctor and TV presenter, was a victim deepfakes and identity theft. [Photo by Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images] Eckart von Hirschhausen is one of Germany’s ...",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation,healthcare",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T21:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Euractiv Digital",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20208"
    },
    {
      "id": 18094,
      "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-meta-tiktok-ceuta-migrant-crisis-spain-morocco",
      "title": "EU opens channel with Meta, TikTok to tackle Ceuta migrant crisis",
      "summary": "Thousands of migrants crossing into a Spanish enclave in Morocco were reportedly spurred by misinformation.",
      "authors": "Eliza Gkritsi",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T18:27:34.000Z",
      "source": "Politico Europe Technology",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18094"
    },
    {
      "id": 18221,
      "url": "https://www.codastory.com/polarization/the-manufactured-crisis-of-ceuta",
      "title": "The manufactured crisis of Ceuta",
      "summary": "Rumors and disinformation spread through social media and an attempt to twist the narrative for political ends are at the heart of Europe’s panic about migration and sovereignty. The post The manufactured crisis of Ceuta appeared first on Coda Story .",
      "authors": "Irina Matchavariani",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T13:24:12.000Z",
      "source": "Coda Story (authoritarian tech)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18221"
    },
    {
      "id": 18148,
      "url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583747-quantum-voting-trickery-could-make-elections-more-secure",
      "title": "Quantum voting could make elections more secure",
      "summary": "In an election, how can you make sure that everyone's votes are counted but also kept entirely secret? Quantum mechanics may have the answer",
      "authors": "Karmela Padavic-Callaghan",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T11:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "New Scientist Technology",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18148"
    },
    {
      "id": 18047,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91581838/can-skeptics-survive-the-misinformation-age?position=5&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=08112026",
      "title": "Can skeptics survive the misinformation age?",
      "summary": "As AI and social media make falsehoods harder to detect, the community devoted to debunking bad information faces an uncertain future.",
      "authors": "Lexi Pandell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18047"
    },
    {
      "id": 18104,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91581838/can-skeptics-survive-the-misinformation-age?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
      "title": "Can skeptics survive the misinformation age?",
      "summary": "Here is a truth: You are wrong about something. You have misunderstood a data point, been given bad information, or your memory has softened. Sometimes a bad actor is to blame—a podcaster spouting junk science, an influencer selling you on underresearched supplements, or someone who posts an AI -generated video that you’ll mistake for real footage. But, often enough, we deceive ourselves through long-held beliefs or superstitions. The closer that belief winds to your identity, the more likely yo",
      "authors": "Lexi Pandell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company Tech",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18104"
    },
    {
      "id": 18453,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91581838/can-skeptics-survive-the-misinformation-age?position=8&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=08122026",
      "title": "Can skeptics survive the misinformation age?",
      "summary": "As AI and social media make falsehoods harder to detect, the community devoted to debunking bad information faces an uncertain future.",
      "authors": "Lexi Pandell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18453"
    },
    {
      "id": 18823,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91581838/can-skeptics-survive-the-misinformation-age?position=11&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=08132026",
      "title": "Can skeptics survive the misinformation age?",
      "summary": "As AI and social media make falsehoods harder to detect, the community devoted to debunking bad information faces an uncertain future.",
      "authors": "Lexi Pandell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18823"
    },
    {
      "id": 19211,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91581838/can-skeptics-survive-the-misinformation-age?position=15&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=08142026",
      "title": "Can skeptics survive the misinformation age?",
      "summary": "As AI and social media make falsehoods harder to detect, the community devoted to debunking bad information faces an uncertain future.",
      "authors": "Lexi Pandell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19211"
    },
    {
      "id": 17772,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.02900",
      "title": "Angry but Accurate: Detecting and Profiling the Counter-Misinformation Ecosystem on Twitter",
