Overview
- Belgium’s royal palace said it had taken necessary steps after sexualized AI images and videos of Crown Princess Elisabeth spread on Facebook, and the fake profile is now inaccessible.
- Public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk acknowledged airing a clip about fakes that itself contained an AI-fabricated device and added a correction in its online archive.
- EU lawmakers backed a ban on tools that generate non-consensual deepfakes, and a Dutch court blocked use of X’s Grok nudifier in the Netherlands with steep per‑video fines.
- German officials warned that sexualized deepfakes violate personal rights and mostly target women, and Hesse plans to expand countermeasures as cases often stem from partners or ex‑partners.
- Forensic teams check shadow directions, lip‑sync and metadata and run AI detectors that return a fake‑likelihood score, yet many tools are black boxes that courts may not accept as evidence.