Sam Gregory
@samgregory.bsky.social
Executive Director http://witness.org : video + tech + human rights; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes https://gen-ai.witness.org, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster.
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A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
www.nytimes.com
I spoke recently to the New York Times about AI videos - how the platforms could do more and why individual vigilance is not the solution: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
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X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
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Come for the perfect @financialtimes.com headline and stay for the images created by Grok of the X leaders dressed up as clowns.
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Come for the perfect @financialtimes.com headline and stay for the images created by Grok of the X leaders dressed up as clowns.
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
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Happy new year! My favourite fact so far of 2026 is that "for reasons that remain unclear", Robbie Williams was last year's best-selling artist on cassette www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 1, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Happy new year! My favourite fact so far of 2026 is that "for reasons that remain unclear", Robbie Williams was last year's best-selling artist on cassette www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“BBC Verify has found multiple instances from Florida to Oregon of CrimeRadar sending misleading and inaccurate alerts about serious crime to local residents”
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AI app causes distress across US with false crime alerts
An AI-powered app called CrimeRadar has apologised for the distress caused by false crime alerts issued to local US communities after a BBC Verify investigation.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“BBC Verify has found multiple instances from Florida to Oregon of CrimeRadar sending misleading and inaccurate alerts about serious crime to local residents”
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A tribute to Rob Reiner after a horrific news weekend
December 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A tribute to Rob Reiner after a horrific news weekend
I spoke recently to the New York Times about AI videos - how the platforms could do more and why individual vigilance is not the solution: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I spoke recently to the New York Times about AI videos - how the platforms could do more and why individual vigilance is not the solution: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
The Guardian has been my mainstay for news all my life, and plays a critical role globally with its independent, high-quality journalism. I'm so delighted to have joined the Scott Trust board, which is the sole shareholder of Guardian Media Group.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
Sam Gregory joins the Scott Trust board
The Scott Trust, sole shareholder of Guardian Media Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of internationally recognised technologist, researcher and human rights advocate Sam Gregory to its bo...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Guardian has been my mainstay for news all my life, and plays a critical role globally with its independent, high-quality journalism. I'm so delighted to have joined the Scott Trust board, which is the sole shareholder of Guardian Media Group.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
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All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
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How Gemini 3 transforms video into structured, searchable datasets: Implications for human rights, and digital forensics
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ge... (LinkedIn)
sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/h... (WordPress)
@samgregory.bsky.social
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@samgregory.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
How Gemini 3 transforms video into structured, searchable datasets: Implications for human rights, and digital forensics
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ge... (LinkedIn)
sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/h... (WordPress)
@samgregory.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ge... (LinkedIn)
sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/h... (WordPress)
@samgregory.bsky.social
Great @themaybe.org podcast with the inimitable @alixdunn.com diving into AI, video, trust and human rights. Loved deep diving into how what we've learned at @witnessorg.bsky.social over decades of video activism drives our work to defend visual truth in age of Sora www.themaybe.org/podcast/stra...
The Maybe
www.themaybe.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great @themaybe.org podcast with the inimitable @alixdunn.com diving into AI, video, trust and human rights. Loved deep diving into how what we've learned at @witnessorg.bsky.social over decades of video activism drives our work to defend visual truth in age of Sora www.themaybe.org/podcast/stra...
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#mustread Every day I wish there was a way to keep all the AI generated content out of my IG feed. So tired of seeing 'people' who don't actually exist.
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy."
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#mustread Every day I wish there was a way to keep all the AI generated content out of my IG feed. So tired of seeing 'people' who don't actually exist.
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“the weaponization of doubt”
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy."
