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Podcast: The Chinese Deepfake Software Powering Scams

2026-05-13 · 404 Media

Chinese deepfake software Haotian AI is actively powering scams, because of course the democratization of AI means everyone gets to be a fraud artist now. Meanwhile, AI's insatiable hunger for hard drives is threatening internet archiving — so not only does AI help create fake content, it's also destroying our ability to preserve real content. A perfect circle of digital destruction.

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