      "summary": "arXiv:2607.02900v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: On social media, many users actively push back against false claims. Understanding who pushes back and how they do so matters, as this corrective activity is central to how misinformation is contested. We study this counter-misinformation ecosystem at scale: applying a domain-specific NLI model from our prior work to a large corpus of COVID-19 tweets, we classify 264,737 posts as supporting or opposing false claims and compare 23 user- an",
      "authors": "Eun Cheol Choi, Emilio Ferrara",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T04:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv cs.CY",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17772"
    },
    {
      "id": 17877,
      "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/voting-machine-researchers-say-federal-work-abruptly-ended-after-trump-ally-pushed-back-their-findings/415300",
      "title": "Voting machine researchers say federal work abruptly ended after Trump ally pushed back on their findings",
      "summary": "Mojave Research executives said at DEF CON that the government had been preparing to expand the company’s election security work, and linked Trump adviser Kurt Olsen to pressure they faced after finding election system vulnerabilities but no evidence votes were altered.",
      "authors": "David DiMolfetta",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-09T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "NextGov/FCW",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17877"
    },
    {
      "id": 17686,
      "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/aug/08/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing-to-the-minds-and-happiness-of-the-young-katherine-rundell-on-the-view-from-the-classroom",
      "title": "‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom",
      "summary": "Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back? If you set out to design from scratch a tool to facilitate authoritarian rule, it would look exactly like AI. You would cherish it for its ability to destabilise our shared reality and its creation of disinformation on a scale unprecedented in human history. With it you need no armies of typists and artists to spread your propaganda. It can enable",
      "authors": "Katherine Rundell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-08T08:00:41.000Z",
      "source": "The Guardian",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17686"
    },
    {
      "id": 17687,
      "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/uk-children-explicit-deepfake-images-ai",
      "title": "Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves",
      "summary": "Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produce Children in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses, as a safety watchdog warned AI is making such content easier to produce. The Report Remove service, which blocks intimate images from appearing online, said there had been a rapid increase in imagery that had been digitally manipulated or “faked” in some way,",
      "authors": "Dan Milmo Global technology editor",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-08T07:00:39.000Z",
      "source": "The Guardian",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17687"
    },
    {
      "id": 17438,
      "url": "https://theconversation.com/ai-is-making-disinformation-harder-to-spot-but-weve-found-a-new-way-to-catch-it-288671",
      "title": "AI is making disinformation harder to spot – but we’ve found a new way to catch it",
      "summary": "As AI-generated text becomes harder to identify, the real clues lie in how online conversations are being manipulated.",
      "authors": "Seán Roberts, Lecturer in Linguistics, Cardiff University, Kateryna Krykoniuk, Research Associate in the School of Languages, Arts and Societies, University of Sheffield",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T13:34:17.000Z",
      "source": "The Conversation",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17438"
    },
    {
      "id": 17450,
      "url": "https://techpolicy.press/ai-didnt-create-the-election-infrastructure-problem-it-just-made-it-urgent",
      "title": "AI Didn't Create the Election Infrastructure Problem. It Just Made It Urgent.",
      "summary": null,
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T12:58:50.000Z",
      "source": "Tech Policy Press",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17450"
    },
    {
      "id": 17511,
      "url": "https://inforrm.org/2026/08/07/how-misuse-of-private-information-can-protect-the-targets-of-unauthorised-intimate-deepfakes-rebecca-moosavian",
      "title": "How Misuse of Private Information Can Protect The Targets of Unauthorised Intimate Deepfakes – Rebecca Moosavian",
      "summary": "Though it has many legitimate uses, the dark side of deepfake technology has once again been highlighted by Labour MP Jess Asato’s current claim against Elon Musk’s xAI for its Grok feature which produced fake sexualised images of her. Such non-consensual sexual deepfakes entail highly gendered harms that primarily harm individual targets, as well as […]",
      "authors": "INFORRM",
      "category": "org",
      "topics": "jobs-economy,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T09:51:18.000Z",
