Lead Stories also cited the Deep Fake-o-Meter in an article about an AI-generated image that showed Elon Musk and Taylor Swift jointly endorsing a power-saving product. 

AFP Fact Check used the Deep Fake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in UB’s Media Forensic Lab, and quoted Lyu in an article about a fake image depicting a pregnant child. 

Reuters also quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about an AI-generated image that has been mistaken as Luigi Mangione’s mugshot.

Reuters quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about AI-generated images that have circulated online of supposed subway fire victims.

Politifact featured Siwei Lyu in an article about the role of AI in the 2024 election.

The Detroit Free Press quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about how scammers are utilizing AI to imitate voices on phone calls. 

Lead Stories utilized the DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team, to determine that a video showing a “cure for prostatitis” was AI-generated.