SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Wednesday sentenced a deepfake crime suspect to five years in prison after finding him guilty of producing about 400 fabricated pornographic videos and distributing about 1,700 such videos online. The Seoul Central District Court handed out the sentence to the 28-year-old suspect, surnamed Park, saying his [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Police Agency’s National Office of Investigation has announced the development of a deepfake detection software, marking a significant step in the crackdown on crimes associated with deepfake technology. Deepfakes, a blend of ‘deep learning’ and ‘fake,’ involve overlaying existing videos with other images using AI to create fake [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A revision to the Public Official Election Act calling for a ban on political campaign videos using AI-generated deepfakes during the election season passed through a special parliamentary committee Tuesday. Under the revision, individuals could face a maximum seven years in prison or a fine of up to 50 [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The state spy agency plans to launch a new service to update the public on new patterns in the latest international crimes and how to avoid falling prey to any nefarious schemes. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) announced on Wednesday that it had decided to roll out on a [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Tuesday its research team launched the country’s first mobile app that detects deepfakes — images or videos digitally manipulated with artificial intelligence (AI) — to curb misinformation and prevent potential harm to victims targeted by the technology. The software, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a heated scandal over Luda, a chatbot that ended up being unplugged amid controversies over its hypersexualization and unfiltered comments on sexual minorities, South Korea faces another socio-technological issue on how to tackle artificial intelligence technology that targets real, living celebrities as victims of deepfake porn. On Wednesday, [...]