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Notes on deepfakes, with sources

Documented attacks with AI-generated voice and images, and how detection holds up against them. Each claim links to its source.

Voice

Every voice deepfake attack that mattered, 2019 to 2026

Fourteen confirmed cases of cloned voices used to steal money, sway an election, ruin a reputation or impersonate a government, in date order, each with a primary source. Includes the 95 million euro Fideuram fraud, Arup, Ferrari and the Biden robocall.

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