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EU Softens AI Rules After Lobbying by Tech Giants, Ban on 'Nudifier' Apps, Deepfakes Retained
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Tech Giants Reshape Europe’s AI Act While Bans on Deepfakes and Nudifier Apps Hold Firm
Founder News Team May 9, 2026 0

The EU has reached a provisional agreement on its AI Act, originally introduced in 2021, softening earlier strict proposals following…

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EU Softens AI Rules After Lobbying by Tech Giants, Ban on 'Nudifier' Apps, Deepfakes Retained
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Tech Giants Lobbied to Weaken the EU AI Act, But These Critical Protections Survived
Founder News Team May 9, 2026 0

The EU has reached a provisional agreement on its landmark AI Act, originally introduced in 2021, softening some compliance requirements…

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Deepfakes, bias and cyber attacks: How European startups are facing up to major AI risks
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Deepfakes, bias and cyber attacks: How European startups are facing up to major AI risks
Founder News Team Feb 23, 2026 0

As AI capabilities increase at pace, stark warnings are emerging that the technology could have dramatic consequences if left uncontrolled,…

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Grok Faces More Scrutiny Over Deepfakes As Irish Regulator Opens EU Privacy Investigation
Founder News Team Feb 17, 2026 0

Representational Image (AFP) London: Elon Musk’s social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI…

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European Union opens investigation into Musk's AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes
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European Union opens investigation into Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes
Founder News Team Jan 26, 2026 0

LONDON (AP) — The European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Monday after…

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Grok under fire for generating sexually explicit deepfakes of women and minors
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Grok under fire for generating sexually explicit deepfakes of women and minors
Founder News Team Jan 5, 2026 0

Published on 05/01/2026 – 17:17 GMT+1 Growing global backlash to xAI’s sexually explicit artificial ininformigence-generated imagery has forced the company,…

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European startups obtain serious about deepfakes as AI fraud losses surpass €1.3 billion
Founder News Team Oct 22, 2025 0

The cost of creating convincing synthetic media has collapsed – and so has society’s ability to distinguish between real and…

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Denmark Leads EU Push to Copyright Faces in Fight Against Deepfakes
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Denmark Leads EU Push to Copyright Faces in Fight Against Deepfakes
Founder News Team Oct 7, 2025 0

Amritha R Warrier & AI4Media / Better Images of AI / tic tac toe / CC-BY 4.0 Denmark wants to…

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Cash-for-votes, deepfakes, and propaganda: Russia’s latest bid for influence
Founder News Team Sep 16, 2025 0

Moldova is a counattempt in a difficult position. Literally. It has Romania and the European Union (EU) to the west,…

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Danes’ Legal Shield Against Deepfakes
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Danes’ Legal Shield Against Deepfakes
Founder News Team Aug 16, 2025 0

In what it calls the first law of its kind in Europe combating the rise of AI-generated deepfakes, Denmark is…

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