https://www.scmp.com/rss/520921/feed Felicia Feiran Chen writes about technology and social impact. A digital native, her work explores emerging technologies and their role in fostering cross-cultural understanding. She also serves with several nonprofits. Felicia holds a juris doctor from Harvard Law School and an economics degree from the University of Toronto. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Adam Au,Felicia Feiran Chen Adam Au,Felicia Feiran Chen The deepfake scandal at the University of Hong Kong – hundreds of non-consensual, sexually explicit composites reportedly found on a student’s laptop – feels like a sequel to a much older story from 2008, when intimate photographs copied from actor Edison Chen’s computer were leaked on the internet. Then, the harm was privacy invasion: real images, created in private, thrust into public view. Now, the harm arrives through fabricated images: generated by artificial intelligence (AI) with enough... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3322562/deepfake-porn-scandal-hong-kong-exposes-need-update-laws?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3322562/deepfake-porn-scandal-hong-kong-exposes-need-update-laws?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:30:09 +0000 Felicia Feiran Chen,Adam Au Felicia Feiran Chen,Adam Au It all started with a routine-looking link from a securities firm. Customers who clicked on it found their trading accounts hijacked by scammers, who ended up stealing HK$46 million (US$5.86 million) in a market manipulation and phishing operation. Last week, Hong Kong police arrested eight in connection with the crime. The fraudsters had impersonated licensed brokers, stole login details, and pumped and dumped obscure stocks through stolen accounts. While phishing is not new, the scam... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3316212/hong-kong-learning-deepfake-crime-epidemic-upon-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3316212/hong-kong-learning-deepfake-crime-epidemic-upon-us?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:30:09 +0000 In January 2023, Arizona resident Jennifer DeStefano picked up a call from an unknown number, assuming it was the doctor’s office. Instead, she heard someone who sounded like her daughter crying as a man shouted in the background: “Lay down and put your head back.” “Mom, these bad men have me. Help me! Help me!” she thought she heard her daughter plead. DeStefano bargained with the caller, who demanded US$1 million, but eventually settled on US$50,000. Before the exchange of money, another... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3305849/hong-kong-must-lead-reimagining-safety-ai-age?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3305849/hong-kong-must-lead-reimagining-safety-ai-age?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:30:08 +0000 In late January, a Chinese start-up unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) model that it says outperforms its peers. As familiar as this sounds, the company in question is not DeepSeek. Rather, what the appearance of another Chinese AI model like Moonshot’s Kimi k1.5 shows is that China’s rapid AI iterations are no anomaly – they are the new norm. When DeepSeek took the world by storm recently, it also ignited a geopolitical firestorm. Within days of the debut of its R1 model, US federal... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3300139/why-us-should-stop-trying-target-chinese-tech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3300139/why-us-should-stop-trying-target-chinese-tech?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:30:08 +0000