Three currents ran through today’s feeds. In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s weekend plea for regulation An analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them.

Topics in this Scout’s View

1. New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites (Feed: Artificial Intelligence Latest)
   In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims. Why it matters: New York Seizes Dozen Celebrity Deepfake is the angle the day is pushing, and the article is worth a closer read after today’s scan.
2. AI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on Them (Feed: Artificial Intelligence Latest)
   Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s weekend plea for regulation. The White House seems unlikely to oblige. Why it matters: Leaders Are Calling Slowdown Trump Team is the angle the day is pushing, and the article is worth a closer read after today’s scan.
3. Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe (Feed: Artificial Intelligence Latest)
   An analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them. Nearly all of them are women. Why it matters: Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus is the angle the day is pushing, and the article is worth a closer read after today’s scan.
4. ‘I Like My Big Rat Wife’: Meet the People Using Chatbots to Write Custom Fiction (Feed: Artificial Intelligence Latest)
   While the publishing industry frets over how authors are using AI, many readers are taking things into their own hands. Why it matters: Like Big Rat Wife Meet People is the angle the day is pushing, and the article is worth a closer read after today’s scan.
5. Even if Clarity fails, Wall Street’s crypto push is unlikely to stop (CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data)
   The Clarity Act could give banks, brokers and asset managers a clearer rulebook, but financial firms have already moved far enough into digital assets that failure may slow adoption rather than stop it.
6. SEC’s Atkins backs Clarity Act but says agency will keep pushing crypto rules… (CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data)
   The SEC chair said crypto issuance, transfer agent modernization and custody will form the backbone of the agency’s regulatory push. Why it matters: SEC’s Atkins backs Clarity Act but is the angle the day is pushing, and the article is worth a closer read after today’s scan.

2026-09-15 00:13 UTC

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