      "source": "Inforrm (media law)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17511"
    },
    {
      "id": 17951,
      "url": "https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/closed-projects/exploring-ai-adoption-among-russian-disinformation-actors",
      "title": "Exploring AI Adoption Among Russian Disinformation Actors",
      "summary": "Project: Interrogating Russian Disinformation Actors’ Understanding and Adoption of AI Disinformation actors affiliated with the Russian state are thought to have invested heavily in AI technologies ...",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "org",
      "topics": "misinformation,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T08:56:00.000Z",
      "source": "Royal United Services Institute",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17951"
    },
    {
      "id": 17659,
      "url": "https://www.medianama.com/2026/08/223-parliament-deepfake-complaint-data-govt-laws",
      "title": "Parliament asks for deepfake complaint data, the govt responds with laws instead",
      "summary": "In response to questions on no. of deepfake complaints on social media & the platforms' compliance to content removal deadline, MeitY cited several sections under the IT Act, BNS, & the amended IT Rules used to take action. The post Parliament asks for deepfake complaint data, the govt responds with laws instead appeared first on MEDIANAMA .",
      "authors": "Rohit Singh",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T07:04:13.000Z",
      "source": "MediaNama (IN)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17659"
    },
    {
      "id": 17822,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.06865v1",
      "title": "Multi-Agent Forensic Reasoning for Generalizable Deepfake Video Detection",
      "summary": "The malicious use of generative artificial intelligence to create highly realistic deepfake videos raises serious ethical concerns and poses substantial challenges to AI safety. However, existing deepfake video benchmarks provide limited coverage of recent synthesis methods and generally lack reliable fine-grained textual annotations. Meanwhile, conventional detectors and multimodal large language models (MLLMs), whether operating as a single model or relying on a single analytical perspective,",
      "authors": "Xuechao Zou, Shun Zhang, Kai Li, Yi Zhou, Xinyu Sun, Yuhui Chen et al.",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "safety-alignment,misinformation,agents-autonomy",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T06:44:14.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17822"
    },
    {
      "id": 17829,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.06732v1",
      "title": "From Cheap Fakes to Pure Synthesis: Addressing the New Era of T2V Fake News Videos",
      "summary": "Recent text-to-video (T2V) generation models enable fake news videos to be synthesized from scratch, shifting the threat beyond cheap fakes assembled from existing footage. Such news videos can closely match fabricated narratives, creating a modality alignment trap for existing detectors. Existing datasets lack pure synthesis fake news videos. Although directly prompting T2V models with descriptions of fake news videos can yield perfectly aligned samples, it reduces the fake news video detection",
      "authors": "Yifeng Luo, Yupeng Li, Liang Lan, Tian Wang",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "safety-alignment,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T02:54:41.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17829"
    },
    {
      "id": 17963,
      "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/07/election-ai-deepfake-rules-states",
      "title": "Voters face uneven AI deepfake protections",
      "summary": "Americans across the country could have very different experiences with AI deepfakes leading up to Election Day.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T02:15:00.000Z",
      "source": "Axios AI+",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17963"
    },
    {
      "id": 17256,
      "url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/the-incredible-shrinking-biglaw-class-see-also",
      "title": "The Incredible, Shrinking Biglaw Class — See Also",
      "summary": "Go Big Or Go Home : Biglaw may be the largest single employer of new law school grads, but now associate class sizes are shrinking. Senator Schiff Tried A New Approach With Trump's Election-Denying Judicial Nominees: He asked about 2008, 2012, and 2016 first. The nominee answered all of them. Then came 2020... RICO Not-So-Suave : Reed Smith can't easily get out of claim that it took part in fraud . Down And Out In Law School : Law schools ran up big debts chasing higher rankings and the bill has",
      "authors": "Above the Law",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,misinformation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T23:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "Above the Law (legal tech)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17256"
    },
    {
      "id": 17980,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.06865",
      "title": "Multi-Agent Forensic Reasoning for Generalizable Deepfake Video Detection",
