KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 14 -- The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has confirmed it is investigating multiple reports from Members of Parliament (MPs), a senatorand a state assemblyman who received threats involving fake pornographic videos generated using artificial intelligence (AI).

The four cases involve extortion attempts, with perpetrators demanding US$100,000 (RM420,600) from their targets under the threat that fabricated videos depicting their faces in sexual content would be circulated online.

"The Royal Malaysia Police is treating these reports with the utmost seriousness," said Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Datuk M. Kumar in a statement today.

"We will take strict, comprehensive, and uncompromising acti...