ICE Seeks Cyber Upgrade to Better Surveil and Investigate Its Employees 18. December 2025 (20:14) The agency plans to renew a sweeping cybersecurity contract that includes expanded employee monitoring as the government escalates leak investigations and casts internal dissent as a threat.(Wired)
The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams 18. December 2025 (18:45) Capable of creating “nearly perfect” face swaps during live video chats, Haotian has made millions, mainly via Telegram. But its main channel vanished after WIRED's inquiry into scammers using the app.(Wired)
UK to ban deepfake AI 'nudification' apps 18. December 2025 (18:43) A new offence looks to build on existing rules outlawing sexually explicit deepfakes and intimate image abuse.(BBC News)
BBC Inside Science 18. December 2025 (18:00) President Trump continues to shake up science. We look at the impact it’s already having.(BBC News)
A Filmmaker Made a Sam Altman Deepfake—and Got Unexpectedly Attached 18. December 2025 (13:00) The director of Deepfaking Sam Altman created a “Sam Bot” when he couldn’t get an interview with the OpenAI CEO. Watch an exclusive trailer for the documentary, which comes out in January.(Wired)
