shirin anlen

Zuzanna Wojciak

Berlin: A sign with a skull and crossbones designed as a globe is held by participants in a climate demonstration on April 18, 2026. Photo by: Michael Ukas/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

AI Detection Was Built for Faces. Climate Deception Targets Environments.

Mahsa Alimardani

Women in black chadors and face masks walk past the entrance of the Penitentiary of Shahre Rey (also known as Qarchak women's prison) in Tehran Province, Iran. A sign in Farsi above the gate reads "ندامتگاه زنان استان تهران" (Women's Penitentiary of Tehran Province). The entrance features a red-tiled roof gate, stone walls, and a blue sign with additional Farsi text. The photo was taken March 31, 2021.

A 2021 photograph of Qarchak women's prison in Tehran Province, Iran. Tahmineh Rahmani/Student News Agency (

The Real Iranian Women Protesters Trump Made Look Synthetic

An image purporting to be a heatmap analysis of a photo taken in Iran (described below).

How AI Content Detection is Being Weaponized in the Iran War

Justin Hendrix

Fake US hundred dollar bills and debris is pictured on the floor of an abandoned scam center in O'Smach town on the Thai-Cambodian border on March 12, 2026, during a press trip organized by Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Thai Army. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Images)

How to Regulate Deepfake Financial Fraud

AI-generated images of protests that never happened posted to TikTok. Source: Maldita

AI-generated images of protests that never happened posted to TikTok. Source: 

How to Get Paid to Polarize on TikTok

Jacobo Castellanos

Bruna Santos

Indian Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw addresses a press conference during AI-Summit in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo)

India Bets on AI Detection. Every Regulator Should Watch What Happens Next.

Muhammad Irfan

Illustration invoking Chatbot, copywriting, Artificial Intelligence, Writing, Activity, The Media, AI Prompt, Generative AI Model, Storytelling, Typewriter.

AI Disclosure Labels Risk Becoming Digital Background Noise

Prateek Waghre

The black and white image shows a high shot of the tops of a city scene. At eye level are the tops of the tall buildings on either side of the street, in the middle of the image, it tunnels down to the road below. The street is fairly empty, but cascading down from the sky are pixels which look like a QR code pattern – almost like these represent the clouds. 

Synthetic Media in Elections and Politics in India

The AI app Grok on the App Store on an iPhone, against a backdrop of search results displayed on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on a laptop, in London. Picture date: Thursday January 8, 2026. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

The Grok Disaster Isn't An Anomaly. It Follows Warnings That Were Ignored.

Natalia Garina

Young adults are walking on a street. Two young women are on the pavement to the left of the image and five young men walk in the road. The road is empty of traffic and the people in the picture are relaxed and appear to be engaged in chatting with each other.  Overlaid on the image are identification boxes. All of the figures have ID boxes around them. 

What the EU’s New AI Code of Practice Means for Labeling Deepfakes

Image of Elon Musk next to the Grok and xAI logos.

The Policy Implications of Grok's 'Mass Digital Undressing Spree'

Tim Bernard

The image shows a silhouette of a person, likely a woman, sitting on the floor in a dimly lit room. She is sitting near a large window with sunlight streaming in, creating a strong contrast between the light outside and the darker interior. The woman appears to be holding a phone or tablet, looking at the screen while leaning her arms on her knees. The overall mood of the image is reflective, perhaps suggesting a moment of contemplation or solitude. The setting seems to be indoors, with part of the room's furniture visible on the right-hand side.