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Google reports scale of complaints about AI deepfake terrorism content to Australian regulator

By Byron Kaye

Mar 6 2025 6:49AM

Gemini used to create material.

Google reports scale of complaints about AI deepfake terrorism content to Australian regulator

Google has informed Australian authorities it received more than 250 complaints globally over nearly a year that its artificial intelligence software was used to make deepfake terrorism material. The tech giant also said it had received dozens of user reports warning that its AI program, Gemini, ...

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