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WASHINGTON - MARCH 09: The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquaters March 9, 2007 in Washington, DC. F.B.I. Director Robert Mueller was responding to a report by the Justice Department inspector general that concluded the FBI had committed 22 violations in its collection of information through the use of national security letters. The letters, which the audit numbered at 47,000 in 2005, allow the agency to collect information like telephone, banking and e-mail records without a judicially approved subpoena. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

FBI: New kidnapping scam employs AI-altered images to pressure victims into paying criminals

The FBI issued a public service announcement (PSA) warning about a new variation of “virtual kidnapping” scams where criminals use artificial intelligence (AI) to alter publicly available photos, often from social media, as fake “proof-of-life” evidence to extort ransoms from victims.

Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) applaud as US President Donald Trump looks to the guests during his address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

‘America Is Back’: Trump’s Joint Address To Congress

President Donald Trump delivered a nearly two-hour address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, commencing with declaring “America is back.”

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 06: (L-R) California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference on October 06, 2022 in San Francisco, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom was joined by the governors of Washington, Oregon and the premier of British Columbia to sign a new climate agreement to further expand the region’s climate partnership. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Gov. Newsom’s ‘Anti-Deepfake’ Bill Blocked By Federal Judge, A Win For Elon Musk

A federal judge blocked California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s anti-deepfake legislation on Wednesday, which sought to criminalize digitally-altered political images and videos 60 days before an election.

BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 28: A participant sits with a laptop computer as he attends the annual Chaos Communication Congress of the Chaos Computer Club at the Berlin Congress Center on December 28, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The Chaos Computer Club is Europe's biggest network of computer hackers and its annual congress draws up to 3,000 participants. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Criminal Enterprise Utilizes A.I. In ‘Eerie’ Fraud-For-Hire Dark Web Ad

David Maimon, a criminologist and professor at Georgia State University, recently uncovered an online video posted by a multibillion-dollar global criminal organization that has been stealing from the U.S. government since 2020, providing other criminals with generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

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Deepfake Video Shows Nixon Announcing Apollo 11 Disaster

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