• 8 Times ‘Deepfake’ Videos Were Actually Real

    8 Times ‘Deepfake’ Videos Were Actually Real
    Digitally altered and AI-generated videos, dubbed “deepfakes,” have existed for years and have recently seen drastic improvements. Those videos, mixed with the extreme reach of social media and declining trust in traditional media, have experts worried of harmful rises in political disinformation; those same experts…Read more...
  • ‘Fundamentally dangerous’: reversal of social media guardrails could prove disastrous for 2024 elections

    ‘Fundamentally dangerous’: reversal of social media guardrails could prove disastrous for 2024 elections
    Scaling back of moderation and rise of AI are creating the perfect storm to weaken elections and democracyIncreasing misinformation on social media, platforms scaling back content moderation and the rise of AI are converging to create a perfect storm for the 2024 elections that some experts warn could put democracy at risk.YouTube this week reversed its election integrity policy, allowing content contesting the validity of the 2020 elections to remain on the platform. Meta, meanwhile, reinstated