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Dubai cyber chief urges public to be vigilant over AI-powered deepfake threat | The National
People can no longer rely on poor spelling or suspicious-looking messages to identify fraud, cyber experts have warned. Amer Sharaf, chief executive of the Cyber Security Systems and Services Sector at the government-run Dubai Electronic Security Centre (Desc), said AI was allowing attackers to speed up methods that had previously required far more manual work.
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What happened
Desc announced on Wednesday that it was launching an AI model to help detect deepfake videos.
Why it matters
Deepfakes , phishing and voice cloning are among the threats becoming more sophisticated as criminals use AI to gather information about potential victims and create convincing messages, calls and videos.
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