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“the weaponization of doubt”
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“the deeper damage is a fog of doubt settling over everything we see”
@samgregory.bsky.social urges us to consider that soon our shared basis of reality will no longer be trustworthy and risks being undermined by generative video... and offers how to fight that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
@samgregory.bsky.social urges us to consider that soon our shared basis of reality will no longer be trustworthy and risks being undermined by generative video... and offers how to fight that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
When 'Seeing is Believing' Falters: AI, Visual Truth and Epistemic Fracture | Sam Gregory
YouTube video by All Tech Is Human
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“the deeper damage is a fog of doubt settling over everything we see”
@samgregory.bsky.social urges us to consider that soon our shared basis of reality will no longer be trustworthy and risks being undermined by generative video... and offers how to fight that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
@samgregory.bsky.social urges us to consider that soon our shared basis of reality will no longer be trustworthy and risks being undermined by generative video... and offers how to fight that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
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"Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities" the-decenter.ghost.io/the-body-as-... by Afsaneh Rigot
The Body as a Password: The Cost of Face ID
Convenience is costing people their freedom. Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities, writes Afsaneh Rigot.
the-decenter.ghost.io
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities" the-decenter.ghost.io/the-body-as-... by Afsaneh Rigot
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@samgregory.bsky.social has written a fantastic piece on the risks of deep fakes and what can be done about them. As he correctly points out: "When any piece of evidence can be credibly dismissed as synthetic and any fabrication defended as real, we lose the ability to establish shared truth."
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy."
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
@samgregory.bsky.social has written a fantastic piece on the risks of deep fakes and what can be done about them. As he correctly points out: "When any piece of evidence can be credibly dismissed as synthetic and any fabrication defended as real, we lose the ability to establish shared truth."
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy."
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy."
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
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"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy." Witness's @samgregory.bsky.social on Sora's threat to visual truth:
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy." Witness's @samgregory.bsky.social on Sora's threat to visual truth:
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Call to action here from @samgregory.bsky.social that it would be nice if OpenAI and others paid attention to.
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy." Witness's @samgregory.bsky.social on Sora's threat to visual truth:
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Call to action here from @samgregory.bsky.social that it would be nice if OpenAI and others paid attention to.
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Last week I wrote about the racist narratives being pushed about SNAP benefits, including unhinged AI videos on TikTok
Fox News however ran a story claiming those videos were real until they realised their mistake and changed the story without admitting their mistake.
www.wired.com/story/disinf...
Fox News however ran a story claiming those videos were real until they realised their mistake and changed the story without admitting their mistake.
www.wired.com/story/disinf...
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Last week I wrote about the racist narratives being pushed about SNAP benefits, including unhinged AI videos on TikTok
Fox News however ran a story claiming those videos were real until they realised their mistake and changed the story without admitting their mistake.
www.wired.com/story/disinf...
Fox News however ran a story claiming those videos were real until they realised their mistake and changed the story without admitting their mistake.
www.wired.com/story/disinf...
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 '𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴' 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗔𝗜, 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:I recently spoke about how AI-generated media-like OpenAI's Sora app—is fracturing our shared sense of visual reality, how we're running out of time to address it, and 4 urgent actions to take
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
When 'Seeing is Believing' Falters: AI, Visual Truth and Epistemic Fracture | Sam Gregory
YouTube video by All Tech Is Human
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 '𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴' 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗔𝗜, 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:I recently spoke about how AI-generated media-like OpenAI's Sora app—is fracturing our shared sense of visual reality, how we're running out of time to address it, and 4 urgent actions to take
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
"𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐. 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒”
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Sora app's hyperreal AI videos ignite online trust crisis as downloads surge
Scrolling through the Sora app can feel a bit like entering a real-life multiverse.
www.latimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐. 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒”
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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1/Citizen Lab’s new report on PRISONBREAK is a must-read. It exposes an AI-enabled influence operation targeting Iran with deceptive media, from the infamous Evin Prison gates video to deepfake music.
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
1/Citizen Lab’s new report on PRISONBREAK is a must-read. It exposes an AI-enabled influence operation targeting Iran with deceptive media, from the infamous Evin Prison gates video to deepfake music.
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Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
