The EU tries to regulate deepfake porn and AI

About this episode

The episode discusses the EU's efforts to regulate deepfake pornography and the implications of the AI Act.

Deepfake pornography is emerging as one of the most urgent challenges in artificial intelligence. On this week’s The Big Tech Show , Adrian speaks to Aoife White at the European Correspondent, who specialises in EU affairs, about how the EU’s AI Act aims to tackle the issue by targeting the apps that make such content to create. We want to earn your trust and are members of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Adrian

Guest: Aoife White

Topics covered

• deepfake
• pornography
• artificial intelligence
• EU regulation
• AI Act
• technology

Keywords

• deepfake
• porn
• AI
• EU
• regulation
• technology
• artificial intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: European Correspondent, EU, Trust Project, Irish Independent

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