National police agency says it is investigating 513 cases of deepfake pornography as a new scandal grips the country The anger was palpable. For the second time in just a few years, South Korean women took to the streets of Seoul to demand an end to sexual abuse. When the country spearheaded Asia’s #MeToo movement, the culprit was molka – spy cams used to record women without their knowledge. Now their fury was directed at an epidemic of deepfake pornography. For Juhee Jin, 26, a Seoul resident who advocates for women’s rights, the emergence of this new menace, in which women and girls are again the targets, was depressingly predictable. “This should have been addressed a long time ago,” says Jin, a translator. “I hope that authorities take precautions and provide proper education so that people can prevent these crimes from happening.” Continue reading...

Parliamentary inquiry told police forced to ‘cobble together’ laws to prosecute man who allegedly spread deepfake images of women * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A one-stop portal for victims to report AI deepfakes to police should be established, the federal police union has said, lamenting that police were forced to “cobble together” laws to charge the first person to face prosecution for spreading deepfake images of womenlast year. The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, introduced legislation in parliament in June that will create a new criminal offence of sharing, without consent, sexually explicit images that have been digitally created using artificial intelligence or other forms of technology. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

The Australian Electoral Commission says Australia won't be 'immune' to AI-generated misinformation at its next election. 'I can't give you a prediction about whether it will be used,' the AEC commissioner, Tom Rogers, said. 'But we're seeing increased use in these types of tactics in elections around the world. I don't think we're going to be immune to that.' He also told the Senate he doesn't expect there to be the widespread legislation needed before the next election ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube Continue reading...