      "summary": "The malicious use of generative artificial intelligence to create highly realistic deepfake videos raises serious ethical concerns and poses substantial challenges to AI safety. However, existing deepfake video benchmarks provide limited coverage of recent synthesis methods and generally lack reliable fine-grained textual annotations. Meanwhile, conventional detectors and multimodal large language models (MLLMs), whether operating as a single model or relying on a single analytical perspective,",
      "authors": "Xuechao Zou, Shun Zhang, Kai Li, Yi Zhou, Xinyu Sun, Yuhui Chen",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "safety-alignment,misinformation,agents-autonomy",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T20:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "HuggingFace Daily Papers",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17980"
    },
    {
      "id": 17264,
      "url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/adam-schiff-has-had-it-with-trumps-election-denying-judicial-nominees-same-honestly",
      "title": "Adam Schiff Has Had It With Trump’s Election-Denying Judicial Nominees. Same, Honestly.",
      "summary": "'When did it become so difficult to answer such a simple question?' The post Adam Schiff Has Had It With Trump’s Election-Denying Judicial Nominees. Same, Honestly. appeared first on Above the Law .",
      "authors": "Kathryn Rubino",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T18:32:00.000Z",
      "source": "Above the Law (legal tech)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17264"
    },
    {
      "id": 17174,
      "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/06/jim-jordan-south-korea-fake-news-law.html",
      "title": "Rep. Jim Jordan, House Republicans raise alarms over new South Korean 'fake news' law",
      "summary": "GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday sent a letter to South Korean regulators raising concerns about a law they say will lead to censorship.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T17:15:47.000Z",
      "source": "CNBC Technology",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17174"
    },
    {
      "id": 17310,
      "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/fsca-targets-deepfakes-in-financial-scams-crackdown/lwrKx73Y1xaqmg1o",
      "title": "FSCA targets deepfakes in financial scams crackdown",
      "summary": "The watchdog intensifies enforcement as deepfake technology fuels increasingly sophisticated investment scams.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "misinformation,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T10:54:02.000Z",
      "source": "ITWeb (ZA)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17310"
    },
    {
      "id": 17084,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05741v1",
      "title": "Once a Response, Always a Response: Detecting LLM-generated Text via Latent Prompt Restoration",
      "summary": "Large language models (LLMs) can generate fluent and convincing text at scale, creating growing risks for misinformation dissemination, educational misuse, and platform governance. These concerns make robust detection of machine-generated text increasingly necessary. Recent zero-shot detectors mainly exploit probability-based statistical discrepancies, but they do not explicitly account for the training process of LLMs, which leaves a distinct generation mechanism insufficiently modeled and limi",
      "authors": "Hongrui Bao, Yubing Ren, Yanan Cao, Jinhan You, Fang Fang, Shi Wang",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "regulation,misinformation",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T08:22:19.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17084"
    },
    {
      "id": 17462,
      "url": "https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-family-sues-xai-over-use-of-grok-to-create-deepfake-child-sex-abuse-material",
      "title": "Arkansas family sues xAI over use of Grok to create deepfake child sex abuse material",
      "summary": "LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An Arkansas family is suing XAI, the artificial intelligence company owned by Elon Musk, after a Bentonville photographer allegedly used AI model \"Grok\" to turn pictures of their daughter and other clients into child se ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1619#7646)",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "incident",
      "topics": "misinformation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "AI Incident Database",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17462"
    },
    {
      "id": 17472,
      "url": "https://www.abc27.com/local-news/lancaster/parents-sue-lancaster-county-school-companies-over-ai-generated-nude-images",
      "title": "Parents sue Lancaster County school, companies over AI-generated nude images",
      "summary": "LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) --- A Midstate school is facing a lawsuit after hundreds of AI deepfake nude images of girls were created by two former male students. abc27 News' media partner LNP reported that parents of 13 of the girls affe ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1623#7656)",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "incident",
      "topics": "misinformation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "AI Incident Database",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17472"
    }
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  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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