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Reporting

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Taking an AI nudifier to court: A conversation with the lawyer suing ClothOff

Nov 3, 2025

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17 min read

Taking an AI nudifier to court: A conversation with the lawyer suing ClothOff

“They shouldn't be out there. They shouldn't be operating," said Shane Vogt, the lawyer for a teenage plaintiff

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Reporting

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Meta ran 4,000 more ads for AI nudifiers. That may not be the worst part.

Sep 10, 2025

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2 min read

Meta ran 4,000 more ads for AI nudifiers. That may not be the worst part.

The company is making it easy for the advertisers to conceal their identity

Alexios Mantzarlis
Benjamin Shultz
Alexios Mantzarlis, +1

Deepfake images

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How good are generalist AI tools at identifying public figures in videos?

Aug 28, 2025

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4 min read

How good are generalist AI tools at identifying public figures in videos?

I tested seven of them. One came out on top.

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Impersonation

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Briefing: AI chatbots gone wild and tips for investigating X and VSCO

Aug 15, 2025

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9 min read

Briefing: AI chatbots gone wild and tips for investigating X and VSCO

Plus: a US academic explains why he's done with researching misinformation

Craig Silverman
Alexios Mantzarlis
Craig Silverman, +1

Telegram

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AI Nudifiers continue to reach millions and make millions

Jul 14, 2025

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4 min read

AI Nudifiers continue to reach millions and make millions

Our exclusive analysis estimates that the nudifier economy may be worth up to $36 million a year

Alexios Mantzarlis
Santiago Lakatos
Alexios Mantzarlis, +1

OSINT

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May 30 Briefing: X Community Notes goes down and new tool fools running apps

May 30, 2025

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10 min read

May 30 Briefing: X Community Notes goes down and new tool fools running apps

Your must reads and must tries on the digital deception beat this week

Alexios Mantzarlis
Craig Silverman
Alexios Mantzarlis, +1

Deepfake images

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OpenAI says "f**k it, we're doing impersonation now"
LockSimple

Apr 2, 2025

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14 min read

OpenAI says "f**k it, we're doing impersonation now"

OpenAI wants a cut of the deepfake disinfo market; TikTok job-bait accounts target would-be emigrants; and Meta is still running ads for AI nudifiers

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Deepfake images

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California's law mandating disclosure of election deepfakes was struck down

Oct 9, 2024

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13 min read

California's law mandating disclosure of election deepfakes was struck down

Plus: Russian hackers targeted users of AI nudifiers, and Meta AI is probably not good enough to be dangerous

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Deepfake images

Bombay High Court strikes down India's government fact-checking, Pixel's "Reimagine" lights the UN on fire, and X's NCII takedown requests get audited

Sep 25, 2024

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14 min read

Bombay High Court strikes down India's government fact-checking, Pixel's "Reimagine" lights the UN on fire, and X's NCII takedown requests get audited

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

AI slop

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Google reimagines deceptive photo editing

Aug 28, 2024

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16 min read

Google reimagines deceptive photo editing

The Pixel 9's Reimagine feature is a disinfo delight. Plus: Facebook's AI single parent cops drive a content farm and Telegram's channels for undresser apps reach hundreds of thousands

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

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