# synthetic media
Latest news and articles about synthetic media
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From Photo-Editing to ‘Sculpting’ Faces: China Scientist Urges Full-Chain Traceability to Tame Deepfakes
A senior Chinese AI researcher warns that face synthesis has evolved from 2D edits to realistic 3D modelling, intensifying risks of fraud and misinformation. She advocates a full‑chain, provable system — embedding immutable watermarks at generation, platform verification during distribution, and legal accountability — while continuing an internal arms race between generative and detection teams.
Chinese Studio Drops Near‑Seven‑Minute In‑Engine Teaser for Black Myth: Zhong Kui — and Its Founder Warns About AI Deepfakes
Game Science released a near seven‑minute in‑engine video for Black Myth: Zhong Kui as a Lunar New Year greeting; the clip contains no gameplay and ends on a mysterious tableau. CEO Feng Ji separately warned that advanced video‑generation models such as Seedance2.0 make it easy to fabricate realistic footage and urged the public to be sceptical of unverified videos, particularly those showing identifiable people.
Unauthorized AI Lunar‑New‑Year Greeting Videos Surge in China, Raising Legal and Trust Questions
AI‑generated Lunar New Year greeting videos are proliferating on Chinese social media without the consent of depicted individuals. While major platforms are adding watermarks, contractual bans and automated detection, many open‑source tools lack safeguards, creating civil, reputational and criminal risks and exposing broader governance gaps around synthetic media.