Signal Online deepfakes grow from 500,000 in 2023 to 8 million in 2025

Summary

To illustrate the rise of AI-enabled crime, the plan cites an estimate of the global volume of deepfakes circulating online. According to the figure attributed to DeepStrike, the count rose from about 500,000 in 2023 to about 8 million in 2025. That is a sixteenfold increase within two years. The plan groups deepfakes with disinformation and misuse of personal data as new crimes that AI makes easier to commit. It uses the figure to argue that ethical safeguards and cybersecurity responses need to keep pace with the spread of AI.