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<p>Generative artificial intelligence services have made it easier to produce convincing
deepfake content and, whilst there are legitimate use cases this is also impacting
a range of crime types.</p><p>The Home Office is working closely with law enforcement,
international partners, industry and across Government to address the risks associated
with deepfakes. This includes reviewing the extent to which existing criminal law
provides coverage of AI-enabled offending and harmful behaviour, including the production
and distribution of deepfake material using generative AI. If the review suggests
alterations to the criminal law are required to clarify its application to AI-generated
synthetic and manipulated material then amendments will be considered in the usual
way.</p><p>The Online Safety Act places new requirements on social media platforms
to swiftly remove illegal content - including artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes
- as soon as they become aware of it. The Act also updates Ofcom’s statutory media
literacy duty to require it to take tangible steps to prioritise the public's awareness
of and resilience to misinformation and disinformation online. This includes enabling
users to establish the reliability, accuracy, and authenticity of content.</p><p>We
have no current plans to ban services which generate deepfakes, however Government
has been clear that companies providing AI services should take steps to ensure safety
and reduce the risks of misuse. This was discussed at the Government’s AI Safety Summit
in November 2023, reinforcing our commitment to international collaboration on this
shared challenge.</p><p>Crime is recorded on the basis of the underlying offence,
not whether a deepfake was involved, and we are therefore unable to provide a figure
for deepfake-enabled crimes.</p><p>We are unable to provide figures for departmental
spending as this is captured according to crime type, or broader work on artificial
intelligence, and not broken down into activities specific to deepfakes.</p><p> </p>
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