How Utah and Texas became the face of political deepfakes ahead of the 2024 election
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from Fast Company3 months ago
Powers Gardner expressed concern about audio deepfakes, stating, "That was the most disturbing part to me... knowing that somebody else could hear it and believe it was true."
Fast Companyhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91178173/how-utah-and-texas-became-the-face-of-political-deepfakes-ahead-of-the-2024-election
A University College London study showed that humans can only detect artificial audio 73% of the time, making it challenging to differentiate fakes from real sounds.
Fast Companyhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91178173/how-utah-and-texas-became-the-face-of-political-deepfakes-ahead-of-the-2024-election
The video of Governor Cox was cleverly edited to appear as a live news segment, raising alarms for its potential believability and spreading misinformation.
Fast Companyhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91178173/how-utah-and-texas-became-the-face-of-political-deepfakes-ahead-of-the-2024-election
Powers Gardner highlighted the vulnerability of local races to deepfakes, noting, "As the wave of AI deepfakes crashes down on the 2024 election cycle, local and down-ballot races may be the most vulnerable."
Fast Companyhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91178173/how-utah-and-texas-became-the-face-of-political-deepfakes-ahead-of-the-2024-election
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