Notes on deepfakes

What we are seeing in detection, the attacks landing on real organisations, and what actually works against them.

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Intesa Sanpaolo loses €95M to a WhatsApp message and a cloned voice

A message from the chief executive, a call from a lawyer he knew to confirm it, and €95 million sent abroad. Neither came from the person it claimed to.

Raid AI Research TeamReported 25 September 20265 min read

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Guides

What deepfake detection is, and how to evaluate a detector

A detector returns a verdict and a score. The good ones also show where the manipulation is. Here is how they work on each format, and the eight questions to put to any vendor, ours included.

Raid AI Research Team16 September 20267 min read

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Research

Raid AI places first on ArA-DF 2026 for Arabic deepfake audio

The first shared task on Arabic audio deepfake detection scored systems on dialects and speakers they never saw in training. Raid AI's audio model ranked first on that track.

Raid AI Research Team13 September 20265 min read

News

Raid AI is now on X: tag @Raidxai under any post and get the verdict

A fake spreads fastest in the replies of the post that carries it. Now the check happens there too: tag @Raidxai and the verdict lands in the same thread.

Raid AI Team4 August 20263 min read

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Guides

How to detect deepfake audio in 2026: a complete guide

AI generated voices now clone anyone in seconds. This guide walks through the techniques, tools, and workflows you need to detect deepfake audio in 2026.

Raid AI Research Team10 April 20268 min read

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Guides

What is voice cloning and how to prevent AI voice fraud

Voice cloning can replicate a person from three seconds of audio. Here is how the technology works, why it matters, and how to defend against AI voice fraud.

Raid AI Research Team10 April 20266 min read

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Guides

Real time vs batch deepfake detection: which do you need?

Real time detection protects live calls and video feeds. Batch detection supports forensics across audio, image, and video. Most enterprises need both. Here is how to decide what to deploy where.

Raid AI Research Team10 April 20265 min read

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Research

The 2026 deepfake threat landscape

Deepfake attacks across audio, image, and video are scaling faster than defences. This report summarises the 2026 threat landscape and the steps enterprises should take now.

Raid AI Research Team10 April 20267 min read

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Incidents

The Arup deepfake: a video call where everyone else was fake

The employee doubted the email. The video call, with the chief financial officer and several colleagues on screen, settled the doubt. None of them were real.

Raid AI Research TeamReported 5 February 20244 min read

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Incidents

A friend's face on a video call: the Baotou face swap fraud

He saw his friend's face and heard his voice on a video call, and sent 4.3 million yuan to help him. His friend knew nothing about it.

Raid AI Research TeamReported 22 May 20233 min read

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Incidents

The $35 million voice: how a cloned director fooled a UAE bank

A bank manager heard a director he had spoken to before. Emails from a lawyer backed up the call. The voice had been cloned, and $35 million was gone.

Raid AI Research TeamReported 14 October 20213 min read

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