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Deepfake fears intensify as Google CEO sounds alarm on AI misinformation
A senior Google executive has warned of the "very serious" threat posed to democracy by artificial intelligence (AI) powered deepfakes
The initiative from big tech known as the Munich Accord will aim to safeguard authentic online content by utilizing AI and algorithms to create ‘watermarks’ for legitimate videos and audio, whilst detecting the fakes from bad actors. London Mayor Sadiq Khan blasted a deepfake audio file which had the potential to cause “serious disorder” and on the other side of the Atlantic, AI developers mulled a ban on images of Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the lead-up to the US presidential election later this year. The Indonesian electorate was presented with deepfake electioneering in the form of a video message from its former dictator and feared ruler, Suharto, in an address to influence support for the preferred candidate of the Golkar political party.
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