The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) announced on Tuesday, January 21, that it will lift the nationwide access ban on Grok AI following a safety pledge made by its developer, xAI. In a statement, CICC Undersecretary Renato “Aboy” Paraiso said the decision came after...
Women’s rights group GABRIELA on Sunday, January 18, raised alarm over what it described as an “epidemic” of violence against women and children in the Philippines, citing a surge in brutal cases ranging from domestic killings and sexual abuse of minors to technology-facilitated violence such...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Friday, Jan. 16, confirmed that X, the platform owner of Grok, has formally reached out to the Philippine government and proposed corrective measures amid concerns over the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) for deepfake...
The agency of K-pop group TWICE warned about the spread of deepfake videos involving the members. South Korea has been grappling with the spread of deepfake porn videos. The police have started investigating reports of deepfake porn videos in schools nationwide including elementary. ...
Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (PPAB) Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua said the individuals behind the President Marcos deepfake video--where the Chief Executive was allegedly doing drugs--should upload the video in the Philippines instead of...
“Bitter!” This was what Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon called those behind the viral video footage allegedly showing President Marcos sniffing a powdery substance that his detractors said was cocaine. Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) House Senior Deputy Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos says he is no longer surprised by the dissemination of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake video on his father,...
Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Screenshot from Zoom) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe has called the artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake video of President Marcos as a malicious and...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is eyeing to prohibit the use of "AI deepfakes" as election campaign materials. "Kukumbinsihin ko po ang ating Commission En Banc na ipagbawal namin sa campaign ang paggamit ng deepfakes at AI (Artificial Intelligence) sapagkat madami...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said on Tuesday, April 30, that it is expecting Google to submit the data related to a "deepfake" audio of President Marcos, as soon as possible. Photo from Pixabay "We just need a registry (from Google [provider of YouTube]), we...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Tuesday, April 30, asked Congress to move quickly to pass legislation pertaining to artificial intelligence (AI), particularly the “deepfake.” CICC "Ang una kong hihingin sa kongreso bilisan niyo mag pasa ng batas, regulating...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (left), Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking congressmen Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Pampanga) and David "Jay-jay" Suarez...
