£Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, government services and everyday interactions, but experts say the same technology is also driving a new generation of cybercrime marked by increasingly convincing digital deception. The era when photographs and videos were widely accepted as unquestionable proof is fading as AI-generated deepfakes, cloned voices, manipulated images and fabricated digital content become sophisticated enough to challenge investigators, journalists, businesses and even the judicial system. Unlike conventional cybercrime, which largely depended on phishing attacks, stolen passwords and malware, generative AI now enables criminals to create realistic...