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Experts Warn AI Deepfakes Exploit Malaysian Content Creators

4/15/2026

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In Malaysia, experts warn AI harms content creators through deepfake nudes, cloned voices, and scam ads.
At the Freedom Film Network conference in Kuala Lumpur, Melissa Lim Shi Hui highlighted creators' vulnerabilities.
Lim noted AI amplifies existing issues rather than creating new ones.
She cited a cosplayer whose images were altered into fake nudes and sold online, and Khairul Aming, whose likeness was misused in a scam advertisement.

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In Malaysia, experts warn AI harms content creators through deepfake nudes, cloned voices, and scam ads.
At the Freedom Film Network conference in Kuala Lumpur, Melissa Lim Shi Hui highlighted creators' vulnerabilities.
Lim noted AI amplifies existing issues rather than creating new ones.
She cited a cosplayer whose images were altered into fake nudes and sold online, and Khairul Aming, whose likeness was misused in a scam advertisement.