Laurie Segall’s new deepfake series with Paris Hilton is her latest proof point for a portable IP approach to journalism.

Synthetic media is forcing legal, cybersecurity, and investigative teams to reevaluate how digital evidence is ...

Once confined to niche bodybuilding forums and hardcore gyms, unproven injectable peptides are now being openly marketed online to the average gym-goer by social media influencers – and regulators ...

How synthetic identities, deepfakes, and generative AI are forcing banks to rethink fraud prevention, identity assurance, and ...

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) When scientist J ...

Brightly colored snacks, candies, and juices may be visually appealing, but the synthetic dyes that give many of these foods their hue have been linked to a number of potential health problems. About ...

A defining story of the past decade or so has been the collapse of trust in the credibility of legacy media institutions. The latest survey data from Gallup found that just 28 percent of Americans ...

Elon Musk's X platform restricted its AI chatbot Grok amid concerns over misuse, particularly banning its ability to generate or process "undressing" images that simulate removing clothing from photos ...

You’ve got three seconds (and maybe even less) before a viewer swipes past your carefully crafted video and moves on to the next thing. In a feed crowded with creators, brands, and communities all ...

Even Charli D’Amelio and Jordan Howlett, aka Jordan the Stallion, didn’t just show up to their first brand deals empty-handed. At every level of the creator economy, the difference between “We’ll keep ...

Depending on the context, AI can be an extraordinary tool or a terrifying threat. The ability to expeditiously manufacture approximate “information,” in the form of visuals or text, arrives as media ...