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Dubai Police foresight study warns deepfakes could erode trust in genuine digital content

A Dubai Police Future Foresight Centre study says AI-generated videos, images and voices are getting harder to tell from real ones. It argues the challenge is shifting from spotting fakes to proving genuine content is authentic.

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Centre · 2Dubai Police's Future Foresight Centre has published a study warning that rapidly advancing deepfake technologies threaten public safety, the credibility of information, the reliability of digital evidence and decisions based on it. Centre · 2The study says AI-generated videos, images and voices are increasingly hard to distinguish from authentic material, which could enable criminals to impersonate people, steal identities, commit fraud and spread misinformation. Centre · 2A central finding is that the challenge goes beyond detecting fakes: as manipulation improves, genuine photographs, videos and audio may themselves be doubted, so the study stresses verifying the origin, authenticity and integrity of digital content.

Centre · 2Brigadier Dr Hamdan Al Ghassiya, director of the Future Foresight Centre, said the capabilities of generative AI raise broader concerns about continued trust in genuine digital information and complicate the assessment of digital evidence in investigations. Centre · 2The study urges security organisations to be proactive: monitor technological developments, identify early warning signs and emerging risks, and explore future scenarios rather than respond after new criminal techniques appear. Centre · 2It says technology alone cannot solve the problem and calls for combining public awareness, digital verification skills and institutional preparedness; Gulf News adds that AI can also help detect manipulated content and improve digital forensic analysis.

Centre · 2The study coincides with Cybersecurity Awareness Month, observed every October, and is part of the Ministry of Interior's 'Safe UAE Through Your Digital Awareness' campaign; Gulf News says the campaign was launched with Dubai Police and the Dubai Electronic Security Center. Centre · 1Gulf News also cites the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, which ranked misinformation and disinformation as the second most significant global risk over the next two years.

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Both outlets relay the Dubai Police study and Al Ghassiya's comments largely as presented, as a public-safety and cybersecurity awareness story.
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The shift from detecting fakes to proving real content is authentic; risks of fraud and impersonation; the need for proactive security work and public awareness. Gulf News adds the WEF risk ranking and AI-based detection opportunities.
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Neither includes independent expert views, data on deepfake incidents in the UAE, or criticism of the study's conclusions.
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“the next major cybersecurity challenge may not simply be identifying fake content, but proving that genuine content can be trusted” — Gulf News
“Dubai Police has warned of the increasing dangers as artificial intelligence makes fake videos and voices harder to detect.” — The National

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