DICT steps up efforts vs abuse of AI tools

By Kristina Maralit

Aug 06, 2024 12:05 am

THE Philippine government is ramping up its drive to combat deepfakes and abuse of generative AI (artificial intelligence) tools as these have become a global concern, Department of Information Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan Uy said Monday.

Uy noted that the country has been very active in flagging AI threats he tagged a 'scamdemic' and 'has actually surpassed drugs in terms of profitability for the cybercriminals.'

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