Safeguarding Individuals: Legal Protections Against AI-Generated Deepfakes, Self-Harm, and Identity Theft.

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has its fair share of advantages and disadvantages. AI has ventured into many different sectors, giving individuals the option to use AI in multiple unique ways. One of the most creative yet contentious areas where AI is used is the synthetic content creation. Synthetic content creation, while it gives scope for innovations, has also led to an increase in deepfakes, voice cloning, misinformation, and resulted in financial scams, privacy infringement, and identity theft. The hyper-realistic AI-generated audio and video blur the line between truth and fiction, having the potential to affect individuals’ safety and privacy when used maliciously. Read Article