AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year - can these international standards help?
Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year - can these international standards help? Until now, efforts to identify and combat deepfakes and AI scams have been scattered. Written by Joe McKendrick, Contributing WriterContributing Writer July 23, 2026 at 7:51 a.m.
- ▪Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year - can these international standards help?
- ▪Until now, efforts to identify and combat deepfakes and AI scams have been scattered.
- ▪Written by Joe McKendrick, Contributing WriterContributing Writer July 23, 2026 at 7:51 a.m.
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Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year - can these international standards help? Until now, efforts to identify and combat deepfakes and AI scams have been scattered. Which proposed standard will dominate? Written by Joe McKendrick, Contributing WriterContributing Writer July 23, 2026 at 7:51 a.m. PT The Washington Post via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET's key takeawaysAI or real? Images now have a credibility problem.
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