Tag: Political
Deepfakes are coming for American democracy
Deepfakes are coming for American democracy. Here’s how we can prepare. There are a number of plausible reasons why cheapfakes have outpaced deepfakes in the…
Handful of States Begin Legislating “Deepfake” Videos
A new form of online disinformation has some government officials uneasy about its potential effects on upcoming political campaigns and elections, but policy efforts to…
The fight to stay ahead of deepfake videos before the 2020 US election
San Francisco (CNN Business)With the 2020 US presidential election looming, political leaders, presidential candidates and the country’s intelligence chief are worried about doctored videos being…
‘Deep Fakes’ Could Be Used To Meddle In 2020 Election
So-called deep fake technology could be used by Russia and other countries to meddle in the 2020 presidential election, warned House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam…
Donald Trump Russell White deepfake
Just a quick deepfake in time for the second summit in Vietnam. The face of Donald Trump replaces the face of Trump impersonator Russell White….
Theresa May – Gollum (Andy Serkis) Deepfake Parody
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Donald Trump | Mr. Bean Deepfake
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Anti-election meddling group makes A.I.-powered Trump impersonator
Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting frighteningly close to being able to mimic humans, and advances in the technology could be a major risk for democracies…
Deepfake videos the new weapon in fake news
The election interference tactics originally deployed by Russia against the US and Europe are now global. Hackers across the world have exploited weaknesses in e-mail…
For election hackers, a new and more dangerous tool
Deepfake technology can enable users anywhere to fabricate video of virtually anyone, doing and saying anything. With the help of artificial intelligence, the technology allows…
You thought fake news was bad? Deep fakes are where truth goes to die
In May, a video appeared on the internet of Donald Trump offering advice to the people of Belgium on the issue of climate change. “As…
Deepfake Videos Are Getting Better. And That’s A Big Problem.
They say seeing is believing, but that might not be the case for much longer. Thanks to the world of deep-fake videos, anyone with a…
As deepfakes become more convincing, the threat to truth grows
Hyper-realistic fake videos, known as ‘deepfakes’, can cause lasting reputational damage. Unfortunately, countering the threat these videos pose to political and corporate life is unlikely…
How hard is it to make a believable deepfake?
We set out to see if we could fake Malcolm Turnbull. Researchers are warning that a new wave of artificial intelligence technology could make it…
Seeing Isn’t Believing: This New AI System Can Create “Deep Fake” Videos
Sophisticated image processing technology threatens to swamp the internet with next-generation fake news. What happens when you can’t trust what your eyes see on screen?…
Carlos Curbelo, Stephanie Murphy sound alarms on ‘deep fakes’
Two Florida congressman engaged in tight re-election battles expressed their fears about “deep fake” videos and called on intelligence leaders to assess the threat. U.S….
Trump and Putin as Mini Me and Dr. Evil
US lawmakers say AI deepfakes ‘have the potential to disrupt every facet of our society’
US politicians are getting increasingly worried about deepfakes — a new type of AI-assisted video editing that creates realistic results with minimal effort. Yesterday, a…
Next-gen deepfakes can falsely put words in people’s mouths
Deepfake. It’s a word that’s entered the modern lexicon for all the wrong reasons. Combining the phrase deep learning with the word fake, the AI image-processing technique can…
True Lies: Fake-Video Technology Called ‘Toxic’ Threat to National Security
The rapidly evolving technology that produces “deep fakes”—convincing videos of people saying and doing things that are completely concocted—is now widely accessible, and creating nightmarish…
The ‘DeepFake’ Threat
High-tech forged videos could wreak havoc on politics. Policymakers must be ready. Pondering a strange new technology, in 1859 Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: “The very things…
“Deep Fake” Videos Created By AI Just Got Even More Terrifying
Fake videos created by AI-assisted algorithms are already causing a stir. So-called “DeepFakes” have put other people’s words into the mouths of politicians and even…
Belgian socialist party circulates ‘deep fake’ Donald Trump video
A Belgian political party has created a fake video of a Donald Trump speech in which the U.S. president apparently calls on the country to…
PSA in which fake Obama warns about ‘deep fakes’ goes viral
A viral video now viewed by millions appears to show former President Obama – but it turns out actually to be an effort by “Get…
“Deep Fake” Could Influence Future Global Politics
“Deep Fake” Videos Could Be Used To Influence Future Global Politics, Experts Warn. Now Senators and an expert working on exposing digital fakes are warning…
Deepfake tech may change the world
“My May-Thatcher deepfake won’t fool you but its tech may change the world” MPs from the House of Commons inquiry into fake news were warned…
‘deepfakes,’ the internet’s latest moral crisis
Where there’s innovation, there’s masturbation — at least in one dark corner of the internet, where nearly 80,000 people have gathered to share fabricated videos…
